The role of NZAGRC Science Leadership Team (SLT) is to play a key role in the development, implementation and monitoring of all of the Centre’s science programmes and strategies.  It consists of respected New Zealand-based researchers with excellent science credentials accompanied by strong leadership, communication, strategic and inter-personal skills with expertise in those areas of science covered in the NZAGRC Strategy and Science Plan. Membership is agreed by the Steering Group and includes the NZAGRC Principal Investigators in addition to the Centre Director and Centre Operations Manager.