OKAHU Setting new standards for purity, quality and innovation in test kits and reagents Providing high purity enzymes and reagents for the analytical community 09 576 7326 | sales@foodtechsolutions.co.nz | www.fts.co.nz www.megazyme.com FT354 UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY Megazyme – proudly and exclusively represented in New Zealand by Food Tech Solutions - is a globally recognised leader in the development, manufacture and supply of analytical reagents, new testing methods for carbohydrates and enzymes, and diagnostic assay kits. The test kits attract worldwide acclaim for their genuinely innovative nature, exceptional purity of enzymes employed, uniqueness and specific development to supply into the beverage, cereals, dairy, food, feed, fermentation, biofuel and wine industries. Megazyme: • Is committed to the development of improved test kits/ reagents; • Has developed a range of test tablets measuring amylase, cellulase, b-glucanase, mannanase, xylanase and protease…amongst others. These assays are widely accepted and currently adopted by enzyme manufacturing companies as part of their QC; • Has kits that are validated as official standard methods following rigorous inter-laboratory evaluations under the auspices of official scientific associations such as AOAC, AACC International, RACI, EBC and ICC. This stamp of approval ensures they deliver accurate, reliable, quantitative and easy-to-use test methods meeting client quality specifications; • Has four of 14 methods for CODEX Alimentarius developed and currently approved for the measurement of total dietary fibre/dietary fibre components; • Boasts other products including a wide range of novel, highly purified enzymes, polysaccharides and oligosaccharides. For more information, contact: 09 576 7326, sales@foodtechsolutions.co.nz or website: www.fts.co.nz MUSSELS AT A world-first has seen the hanging of mussel taura (rope) into Ōkahu Bay by local Māori to assist in a three-year mussel reef restoration programme. Combining mātauranga (traditional knowledge), science and aquaculture, the taura – woven by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei weavers from harakeke (flax) harvested from ancestral whenua (land) - is the first of its kind in the world, programme manager Richelle Kahui-Mc- Connell says. “The strength of this technique is the ability to show a dual-world process,” she says. “We respect all values and methodologies in an emerging marine restoration movement. Innovative relationships between Māori and agencies is the key for success.” The rope will be seeded with mussels and hung from the pylons of Ōkahu Bay wharf, with the intention to seed larger amounts of mussels into the bay over time by avoiding the sea floor which is covered in sediment. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei have committed themselves for 15 years to returning the whenua (land) and moana (water) back to a healthy state through planting of 220,000 trees on the whenua (land). “Protection of our waters and providing a future for our whanau is paramount for us, our daily connection with the moana recognises our ancestors and their kaitiakitanga (guardianship),” descendant Donna Tamaariki says. Support has been gained from the University of Auckland, the Outboard Boating Club, the New Zealand Underwater Association, the Ōkahu Landing and the Ōrākei Local Board. 20 AUGUST 2017
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