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Science Bytes

Unbiased and topical backgrounders and handy reference sheets for journalists covering issues in science and technology.

Brrrr! Experts comment on polar blast

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 June 201328 March 2016

New Zealand is in the grip of a winter storm, with cold southerlies from Antarctica bringing snow, wind and hail. […]

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Crown Research Institutes – 2009 annual reports tabled

Uncategorized  |  Published: 08 October 2009

Annual reports for all eight Crown Research Institutes were tabled in parliament yesterday. Here are links to the reports that […]

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Covering Copenhagen: SMC travel grant – call for applications

Uncategorized  |  Published: 18 September 200919 June 2011

With the Copenhagen climate conference in Denmark looming, it is far from clear whether the world’s nations will be able […]

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PM: Science should be “at the heart of Government”

Uncategorized  |  Published: 16 September 200917 September 2009

Prime Minister John Key this evening launched the Primary Growth Partnership, which will inject funding into public-private research and development […]

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OECD report: Need to do better for New Zealand children

Uncategorized  |  Published: 03 September 200904 September 2009

An OECD report released this week, Doing Better for Children, suggests New Zealand needs to lift its game in terms […]

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Draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy released

Uncategorized  |  Published: 03 September 2009

The Draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy was released today, and is up for public discussion.  It is expected that a […]

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ETS Review released: Trading scheme preferable to carbon tax

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 31 August 200910 September 2009

The Emissions Trading Scheme select committee set up by the Government to review the emissions trading framework put in place […]

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MacDiarmid: The best young scientists and their research

Uncategorized  |  Published: 26 August 200931 August 2009

UPDATE: Click here to read about the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year winners Tomorrow night will see the  2009 […]

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MoH: Latest HPV vaccination and adverse reaction statistics

Uncategorized  |  Published: 19 August 200919 August 2009

Statement to Science Media Centre Uptake As at 31 July 2009, more than 81,000 New Zealand girls and young women […]

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Drilling back in time in the name of climate science

Expert Q&A, Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 March 200927 March 2009

Can looking at samples of five million year-old rock sediment tell us the consequences of warming the earth by pumping […]

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