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Expert Q&A

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

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 201703 August 2018

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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Cyclone Cook and flooding – Expert Q&A

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

A mere week after the tail end of Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit the North Island, another cyclone is on its […]

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Toxic algal blooms in NZ – Expert Q&A

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

UPDATED: Last week, the New Zealand Government announced its intention to make 90 per cent of NZ’s waterways ‘swimmable’ by […]

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Will NZ’s future energy be clean? – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 16 February 201703 August 2018

Approximately 80 per cent of New Zealand’s electricity comes from renewable energy sources. But is this the full picture behind […]

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HPV vaccine now funded for boys – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 31 January 201728 February 2019

As students head back to school this week, boys, as well as girls, will have funded access to the HPV […]

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