Massey scientist Mark Seabrook-Davison says that almost 3,000 species in New Zealand are severely threatened, and feels that current conservation […]
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NZ Herald: Editorial: Meat – the good and bad news
An editorial in the New Zealand Herald looks at the results of a recent AgResearch study showing that food miles […]
Continue readingDom Post: A world leader for the new rocket science
Colin James writes in an opinion piece in the Dominion Post about New Zealand’s controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS), which […]
Continue readingDom Post: Intriguing new branches broaden the human family tree
Bob Brockie writes in the Dominion Post about the recent fossil discoveries which suggest that modern humanity lived with several […]
Continue readingDom Post: Little gadget that can protect against sun exposure
Matt Calman writes in the Dominion Post about the development by Canterbury University computer engineer Matt Allen of a UV […]
Continue readingMedia Coverage: Dropping blood alcohol limits from 80mg/l to 50 mg/l
The Government is considering a proposal to drop the maximum legal blood alcohol limit for driving from 80 mg/l to […]
Continue readingStuff/NZPA: Experts back proposal to cut blood alcohol limit
The Government’s proposed plan to reduce the maximum blood alcohol limit for driving from 80 mg/l to 50 mg/l in […]
Continue readingDom Post: $45m emissions research brings ‘no guarantees’
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post that Prime Minister John Key has said that the $45m being spent by […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Rare tree being revived on Three Kings
One of the world’s rarest trees, thought to be doomed, may have a chance for survival as conservationists fly to […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Heat increases on Govt to delay start of carbon trading
Adam Bennet writes in the New Zealand Herald about the mounting calls by business, farming and some political groups to […]
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