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Author: Peter Griffin

NZ Herald/NZPA: Jandals as dangerous as heels, say experts

In the News  |  Published: 09 March 2010

The New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association (NZCA) says that a US study has shown that jandals are as bad as high […]

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TVNZ/Newstalk ZB: Calls for restrictions on cough medicines

In the News  |  Published: 09 March 2010

Medsafe is calling for 70 cough and cold remedies to be banned from the shelves of supermarkets and dairies, citing […]

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Newstalk ZB: Groundbreaking scientists win prize

In the News  |  Published: 09 March 2010

Dr Jeff Tallon and Dr Bob Buckley, of IRL, have been awarded the top prize at the Prime Minister’s Science […]

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NZ Herald/NZPA: Pollution researcher named top emerging scientist

In the News  |  Published: 09 March 2010

The winners of the Prime Minister’s Science Awards were announced today, with doctoral student John Watt winning the top emerging […]

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Dom Post: Fishing limit decisions ‘guesswork’

Dom Post: Fishing limit decisions ‘guesswork’

In the News  |  Published: 09 March 201014 February 2019

Nick Churchouse writes in the Dominion Post about the view of an eminent NZ scientist that decisions on commercial fishing […]

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ODT:Farming confronting technical conundrums

In the News  |  Published: 08 March 2010

Neal Wallace of the Otago Daily Times writes about warnings that NZ’s pasture-based farming system might have to change. Stephen […]

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The Press: Editorial: Taskforce report offers blueprint for research

In the News  |  Published: 08 March 2010

An editorial in The Press discusses the recently-released report from the CRI taskforce, which has said that major reforms to […]

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ODT: Facing up to global farming reality

In the News  |  Published: 08 March 201011 March 2010

Neal Wallance writes in the Otago Dilay Times about fears that food crises could outweigh climate change in the near […]

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Dom Post: How Darwin opened a can of worms in New Zealand’s soil

In the News  |  Published: 08 March 2010

Bob Brockie writes in the Dominion Post about Darwin’s discovery that earthworms are able, through their activity, to bury not […]

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Newsletter Digest: Fisheries Science, CRI Taskforce and the SMC Media Trackers

Blog  |  Published: 05 March 2010

The science behind the catch As we head into Sea Week and New Zealanders digest the message of the hard-hitting […]

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