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Ivory towers and glass ceilings: The gender pay gap in NZ research – Expert Reaction

Ivory towers and glass ceilings: The gender pay gap in NZ research – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 January 202023 January 2020

Over her lifetime, an average woman scientist at a New Zealand university earns about NZ$400,000 less than her male counterparts, reports […]

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Child Poverty Reduction Bill – Expert Reaction

Child Poverty Reduction Bill – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 01 February 201826 February 2019

The Prime Minister has announced a proposed Child Poverty Reduction Bill, which would set in law targets to reduce child […]

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Ten year target to boost research & development – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 25 October 201720 August 2018

The Labour-New Zealand First coalition will undertake to increase spending on research & development to 2% of GDP over ten […]

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Election 2017 – SMC science Q&A with political parties

Election 2017 – SMC science Q&A with political parties

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 24 August 201723 July 2020

The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]

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90-day law research widely covered – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 20 June 201603 May 2017

New research analysing the impact of a controversial 90-day trial period for new employees has been widely covered in the […]

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Pain relief in labour – what works?

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 March 201216 March 2012

A new study has drawn together findings from hundreds of clinical trials to identify the most effective and safest pain […]

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Election 2011 – SMC science Q&A with political parties

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 08 November 201123 July 2020

The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]

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Election 2011 – Major parties on agri-policy

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 October 201105 October 2011

In the lead up to the election, the Dominion Post has quizzed National and Labour on what the key issues […]

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Red State Blue State, Rich State, Poor State?

Blog  |  Published: 14 November 200814 November 2008

We’re all familiar with how those political maps ended up looking after election night both here and in the US. […]

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US R&D tax credit debate – a different story entirely

Blog  |  Published: 28 October 200828 October 2008

As Science (subscription required) reported last week, the US Government’s US$700 billion bail-out of the financial sector included a bundle […]

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