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Science Media SAVVY in Auckland Twelve keen scientists were put through their paces in Auckland in mid-March in the second […]
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In a NZ Herald two-page special report, Jamie Morten interviews three climate researchers from Victoria University Wellington about climate, change […]
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On Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon show, Mary Wilson probes the government’s fledgling scientific Crown Entity, Callaghan Innovation, seeking […]
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Current drought conditions in the North Island have heated up discussion about the science of climate change and the future […]
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New Zealand is ‘superdiverse’, having seen unprecedented increases in the ethnic, cultural, social and linguistic diversity of the New Zealand […]
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