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Expert Reactions

A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.

Does irradiating tomatoes kill their nutrition value? – Expert responds

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 May 201328 March 2016

Media attention has this week focussed on irradiated Australian tomatoes and capsicums which could be imported into New Zealand from […]

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Fighting rheumatic fever – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 May 201326 February 2019

UPDATED: New funding to combat rheumatic fever announced today will provide for free drop-in clinics for sore throat testing and […]

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National Science Challenges unveiled – Experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 01 May 201303 May 2013

UPDATED 11.00 AM, MAY 3: The Government this week announced the ten areas that have been selected for special focus […]

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EU votes against bee-harming pesticides – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 April 201328 March 2016

The European Commission has voted in favour of a two-year moratorium on the use of a pesticide known to harm […]

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Reconstruction of 2000 years of global temperatures – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 April 201328 March 2016

A group of international scientists, including New Zealanders, have for the first time reconstructed temperatures for seven continental-scale regions for […]

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Texas fertiliser plant explosion – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 18 April 201328 March 2016

An explosion at a fertiliser plant in the US is reported to have injured more than 100 people and killed […]

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PCE report calls for moratorium on longfin eel fishing – experts respond

PCE report calls for moratorium on longfin eel fishing – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 17 April 201314 February 2019

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]

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Longfin eels – PCE calls for commercial fishing moratorium

Longfin eels – PCE calls for commercial fishing moratorium

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 17 April 201314 February 2019

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]

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Warming climate expands NZ wine country

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 April 201305 September 2017

A warming planet might not be bad news for New Zealand wine growers, according to a new study which predicts […]

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Bird flu in China – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 April 201305 April 2013

Updated: The WHO in China has recorded a total of 11 confirmed cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9),  including […]

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