Science Media Centre

Emerging researchers gathered in Wellington this week (1 – 3 Nov) forRunningHot! 2010, an event designed to stimulate creativity and provoke debate over the future of science and research in New Zealand. Under the theme “Wonder & Widgets: Realising the value of research for NZ“, the conference aimed to challenge thinking about how research creates [...]

SMC Briefing: GST and healthy food The price of fruit and veggies was in the media spotlight this week on the back of a Green Party survey that suggests produce prices are being marked up several hundred percent by the country’s supermarkets. Researchers have been studying the best ways of tackling obesity and weight-related health [...]