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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.

Nanotechnology and consumer safety — what are the risks?

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 09 July 200909 July 2009

Hundreds of consumer products containing nanoparticles are already on the shelves, but almost nothing is known about their effects on […]

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Polluted waterways – the science and the solutions

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 June 200906 July 2009

Water quality in our rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries is deteriorating as land use, particularly by the agricultural sector intensifies. […]

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The consequences of more acidic oceans

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 May 200920 May 2009

The world’s oceans absorb around one third of the carbon released into the atmosphere as a result of human activities […]

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SMC Briefing: Bovine genome sequenced and released

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 24 April 200924 April 2009

New Zealand scientists are among an international group of researchers who have sequenced the cow genome in its entirety and […]

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Drilling back in time in the name of climate science

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 March 200927 March 2009

Can looking at samples of five million year-old rock sediment tell us the consequences of warming the earth by pumping […]

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SMC Briefing: Biosecurity – heading off the threats

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 March 200927 March 2009

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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SMC Briefing: Eco-labels – a threat to New Zealand?

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 19 February 200927 March 2009

An audio briefing for journalists on food miles and eco-labeling and the economic implications for New Zealand exports. Log-in to […]

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Why aren’t we immunising our kids? An SMC briefing

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 February 200927 March 2009

There is a real problem in New Zealand with immunisation rates, as highlighted in the Unicef’s State of the World’s […]

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NIWA’s climate outlook to April

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 30 January 200927 March 2009

La Niña continues, with mild conditions nationally, and likely dry in the south NIWA – A moderate La Niña in […]

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Interesting dairy farming statistics from DairyNZ 07-08 report

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 27 January 200919 June 2011

The 2007-08 report from Dairy NZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation has some interesting statistics about the dairy industry in New […]

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