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Public funding decisions up to politicians – Carnaby

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 October 201105 October 2011

Decisions on where to invest more public money in research are “political”,  says the head of the national science academy, […]

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Research and the 2011 Budget

In the News, Reflections on Science  |  Published: 18 May 201118 May 2011

On Thursday the government will announce their 2011 budget for New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald‘s Hamish Fletcher caught up […]

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PODCAST: Re-setting science and innovation for the next 20 years – NZAS conference

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 21 October 201028 October 2010

Airing a range of ideas on how to move the New Zealand science system forwards, prominent speakers gathered today in […]

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NZ Herald: Picking winners in science

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 23 August 201023 August 2010

Shaun Hendy writes in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald about the strategy of ‘picking winners’ in science […]

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TVNZ/NZPA: Govt science spend concentrated

In the News  |  Published: 13 July 2010

The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology has announced the recipients of this year’s largest science funding round. 42 contracts […]

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Jon Morgan: Measuring science hard work

In the News  |  Published: 23 July 2009

Dominion Post writer Jon Morgan on the financial returns required of publicly-funded scientific institutions. Read in full here. An excerpt: […]

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Nobel Laureate: America is neglecting science

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 22 October 200801 December 2010

Dr Peter Agre, 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and who the Science Media Centre caught up with […]

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