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Expert Reactions | Published: 14 July 202114 July 2021

The government has signalled a major makeover to a screening and support programme for the earliest years of a child’s life. The Well […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 July 202115 July 2021

New Zealand’s Alert Level system needs an urgent revamp to suit the evolving pandemic, say University of Otago researchers. In a new paper […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 July 2021

New global targets to protect nature and biodiversity are proposed in a UN framework, which stresses people and nature can’t be separated. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 July 202109 July 2021

All non-organic bread-making wheat flour in New Zealand will be fortified with folic acid within the next two years. The supplement […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 July 202107 July 2021

New Zealand could soon have two Covid-19 vaccine options, as Medsafe approves the single-dose Janssen vaccine for use in over-18s. Cabinet […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 July 202106 July 2021

After finishing a study on everyday ableism, a team of researchers at Massey University decided to commission illustrator Toby Morris to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 July 202106 July 2021

A study in mice shows that fibromyalgia – a poorly understood condition which causes ongoing pain and fatigue in an estimated 1 […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 July 202102 July 2021

A leading journal looks at how bioplastics have previously been greenwashed – and how they could help solve the global plastics dilemma. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 June 2021

A survey from the Classification Office offers a glimpse at how pervasive misinformation is in New Zealand, and how it’s […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 June 202130 June 2021

New modelling shows 83 per cent of all New Zealanders need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before we can safely remove […]