The Government is seeking public feedback on how drug driver testing can improve road safety. Drug testing behind the wheel isn’t as simple […]
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Limits to brain scanning technology – Prof Donna Rose Addis
A proposal to test how reliable brain scans could be in detecting whether suspects knew anything about a crime goes […]
Continue readingQ&A with forensic scientist Keith Bedford – NZ Herald
As Prime’s new documentary series Forensics NZ goes to air, the New Zealand Herald quizzes Dr Keith Bedford from ESR […]
Continue readingLooking at Lincoln’s genes
Kim Knight at the Sunday Star Times chats to Kiwi scientist Ann Horsburgh about her role in National Geographic’s US documentary […]
Continue readingDrink driving limits – experts respond
The Government plans to lower the legal blood alcohol limit from 80 to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres […]
Continue readingESR’s future crime scene technology on Radio NZ
For Morning Report, Radio New Zealand science reporter Will Hine talked with experts from Crown Research Institute ESR about the […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Anthony Doesburg – Crime sleuths separate forensics
Anthony Doesburg writes in the New Zealand Herald about the differences between real-world and television-based forensics. Local forensic scientist Anna […]
Continue readingThe Press: Innovative new DNA test
Ian Steward reports in The Press on a new forensic technique to be introduced to New Zealand in the near […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: CSI no relevance to real DNA profiling
Programmes such as CSI have actually been unhelpful to the field of forensics, as they’ve given the public an inaccurate […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Global DNA search a step closer, says expert
With the visit of international expert Dr Peter Gill, Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald reports on the growing […]
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