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Major makeover for NZ science system – Expert Reaction

Major makeover for NZ science system – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 December 202215 December 2022

The system that supports our researchers and innovators is set for an overhaul, with the release of the “Te Ara […]

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Enviro research funding “fragmented” – Expert Reaction

Enviro research funding “fragmented” – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 December 202010 December 2020

There’s a disconnect between the environmental research the Government says is important – like freshwater and biodiversity – and the […]

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Māori and Pasifika scientists under-represented in NZ research sector – Expert Reaction

Māori and Pasifika scientists under-represented in NZ research sector – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 August 202017 August 2020

Māori and Pasifika scientists have been “severely under-represented” in Aotearoa New Zealand’s universities and Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) in recent […]

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Funding for R&D in New Zealand – Expert Reaction

Funding for R&D in New Zealand – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 June 202005 June 2020

Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods has today announced $401.3 million funding for research and development through Budget […]

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R&D tax credits scheme takes effect – In the News

R&D tax credits scheme takes effect – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 03 April 201903 April 2019

A research and development incentive providing a 15 per cent tax credit to businesses that spend more than $50,000 on […]

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In defence of science and our Treaty – Margreet Vissers

In defence of science and our Treaty – Margreet Vissers

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 March 201805 July 2018

University of Otago’s Associate Dean (research) Professor Margreet Vissers has penned a heartfelt response to a column criticising inclusion of […]

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BUDGET 2017: Science and research

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 25 May 201703 August 2018

The Government has released this year’s Budget, with $250 million earmarked for science and innovation initiatives. This page will be […]

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Tūhoe and scientists collaborate on dinosaur hunt – In the news

In the News  |  Published: 07 July 201603 May 2017

Ngāi Tūhoe and palaeontologists have teamed up to go digging for dinosaurs and understand more about how these animals lived in […]

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Ten science successes profiled in the Herald on Sunday

In the News  |  Published: 11 April 201618 April 2016

In a two-page spread in the Herald on Sunday, science journalist Jamie Morton lays out ten New Zealand science and […]

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Science needs funding certainty to excel

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 October 2015

The Press science reporter Dr Sarah-Jane O’Connor looks at the state of science funding in New Zealand and whether it […]

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