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Expert Reactions

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

NIWA’s annual climate summary 2021 – Expert Reaction

NIWA’s annual climate summary 2021 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 January 202212 January 2022

2021 was New Zealand’s warmest year on record, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2021. Aotearoa New Zealand is […]

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Waitangi Tribunal finds Covid-19 response put Māori at risk – Expert Reaction

Waitangi Tribunal finds Covid-19 response put Māori at risk – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 December 2021

The Waitangi Tribunal has found that a number of Cabinet’s Covid-19 decisions breached Treaty principles. These include the decision to reject advice from its […]

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The plan to keep Omicron away from NZ over summer – Expert Reaction

The plan to keep Omicron away from NZ over summer – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 December 202121 December 2021

The government has announced changes to booster jabs, quarantine stays, and the border in an effort to keep Omicron out of the […]

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Two new vaccine rollouts lie ahead – Expert Reaction

Two new vaccine rollouts lie ahead – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 December 2021

New frontiers in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout are opening up – vaccinating 5-11 year olds, and giving booster doses to […]

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Second ‘probable’ death from Covid-19 vaccine in NZ – Expert Reaction

Second ‘probable’ death from Covid-19 vaccine in NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 December 2021

A 26-year-old man who died after his Covid-19 vaccine suffered myocarditis, a rare side effect of the jab, according to […]

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Covid-19 vaccine provisionally approved for children – Expert Reaction

Covid-19 vaccine provisionally approved for children – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 December 202116 December 2021

Medsafe has provisionally approved the paediatric version of the Pfizer vaccine for tamariki aged 5 to 11 years old. The approval […]

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Wellbeing budgets and the environment – Expert Reaction

Wellbeing budgets and the environment – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 December 202113 December 2021

A new report examines how the environment has – or has not – been incorporated into the government’s ‘Wellbeing Budgets’. The Parliamentary Commissioner for […]

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Covid-19 testing through the traffic light summer – Expert Reaction

Covid-19 testing through the traffic light summer – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 December 2021

Will the nation’s Covid-19 testing be able to keep up with Aucklanders leaving the city tomorrow, and much of the […]

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Smoking to be outlawed for future generations – Expert Reaction

Smoking to be outlawed for future generations – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 December 202109 December 2021

The just-launched Smokefree 2025 Action Plan says people aged 14 and under when a new law comes into effect will […]

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Booster jab shows promise against Omicron – Expert Reaction

Booster jab shows promise against Omicron – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 December 202109 December 2021

Preliminary lab results from Pfizer/BioNTech suggest a third booster dose of their mRNA vaccine may be able to stop the […]

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