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Forty-five scientists are hard at work around New Zealand identifying our huge treasure trove of unique, unrecorded plants, insects, bacteria and fungi. The research, which has investment of $19 million over four years from the Foundation? for Research, Science and Technology, will catalogue and describe as many species as possible of key groups of unrecorded New Zealand flora, fauna and fungi. Other aims include improving national biosecurity and playing a critical role in protecting food exports.