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Author: Daniel Walker

Māori scientists work ‘cultural double-shifts’ – Expert Reaction

Māori scientists work ‘cultural double-shifts’ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 April 202106 July 2021

Researchers have interviewed Māori scientists, who described the extra workload of helping their non-indigenous colleagues navigate te Ao Māori. “We spend more […]

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Fukushima water to be released into the Pacific – Expert Reaction

Fukushima water to be released into the Pacific – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 April 2021

Japan plans to release treated radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown into the Pacific Ocean in about two […]

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NZ’s greenhouse gas emissions drastically rise and fall – Expert Reaction

NZ’s greenhouse gas emissions drastically rise and fall – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 April 2021

The latest greenhouse gas inventory shows that in 2019 emissions rose by 2 per cent on the previous year. The Ministry for the […]

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Quarantine-free travellers to begin arriving in New Zealand – Expert Reaction

Quarantine-free travellers to begin arriving in New Zealand – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 April 202113 April 2021

For the first time in over a year, large numbers of international visitors will be allowed to enter New Zealand without […]

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Could Covid-19 mutations weaken vaccines? – Expert Q&A

Could Covid-19 mutations weaken vaccines? – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 09 April 2021

A new Covid-19 mutation nicknamed ‘Eek’, which could reduce vaccine efficacy, is becoming increasingly prevalent. Overseas researchers have said the increase in dominance […]

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Blood clots declared a very rare side effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – UK/Aus SMC Expert Reaction

Blood clots declared a very rare side effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – UK/Aus SMC Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 April 202108 April 2021

Medicines regulatory bodies in the UK and Europe have confirmed a potential link between the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and blood […]

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Gamifying the Covid Tracer app – Expert reaction

Gamifying the Covid Tracer app – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 April 202108 April 2021

Streaks and stats are coming to the Covid Tracer app, in a bid to get more people scanning. After fourteen consecutive […]

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Covid-19 vaccine safety monitoring in NZ – Expert reaction

Covid-19 vaccine safety monitoring in NZ – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 April 202107 April 2021

New Zealand’s medicines regulator has published its first report on adverse reactions experienced by New Zealanders getting the Pfizer Covid-19 jab. […]

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Trans-Tasman travel bubble to open – Expert reaction

Trans-Tasman travel bubble to open – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 April 2021

Quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand will resume in two weeks. The government has devised a traffic light system to managing […]

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Future of voluntary carbon mitigation – Expert Briefing

Future of voluntary carbon mitigation – Expert Briefing

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 30 March 2021

Carbon mitigation efforts by some NZ organisations will not work in the new context of the Paris Agreement, according to […]

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