Tehnuka Ilanko, Author at Science Media Centre

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 July 202509 July 2025

The strategy released this afternoon is a signal of “unwavering support for private sector investment in AI,” the government says. The strategy […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 July 202508 July 2025

Warmer, saltier water from deep in the Southern Ocean has started rising to the surface, bringing up more carbon dioxide, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 July 202504 July 2025

MethaneSAT lost contact with the ground on Friday 20 June, and mission operations learned today that it has also lost […]

Blog | Published: 19 June 202517 September 2025

The winners of this year’s Science Journalism Awards cover the dark side of solar storms and explore the impacts of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 May 2025

The new national Science Curriculum is expected to become available later this year, after a rewrite was paused in 2024. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 28 May 202509 June 2025

The third UN Ocean Conference in France next month will focus on the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 May 202528 May 2025

A teenager has died after suffering a head injury while playing a private “run it straight-style” tackle game in Palmerston North. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 May 2025

NZ Food Safety has proposed changing the residue limits allowed in food for several agricultural compounds. The proposed amendments change or […]

Blog | Published: 15 May 202519 June 2025

Update (18 June 2025): Congratulations to Kate Newton and Fox Meyer, who won the Established and Emerging Journalist categories, respectively, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 May 202505 May 2025

New research shows that tuatara could be at risk from the same rodenticides that are used to protect them from […]