Marlborough Research Centre (MRC) is supporting new on-farm research that could help farmers reduce fertiliser costs without compromising lucerne production.

Final-year viticulture and winemaking student Lindis McMurray is gaining valuable hands-on experience through her Marlborough Research Centre (MRC)  Internship at the New Zealand Wine Centre, working alongside scientists and industry specialists during one of the busiest times of the year.

We are pleased to share the Marlborough Research Centre’s 2024/25 Annual Report, bringing together a year of research, innovation, and collaboration across our campuses and partnerships.

New Zealand Dryland Forests Innovation (NZDFI), hosted by Marlborough Research Centre, invites industry stakeholders, growers, farm foresters and partners to a webinar discussing current market opportunities and advances in durable eucalypt breeding.

The Marlborough Research Centre congratulates Wye Hills, owned and operated by Jason Rentoul and fiancée Chelsea Hudson, on being awarded the Westpac Osgro Seeds Marlborough Farmer of the Year 2025.

The Marlborough Environment Awards Trust has announced the first Field Days for the 2025 Port Marlborough Marlborough Environment Awards winners — and we’d love you to come along!

A visiting microbiologist from Senegal’s Institut Pasteur de Dakar is in Marlborough this month to work with local biotech company DNAiTECH on a portable diagnostic tool for measles — part of an international public health project funded by Grand Challenges Senegal and backed by Grand Challenges Canada.

Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Blenheim-based DNAiTECH strengthen global health collaboration ahead of August clinical trial rollout in West Africa.

Behind every successful sustainability initiative is a team quietly working to make it possible — and at the NZ Wine Centre campus, that is the NZWC Sustainability Team.

A sustainability story from the NZ Wine Centre

What happens when a scientist quietly starts composting your paper towels? Most of us toss a paper towel without a second thought. But when you are scientist come composter Dion Mundy, you see something different — a carbon-rich building block for healthy compost.