New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases

The New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases (NSCDs) are government-funded biological and physical collections or databases that are considered important and significant to New Zealand.

They consist of living organisms (ICMP culture collection), preserved samples (the Marine Benthic Biology Collection), or data (the New Zealand Geomagnetic Database). Many of the physical collections also have associated databases.

The NSCDs were established in 1992 during the breakup of the DSIR and establishment of the Crown Research Institutes. They are currently funded at 19 million NZD per annum though the Strategic Science Investment Fund of MBIE.^[1][2]

List of Nationally Significant Collections and Databases

Collection/Database	Custodian
Margot Forde Germplasm Centre^[3]	AgResearch
Cawthron Institute Micro-algae Collection^[4]	Cawthron Institute
National Earthquake Information Database^[5] National Groundwater Monitoring Programme^[6] National Petrology Reference Collection and PET Database^[7] New Zealand Fossil Record File^[8] New Zealand Geomagnetic Database^[9] New Zealand National Paleontological Collection and Database^[10] New Zealand Volcano Database^[11] Regional Geological Map Archive and Database^[12]	Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS)
Allan Herbarium (CHR)^[13] International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants (ICMP)^[14] Land Resource Information System^[15] National Vegetation Survey Databank^[16] New Zealand Arthropod Collection,^[17] National Nematode Collection of New Zealand^[18] New Zealand Fungarium (PDD)^[19] Nga Tipu Whakaoranga Ethnobotany Database^[20] Te Kohinga Harakaka o Aotearoa/New Zealand Flax Collection^[21]	Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
National Climate Database^[22] New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database^[23] NIWA Marine Benthic Biology Collection Water Resources Archive	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited (NIWA)
Crop Germplasm Resources Unit National Collections of Fruit and Crop Germplasm	The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited
National Forestry Herbarium (NZFRI)^[24]	Scion

References

1. "Nationally Significant Collections and Databases | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. from the original on 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
2. "Infrastructure funded through the Strategic Science Investment Fund | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. from the original on 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. "Margot Forde Forage Germplasm Centre | Agricultural Research NZ". AgResearch NZ. from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
4. "Cawthron Institute 'Online' Culture Collection of Micro-algae". cultures.cawthron.org.nz. from the original on 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
5. "National Earthquake Information Database / Databases / Products / Home - GNS Science". www.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
6. GNS Science. "National Groundwater Monitoring Programme (NGMP) / Research Programmes / Groundwater / Environment and Climate / Our Science / Home - GNS Science". www.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
7. "GNS Science :: Petlab Database". pet.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
8. "FRED :: The Fossil Record Electronic Database". fred.org.nz. from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
9. "New Zealand Geomagnetic Database / Earth's Magnetic Field / Land and Marine Geoscience / Our Science / Home - GNS Science". www.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
10. "National Paleontological Collection and Database / Online Resources / Paleontology / Land and Marine Geoscience / Our Science / Home - GNS Science". www.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
11. "New Zealand Volcano Database / Databases / Products / Home - GNS Science". www.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
12. "Legacy Geological Maps / Geological Maps / Regional Geology / Land and Marine Geoscience / Our Science / Home - GNS Science". www.gns.cri.nz. from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
13. "Allan Herbarium (CHR)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
14. "International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants (ICMP)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
15. "LRIS Portal". lris.scinfo.org.nz. from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
16. "- National Vegetation Survey". nvs.landcareresearch.co.nz. from the original on 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
17. "New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC). Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
18. "National Nematode Collection of New Zealand (NNCNZ)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
19. "New Zealand Fungarium (PDD)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. from the original on 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
20. "Māori Plant Use Database". maoriplantuse.landcareresearch.co.nz. from the original on 2020-01-19. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
21. "Te Kohinga Harakeke o Aotearoa. National New Zealand Flax Collection". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
22. "Welcome to the Climate Database". cliflo.niwa.co.nz. from the original on 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
23. "NZ Freshwater Fish Database". NIWA. 2019-01-17. from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
24. "Home Page - BRAHMS Online". nzfri.scionresearch.com. from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-05-24.

External links

• MBIE: New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases