Media queries and Expert reaction
The Science Media Centre is available to help connect you with researchers for your stories – please feel free to contact us via email or our 24/7 media hotline: 027 3333 000.
A selection of recent expert reaction comments we’ve gathered on relevant topics can be viewed here.
Once or twice a year the SMC hosts media training workshops for Māori researchers. We can recommend researchers who have come through this programme and have experience giving media interviews – in te reo Māori or English – across a wide range of topics, including environmental, social, health, technology and kaupapa Māori research.
Scimex
In collaboration with the Australian Science Media Centre, we run Scimex.org – a hub for science- and research-related news. You can register to access embargoed research and receive email updates: you are able to filter your interests based on region and topic.
In 2020 we introduced an ‘indigenous’ tag that features research led by, for and with indigenous peoples. Use the advanced search or filters to find New Zealand-specific research in this category.
Te Āki
From July 2021 to June 2022, we produced a monthly newsletter for Māori media, curating recent science-related stories and profiles of Māori researchers, compiled by Rosemary Rangitauira. You can read all issues below.
Sciblogs
We hosted a section on Sciblogs – Mātau Taiao – that featured mātauranga Māori and other Māori research and researchers. Sciblogs has now been archived but all the posts can still be read.