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Author: Daniel Walker

Māori perspectives on New Zealand’s space sector – Expert Reaction

Māori perspectives on New Zealand’s space sector – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 31 October 202211 December 2024

Public consultation on New Zealand’s Aerospace Strategy and Space Policy Review will close today, the 31st of October.  The consultation documents highlight the need […]

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Māori Health Inequity Costs NZ$863m Per Year – Expert Reaction

Māori Health Inequity Costs NZ$863m Per Year – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 October 202221 October 2022

Māori health inequity directly costs the health system $39.9 million per year, according to a new Indigenous-led study. When researchers added […]

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Extraordinary COVID-19 powers wound down – Expert Reaction

Extraordinary COVID-19 powers wound down – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 October 2022

The COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 is being significantly narrowed to allow for a limited set of public health measures. Government […]

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Environment watchdog says more data needed to support decision-making – Expert Reaction

Environment watchdog says more data needed to support decision-making – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 October 2022

How do we know if the money we’re spending on environmental problems is making a difference?  A new report from […]

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The state of our marine environment – Expert Reaction

The state of our marine environment – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 October 2022

What are the most pressing issues in our oceans, seas, coastlines, and estuaries? Our Marine Environment 2022, produced by The Ministry […]

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The basics of NZ’s water infrastructure – Expert Reaction

The basics of NZ’s water infrastructure – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 October 202207 October 2022

What’s happening behind the scenes when drinking water gets to our taps or our wastewater is discharged – and how […]

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1080 and animal welfare – Expert Reaction

1080 and animal welfare – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 September 2022

An overseas scientist’s report labels the use of 1080 in New Zealand as “unethical”, and says the Predator Free 2050 goal […]

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Are health policies backed by the latest science? – Expert Reaction

Are health policies backed by the latest science? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 29 September 2022

Health researchers are calling on the government to improve the way that research evidence informs health policies in Aotearoa. A […]

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Climate change could widen termite habitats – Expert Reaction

Climate change could widen termite habitats – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 September 2022

As the planet warms, termites could move further out of the tropics, decaying more wood and releasing more carbon dioxide […]

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Should chronic fatigue syndrome be classified as a disability? – Expert Reaction

Should chronic fatigue syndrome be classified as a disability? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 September 2022

A petition to reclassify myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as a disability is expected to be read at Parliament tomorrow. 25,000 New […]

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