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Author: Daniel Walker

Adapting to NZ’s extreme climate futures – Media Briefing

Adapting to NZ’s extreme climate futures – Media Briefing

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 08 October 2025

Top scientists and officials from around the world are gathering in Christchurch, urging action to adapt to cascading risks from climate-fuelled storms, […]

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High nitrate levels found in rural NZ drinking water – Expert Reaction

High nitrate levels found in rural NZ drinking water – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 September 2025

Tens of thousands of rural New Zealanders could be drinking water with harmful nitrate levels, researchers say. The first-ever national […]

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Quake-prone buildings redefined – Expert Reaction

Quake-prone buildings redefined – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 29 September 202530 September 2025

Government changes to the earthquake-prone building system will remove nearly 3000 buildings from the classification. Following the Seismic Risk Management […]

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Will the world overshoot its climate targets? – Expert Q&A

Will the world overshoot its climate targets? – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 25 September 2025

We’re edging closer to exceeding 1.5°C of warming globally, and scientists will soon gather to understand the implications of missing […]

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Trump’s autism and paracetamol comments disputed – Expert Reaction

Trump’s autism and paracetamol comments disputed – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 September 202506 October 2025

US doctors will soon be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever paracetamol to pregnant women, US President Donald Trump said […]

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Birds become night owls with light pollution – Expert Reaction

Birds become night owls with light pollution – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 August 202514 January 2026

Birds around the world are singing for nearly an hour longer on average due to light pollution, a global study […]

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Plastics Treaty talks fail once again – In The News

Plastics Treaty talks fail once again – In The News

Expert Reactions, In the News  |  Published: 18 August 202518 August 2025

Negotiators have failed to agree on a legally-binding global plastics treaty at the UN. The treaty was an attempt to […]

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NZ’s early morning tsunami alerts – Expert Reaction

NZ’s early morning tsunami alerts – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 31 July 202501 August 2025

Many New Zealanders awoke at 6:30 am to a tsunami alert blaring from their phones, after yesterday’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Russia […]

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More rain for flood-stricken Nelson Tasman – Expert Reaction

More rain for flood-stricken Nelson Tasman – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 01 July 202517 September 2025

Heavy rain warnings have been issued for the top of the South Island for Thursday. The warnings come as the region recovers […]

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Fake blister packs found in NZ – Expert Reaction

Fake blister packs found in NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 June 202527 June 2025

Drug testers have come across misrepresented pills within a seemingly legitimate blister pack, purchased on the black market. The pills […]

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