Daniel Walker, Author at Science Media Centre

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 July 202023 July 2020

New Zealand research finds no evidence for a link between video games and aggressive behaviour in youth. The meta-analysis pulled together […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 July 202012 February 2021

Two COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to prompt an immune response, which may prevent COVID-19, in humans. The results are from the University […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 July 202021 July 2020

Northland is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, while barely recovering from the weekend’s storm. The downpour was labelled a “one […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 02 July 202002 July 2020

The SMC led an online media briefing with an author of a study showing how news reports are linked to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 202019 June 2020

This post was updated on 18 June. The original 16 June post is below these new comments. Another case of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 202017 June 2020

The government has committed to reforming our “complex and fragmented” health system after a long-awaited review proposed a major shake-up. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 June 202015 June 2020

With no active COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, the next frontier is our borders. While the concept of a ‘trans-Tasman bubble’ […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 June 202011 June 2020

Most New Zealanders who suffered a repeated bout of rheumatic fever between 2010-14 were young adults, or had stopped their […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 June 202009 June 2020

Antarctica New Zealand is limiting its activities in the world’s only COVID-19-free continent, in an effort to keep it that […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 June 202009 June 2020

The Ministry of Health has today announced that there are no active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The final coronavirus patient has […]