Health officials are assuming the Sydney man who visited Wellington over the weekend has the Delta variant of the COVID-19 […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Wellington region goes to Alert Level 2 – Expert Reaction
Wellington will enter Alert Level 2 starting at 6pm tonight, in response to a traveller from Sydney who visited the […]
Continue readingCovid-19 case comes to Wellington – Expert Reaction
Wellingtonians are waiting to hear whether Alert Levels will change, after an infected person from Sydney spent last weekend in […]
Continue readingNew protections and restrictions in the Hauraki Gulf – Expert Reaction
The government has announced 18 new protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, along with limiting trawl fishing to […]
Continue readingMedsafe approves Pfizer vaccine for over-12s – Expert Reaction
New Zealand’s medicines regulator has given the provisional tick for kids as young as 12 to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine […]
Continue readingUsing satellites to study Whakaari – Expert Reaction
A satellite measuring sulphur dioxide emissions fortuitously passed over Whakaari/White Island almost an hour after its deadly eruption on 9 […]
Continue readingCall to decolonise climate adaptation research – Expert Reaction
Science has published a special issue on climate-induced relocation, including an editorial calling to decolonise research in the field to […]
Continue readingNew national booking system for COVID-19 vaccine – Expert Reaction
The government plans to offer the vaccine to the rest of New Zealand’s adult population – Group 4 – starting […]
Continue reading2021 is “absolutely critical” for climate and nature – Expert Reaction
The biodiversity and climate emergencies can’t be solved in isolation, says a new UN-backed report – we either solve both […]
Continue readingWHO seeks end to human rights abuse in mental health care – Expert Reaction
A new World Health Organization guide seeks to end violations of human rights in mental health care. Human rights abuses and coercive practices […]
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