An article in the New Zealand Medical Journal has reflected on the lessons New Zealand can learn from the opioid epidemic in […]
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Child Poverty Reduction Bill – Expert Reaction
The Prime Minister has announced a proposed Child Poverty Reduction Bill, which would set in law targets to reduce child […]
Continue readingHot summer causing early snow melt – In the News
University of Otago researchers have just returned from one of New Zealand’s largest ice fields – the Gardens of Eden […]
Continue readingRocket Lab successful launch and payload deployment – Expert reaction
Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket and deployed satellites into orbit this afternoon, a milestone for the company and […]
Continue readingForgotten species and 50 environment questions – In the News
Stuff and the NZ Herald have both been running a series of environment stories this week, with Stuff focusing on […]
Continue readingNeonicotinoid pesticides to be pulled from some NZ shelves – In the News
Australian hardware chain Bunnings has decided to stop selling neonicotinoid pesticides products in its Australian and New Zealand stores by […]
Continue readingTaranaki newspaper highlights climate change – In the News
The Taranaki Daily News has been running a six-part climate change series, called ‘Life of the Edge’, examining what climate change […]
Continue readingUnderwater eruption one of the biggest in 100 years – In the News
Researchers examining an underwater volcano that erupted in 2012 have compared its size to the Mt St Helens eruption in […]
Continue readingExtinct NZ bat identified in Otago – In the News
New Zealand and Australian researchers have identified another extinct New Zealand bat species, this one weighed about 40 grams – […]
Continue reading2017 a year of extreme weather – Expert Reaction
Niwa has released its annual climate summary for 2017, which it says was a year of weather extremes. While the […]
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