Mike Lee, Hauraki Gulf conservationist and chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, laments the slow progress towards establishing the Hauraki […]
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New Zealand has a love affair with bees. Not only are we a significant producer and consumer of honey and […]
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The British Science Media Centre rounded up comment from scientists on President Obama’s move to lift limits on embryonic stem […]
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Announcement from AgResearch and Lincoln University issued today at 11am. The Chairman of AgResearch and the Chancellor of Lincoln University […]
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LISTEN ONLINE: MEDIA BRIEFING: Tuesday, 10 March 10.30am As an isolated, island nation, New Zealand has managed to keep at […]
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There’s a scene in the film Gattaca, which was written by New Zealand-born writer-director Andrew Niccol, that was going through […]
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Lawyers, scientists and health officials gathered in Wellington yesterday to discuss the findings of the University of Otago’s Human Genome […]
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The Wall Street Journal’s South East Asia bureau chief Patrick Barta, visited New Zealand to report on research efforts underway […]
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Bob Brockie writing in the Dominion Post outlines how German biologist Ernest Haekel perverted the work of Charles Darwin to […]
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