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Swine flu – lessons one year on This time last year, as Kiwis prepared to attend weekend dawn parade and RSA dinners in celebration of ANZAC Day, a public health issue was brewing that would quickly come to dominate headlines globally. In hindsight, it’s easy to for critics to take pot shots at the scale [...]

Anthony Doesburg writes about New Zealand’s wave and tidal energy situation, with this week marking the fourth annual Awatea – Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association- conference. While technology does exist, no energy in New Zealand is yet generated through wave or tidal power, with resource consent issues forming one of the barriers to their [...]

Ash means empty skies over Britain Thousands of travellers are feeling the effects of a large volcanic eruption in Iceland, with flights across Europe cancelled as ash floats across Britain and the continent. The impact on travel plans is illustrated well in this graphic that ran in The Guardian. Scientists meanwhile have been analysing every [...]