The Government has signalled its intention to scrap the 30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it with three new […]
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The SMC led an online media briefing about what we understand about how the new COVID-19 variants spread. Dr David […]
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Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid jab could get the tick by New Zealand’s medicines regulator as early as next Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda […]
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Workers in managed isolation facilities will have the option of having their spit tested for COVID-19 on a daily basis, […]
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Newly inaugurated US President Joseph Biden has signed an executive order re-entering the country into the Paris climate accord. The […]
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The global community is rushing to respond to new variants of the novel coronavirus, which appear to spread faster than […]
Continue readingNIWA’s annual climate summary 2020 – Expert reaction
Last year was the seventh warmest on record for New Zealand, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2020. It […]
Continue readingCould wildfire smoke spread infectious diseases?
Wildfire smoke has the potential to carry and spread infectious bacteria and fungi up to “hundreds of miles”, but more […]
Continue readingFirst-off-the-block COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing
The Science Media Centre led an online briefing about promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including the mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and […]
Continue readingScience Journalism Fund – 2021 round now open
The Aotearoa New Zealand Science Journalism Fund will offer up to $15,000 of funding for projects on native plants under […]
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