Science Media Centre

In the News | Published: 06 September 201703 August 2018

A mumps outbreak in Auckland has hit 300 cases this year, more than the last 16 years combined, due in […]

In the News | Published: 04 September 201703 August 2018

A draft report from the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) — which was stamped for release in April — has been […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 August 201703 August 2018

People with high carb diets are more likely to have poor health than people with high fat diets, according to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 August 201703 August 2018

Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the USA on August 26 as a category 4 storm, and has caused extensive flooding […]

In the News | Published: 29 August 201703 August 2018

A common argument for why the gender pay gap exists is that women tend to work in lower-paid occupations, but […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 24 August 201705 July 2018

Deputy Director of the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre Dr Andy Reisinger offers a rebuttal in the NZ […]

In the News | Published: 24 August 2017

Researchers looking at air trapped within Antarctic ice have found humans are putting more methane into the atmosphere through fossil […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 24 August 201723 July 2020

The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 August 201703 August 2018

US researchers have uncovered a reason why low vitamin C may speed up the development of leukaemia in mice. Unlike […]

Blog | Published: 21 August 2017

Journalists around the country are getting underway on important stories ranging from driverless cars to gene editing to sea level […]