Niwa has responded to ACT Party leader Rodney Hide’s claim that it had misled New Zealand’s government regarding climate change. […]
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Bay Chronicle: Troubled waters
Keri Molloy writes in The Bay Chronicle about a new public awareness campaign, focusing on the destruction of fisheries globally […]
Continue readingStuff/NZPA: Therapy offers new hope for cancer sufferers
A rabbit virus could hold hope for people suffering with colorectal cancer, say researchers from the University of Otago. The […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Research indicates university students studying less
Research has found that both American and New Zealand university students are spending fewer hours studying today than in 1961. […]
Continue readingThe Press: New farms destroying native NZ
David Williams writes in The Press about research by Landcare suggesting that intensive farming is having an extremely negative effect […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: Scientists discredit Moa’s Ark theory
Scientists from Massey University are disputing the hypothesis that New Zealand’s flora and fauna have evolved without much external influence […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: One taste, and full power ahead – researchers find instant carbo boost
Simply tasting carbohydrate has the ability to boost muscle strength, according to research conducted by University of Auckland scientists. Their […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi helps to resurrect woolly mammoth blood
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about Wellingtonian Alan Cooper and his involvement in scientists’ recently announced ability to […]
Continue readingDom Post: Scientists seek new life in mine zone
As mining companies eye the Kermadec Arc for their underwater mineral deposits, NIWA scientists will next week travel to the […]
Continue readingMalborough Express: Spiky find may be new species
A New Zealand slug has been found which could, an expert says, be a new species. The slug, which features […]
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