A project that looks to harness the potential of supercritical geothermal energy is amongst 19 ambitious science programmes the Government is backing, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones announced today.
“The Endeavour Fund backs bold ideas with the potential to strengthen our economy, drive innovation, and deliver benefits for New Zealanders” Dr Reti says.
The 19 science programmes funded are all, unusually, about science. Here’s some of the 2025 projects funded:
- Marine allelochemicals as novel, sustainable, environmentally safe and selective herbicides
- Solar Spectral Engineering for Energy Efficient and Enhanced Growth of High-Value Algae
- Machine-learning tools for forecasting volcanic eruptions
- Networking implantable medical devices
Here’s some of the projects funded under the previous Government from the exact same fund:
- Tauhokohoko: Indigenising trade policy and enabling mana motuhake through Indigenous trade
- AI-based behavioural analytics for live sports broadcast
- He karapitipitinga mariko – Immersive regenerative tourism experiences in Aotearoa
- Whatu raranga o ngā koiora – weaving cultural authority into gene-drives targeting wasps
- Leveraging te reo Māori natural language processing for collaborative climate change action
- Pou rāhui, pou tikanga, pou oranga: reigniting the mauri of Tīkapa Moana and Te Moananui-ā-Toi
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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