Science Media Centre

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 September 202430 September 2024

The free supply of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) comes to an end early next week. Te Whatu Ora says the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 September 202420 September 2024

Even if we stopped making new plastics now, microplastic pollution would keep increasing for the foreseeable future as larger plastics […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 19 September 2024

Children under 5 years old have a weaker immune response to COVID-19 compared with older children and adults, new research […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 19 September 202419 September 2024

A genetic screening study of over 200 autistic New Zealanders found almost 30% had genes that are ‘causal’, or ‘likely […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 17 September 2024

For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024, the Science Media Centre invited journalists to a media briefing with researchers […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 September 202419 September 2024

A new US study found personalised interactions with a chatbot could reduce belief in conspiracy theories. The study, published in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 12 September 202419 September 2024

New genomic research rejects a contentious theory that ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) experienced population declines due to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 September 202413 September 2024

An mpox vaccine has been given provisional approval by Medsafe. The Government says it has stood up a national-level Incident […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 September 202419 September 2024

A new case of mpox in New Zealand appears to be linked to the Queenstown Winter Pride event in August. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 September 2024

New research has detailed the extent of how the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 rapidly spread into wildlife on […]