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Author: Claire Kaplan

Government to repeal and replace the RMA – Expert Reaction

Government to repeal and replace the RMA – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 February 2021

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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How transmissible is the new COVID-19 variant in NZ? – Expert Briefing

How transmissible is the new COVID-19 variant in NZ? – Expert Briefing

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 28 January 2021

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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First COVID-19 vaccine could be approved by next week – Expert Reaction

First COVID-19 vaccine could be approved by next week – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 26 January 202112 February 2021

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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Voluntary saliva tests for quarantine workers – Expert reaction

Voluntary saliva tests for quarantine workers – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 January 202122 January 2021

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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US to rejoin Paris climate accord – Expert Reaction

US to rejoin Paris climate accord – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 January 202121 January 2021

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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COVID-19 emerging variants – Expert Reaction

COVID-19 emerging variants – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 January 202114 January 2021

The global community is rushing to respond to new variants of the novel coronavirus, which appear to spread faster than […]

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NIWA’s annual climate summary 2020 – Expert reaction

NIWA’s annual climate summary 2020 – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 January 202120 January 2021

Last year was the seventh warmest on record for New Zealand, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2020. It […]

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Could wildfire smoke spread infectious diseases?

Could wildfire smoke spread infectious diseases?

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 18 December 202018 December 2020

Wildfire smoke has the potential to carry and spread infectious bacteria and fungi up to “hundreds of miles”, but more […]

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First-off-the-block COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing

First-off-the-block COVID-19 vaccines – Expert Briefing

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 10 December 202012 February 2021

The Science Media Centre led an online briefing about promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including the mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and […]

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Science Journalism Fund – 2021 round now open

Science Journalism Fund – 2021 round now open

Blog  |  Published: 09 December 2020

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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