Expert Reactions

Reforms to NZ’s science sector – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 January 202529 January 2025

The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ’s science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research Institutes […]

Kiwis have high trust in science, study finds – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 January 2025

A global study finds that most people hold relatively high levels of trust in scientists, with New Zealanders ranking 9th […]

Beyond BMI: How should we be diagnosing obesity? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 January 2025

Healthcare systems around the world should rethink how they diagnose obesity, according to an international expert group that says current […]

Carbon-storing construction materials – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 January 2025

Switching up our building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually, according to a new study […]

NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2024 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 January 2025

2024 was New Zealand’s 10th-warmest year on record, according to NIWA’s annual climate summary for 2024. Of New Zealand’s 10 […]

Five global crises are inextricably linked – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 December 2024

‘Siloed thinking’ is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according to a new […]

Large earthquake strikes Vanuatu – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 December 202406 January 2025

A large magnitude shallow earthquake has caused strong shaking and fatalities from widespread destruction in Vanuatu. The quake struck 37km […]

Meth use skyrockets – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 December 2024

Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand’s wastewater. Wastewater testing data show the volume of drugs […]

New food standards for lab-grown meat – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 December 202412 December 2024

Food regulators want to streamline how they assess the growing range of lab-grown foods, starting with cell-cultured quail meat. Instead of going through […]

Gene Technology Bill introduced to parliament – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 December 202417 December 2024

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the […]

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