As a way of introduction, the New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank is a facility which aims to collect seeds of the New Zealand flora as part of an ex-situ conservation strategy to conserve the biodiversity held within the New Zealand indigenous flora. The NZIFSB is a collaborative project working with the different skills and facilities of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (RBG Kew, UK), NZPCN, AgResearch, the Department of Conservation, Landcare Research and Massey University to support the collection, study and conservation of seed. Of particular interest are the four target projects including: Plants of the Myrtaceae family, Alpine Flora and the Forget-Me-Nots, Kowhai and other Fabaceae, and Podocarps and trees of the Forest. We hope to collect seeds and herbarium vouchers of these species and store them in the -20 freezer once dried and cleaned. These seeds should last for decades if not longer and their viability will be routinely tested to ensure they are surviving the banking process. menos ↑