Expert Reactions

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 April 201603 May 2017

International scientists may have overcome an key obstacle in xenotransplantation, successfully transplanting a heart from a pig into a baboon […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 March 201629 March 2016

Costly clean-ups for ‘P’-contaminated homes have been grabbing headlines, but what are the real risks facing a family moving in? […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 March 201603 May 2017

New Zealand is leading the world when it comes to preserving islands’ unique and fragile wildlife by eliminating invasive mammals, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 March 201617 March 2016

Relentless whaling decimated New Zealand’s southern right whale population to just a fraction of pre-whaling numbers by the start of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 March 201603 May 2017

The UK have announced plans to introduce a tax on sugary drinks. Should New Zealand follow suit? In the newly […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 March 201603 May 2017

The Government has this week launched the public awareness campaign for the new Health Star Rating front-of-pack labelling, aiming to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 March 201603 May 2017

Five years on from the Fukushima meltdown, the SMC asks if we have seen any effects in New Zealand. And […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 March 201607 March 2016

The Zika virus may be carried by a mosquito species found in New Zealand, according to preliminary results from Brazilian […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 March 201603 May 2017

The Ministry of Health has reported a case of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus in New Zealand. A […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 March 201603 May 2017

Unchecked climate change will hit food production so severely that an extra half a million people could die through changes […]