Daniel Walker, Author at Science Media Centre

Nations make historic commitment to tackle plastic pollution – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 March 202203 March 2022

The international community has agreed to end plastic pollution and draft a legally-binding treaty by 2024. Overnight, New Zealand time, […]

Indigenous knowledge and climate adaptation – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 March 202205 April 2022

A major report on climate adaptation calls for indigenous knowledge and science to be brought together to help secure a […]

How NZ can adapt to climate change, according to the IPCC – SMC Briefing

Expert Q&A | Published: 01 March 202204 March 2022

The second section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest report outlines how we can adapt to climate […]

Phase 3 shakes up the pandemic response – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 February 202224 February 2022

With more than 6,000 cases of Covid-19 recorded today, the gears are shifting on the Omicron outbreak in New Zealand, […]

NZ moves to Red as Omicron cases spread – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 January 202223 January 2022

The country will shift to the Red setting of the traffic light system at midnight tonight, after nine cases of […]

Omicron outbreak would move the country to Red – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 January 2022

The Prime Minister has announced if Omicron cases spread into the community, the country will move to the traffic light […]

Tongan disaster relief and recovery – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 January 202220 January 2022

Governments and aid agencies are preparing to offer support to Tonga following the weekend’s violent undersea volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami. Pictures […]

Waitangi Tribunal finds Covid-19 response put Māori at risk – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 December 2021

The Waitangi Tribunal has found that a number of Cabinet’s Covid-19 decisions breached Treaty principles. These include the decision to reject advice from its […]