Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

Landcare Research
Manaaki Whenua (Māori)
Landcare Research logo
Agency overview
Formed1992
Dissolved30 June 2025
Superseding agency
HeadquartersLincoln, New Zealand
Agency executives
  • James Stevenson-Wallace, Chief executive
  • Colin Dawson, Chair
Websitewww.landcareresearch.co.nz

Landcare Research (Māori: Manaaki Whenua) was a New Zealand Crown Research Institute whose focus of research was the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability. The New Zealand government placed the institute into the newly-formed New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science on 1 July 2025.