This year saw massive policy changes in New Zealand’s science sector, with the coalition government changing tack on gene tech […]
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Learning from NZ’s response to Covid-19 – Expert Reaction
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into lessons learned from NZ’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has released the first phase […]
Continue readingThe Royal Commission on COVID-19 Lessons Learned – SMC Media Briefing
The Science Media Centre held a media briefing with Professor Tony Blakely to discuss Phase One of the Royal Commission […]
Continue readingRadioactive waste storage in NZ – Expert Reaction
A New Zealand Herald investigation has focused attention on a new storage facility for New Zealand’s radioactive waste in rural […]
Continue readingCyclone Gabrielle’s impacts on NZ’s ecosystems – Expert Reaction
An upcoming symposium in Rotorua will bring together recent research on tropical cyclone ecology, with a special focus on the […]
Continue readingClimate finance commitments triple at close of COP29 – Expert Reaction
Wealthy countries have committed to spend more than NZ$500 billion (US$300b) annually by 2035 to help poorer countries cope with […]
Continue readingGlobal plastic waste to double by 2050, study says – Expert Reaction
A new modelling study says global plastic waste will double by the middle of the century if we stick to […]
Continue readingProvisional approval of mpox vaccine in NZ – Expert Reaction
An mpox vaccine has been given provisional approval by Medsafe. The Government says it has stood up a national-level Incident […]
Continue readingAvian flu’s spread to remote Antarctic islands – Expert Reaction
New research has detailed the extent of how the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 rapidly spread into wildlife on […]
Continue readingMobile phones not linked to brain cancers, WHO-commissioned review finds – Expert Reaction
A new systematic review of 63 research studies has found no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer […]
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