This article follows the announcement that the Ministry for Primary Industries and Auckland Council are investing in Greenwave Aotearoa. Interviews with Steve Penno, Director of Investment Programmes for MPI and Craig Mcilroy, Auckland Council’s general manager for healthy waters discuss how our work programme will deliver economic growth and jobs for the regions and align with climate action and environmental goals.

The article highlights Greenwave Aotearoa’s early days when planning was underway to create New Zealand’s first commercial seaweed farming industry. “With scientists, farmers and buyers in the bag, and ocean space already secured, the first line of seaweed could be in the water by 2021.”