A research agency that is part of Otago University is planning to use new research funding to study vulnerable marine communities around the Pacific.
Coastal People: Southern Skies, or CPSS, has been awarded over $NZ21 million dollars in the latest Centre of Research Excellence funding round.
It is to be spent over a seven year period.
Associate Professor, Chris Hepburn, told Don Wiseman what they plan to do with the money.
Associate Professor, Chris Hepburn Photo: CARIM