Science Media Centre

Blog | Published: 14 October 201614 October 2016

Tessa Evans this week joins the Science Media Centre team from Australia, where she has been presenting forensic science workshops in […]

In the News | Published: 12 October 201611 April 2018

When the Rena grounded off the coast of Tauranga in October 2011, little blue penguins were the most seriously affected […]

In the News | Published: 12 October 201611 April 2018

Public health researchers and doctors have pushed for a sugary-drink free New Zealand at a symposium in Wellington. The FIZZ […]

In the News | Published: 11 October 201611 April 2018

An island in the Marlborough Sounds has been restored to its predator-free status after an eradication operation successfully removed mice. […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 11 October 201611 April 2018

Now that the Government has ratified the Paris Agreement, the clock is ticking on action to reduce our greenhouse gas […]

In the News | Published: 07 October 201611 April 2018

Researchers at the University of Otago have made new gains in learning about one of the main viruses that causes […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 October 201611 April 2018

A new study of men who were conceived in the 1990s using a now common fertility treatment has found they […]

In the News | Published: 06 October 201611 April 2018

New Zealand became the 63rd country to ratify the Paris Agreement – getting in ahead of the European Union and […]

In the News | Published: 04 October 201611 April 2018

The Government has announced a plan to boost wild kiwi numbers to more than 100,000 by 2030 – about 30,000 […]

In the News | Published: 04 October 201611 April 2018

New research published today in Nature suggests the first people to settle in the Pacific were from Asian farming groups […]