Writing for Fairfax NZ News, Anthony Hubbard profiles Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor. An excerpt […]
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Columnist Dave Armstrong, writing in the Dominion Post, muses on the the environmental criticisms levelled at the government by Ecologist […]
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This morning on Radio New Zealand Morning Report scientists and politicians discussed science funding in New Zealand the and difficulties […]
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In a New Zealand Herald opinion article, Prof Jim Salinger, Visiting Professor at Stanford University, California, asks NZ not to […]
Continue readingClimate change ‘taking place before our eyes’ – WMO report
An international report from the United Nation’s World Meterological Organization (WMO) has highlighted growing evidence of a warming climate that […]
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Jacqueline Rowarth, Professor of Agribusiness at the University of Waikato, highlights New Zealand’s importance as a food producer in a […]
Continue readingPrime Minister’s Science Prizes
The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, which combine recognition and prize money of $1 million, have been presented in Wellington today. […]
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The release of a much-anticipated report into the oil and gas extraction technique ‘fracking’ has stimulated public discussion on the […]
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The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, today released her report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The PCE’s report […]
Continue readingTraumatic brain injury rates underestimated – NZ study
Worldwide incidence of traumatic brain injury could be six times higher than previous estimates, according to new research based on […]
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