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In the News

A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.

TVNZ/NZPA: Iodine deficiency stunts intelligence

In the News  |  Published: 09 September 200909 September 2009

Otago researchers have shown, for the first time, that increasing the amount of iodine in a child’s diet in order […]

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The Dominion Post: Eczema victims to try butter test

In the News  |  Published: 09 September 200909 September 2009

Tanya Katterns of The Dominion Post writes about new research to be conducted by researchers at Auckland and Otago universities […]

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Sunday Star Times: Burn After Reading

In the News  |  Published: 07 September 2009

An opinion piece by Rod Oram of the Sunday Star Times on New Zealand’s tenuous credibility regarding climate change, and […]

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NZ Herald: Study exposes extra heart risk for patients

In the News  |  Published: 03 September 200904 September 2009

A article in the New Zealand Herald by reporter Jarrod Booker looking at some University of Auckland-led international research examining […]

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NZPA: Warmest August in 155 years

In the News  |  Published: 02 September 200902 September 2009

The NZPA is reporting in the Dominion Post that New Zealand has experienced the warmest August since records began in […]

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NZ Herald: Lack of climate consensus produces cop-out

In the News  |  Published: 01 September 200902 September 2009

A column by the Herald’s John Armstrong looking at the lack of consensus in Parliament on the emissions trading scheme. […]

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Prospect of mining conservation land stirs controversy

In the News  |  Published: 31 August 200931 August 2009

An announcement by Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee last week (at a conference of the Australian Institute of Mining […]

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NIWA’s new supercomputer

In the News  |  Published: 31 August 2009

NIWA has announced its purchase of a $12.7 million dollar supercomputer – the most powerful of its kind in the […]

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Sunday Star Times: NZ too slow on ETS uptake

In the News  |  Published: 31 August 200931 August 2009

The Sunday Star Times’ Rod Oram writes about New Zealand business’ approach to the Emissions Trading Scheme, and the fact […]

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Saturday Morning with Kim Hill: Amy Whitehead – Saving the Whio

In the News  |  Published: 31 August 2009

Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill interviews Amy Whitehead, overall runner-up of the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards 2009. […]

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