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Expert Q&A

Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.

2018 flu season and influenza vaccine – Expert Q&A

2018 flu season and influenza vaccine – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 28 February 201811 April 2019

PHARMAC has announced it will fund this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine that covers four strains of the flu. Following reports […]

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What is AMB-FUBINACA? – Expert Q&A

What is AMB-FUBINACA? – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 15 September 201720 August 2018

Yesterday, New Zealand Police confirmed 20 deaths linked to synthetic drugs since July. Most of the samples from people who had died, […]

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Election 2017 – SMC science Q&A with political parties

Election 2017 – SMC science Q&A with political parties

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 24 August 201723 July 2020

The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]

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Cattle disease found in NZ – Expert Q&A

Cattle disease found in NZ – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 27 July 201703 August 2018

MPI is responding to the discovery of a cattle disease on a South Canterbury farm. Mycoplasma bovis is common internationally but this is the […]

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Expert Q&A: The science of the Ngauranga slip

Expert Q&A: The science of the Ngauranga slip

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 12 July 201703 August 2018

Yesterday’s landslip that blocked State Highway 1 into Wellington has been cleared away, but how did it happen and are […]

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Future of Housing – Expert Q&A

Future of Housing – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 21 June 201726 February 2019

There’s no place like home, but owning your own home is harder than ever before. Leaky houses, sky-rocketing prices, and […]

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Community water fluoridation – Expert Q&A

Community water fluoridation – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 19 June 201703 August 2018

As parliament considers a bill to put decision-making about community water fluoridation in the hands of district health boards, fluoridation […]

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Oyster disease Bonamia ostreae – Expert Q&A

Oyster disease Bonamia ostreae – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 13 June 201703 August 2018

Following the discovery of the parasite Bonamia ostreae in Stewart Island oyster farms, the Ministry for Primary Industries has issued a […]

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Manchester attack and trauma in young people — Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 24 May 201703 August 2018

On the 22nd May 2017, a suicide bombing took place at a pop concert at the Manchester Arena, with the latest […]

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Rocket Lab and its efforts to launch NZ into space game — Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 23 May 201711 December 2024

Yesterday marked the start of the ten-day window in which Rocket Lab will attempt to launch its Electron rocket from […]

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