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Expert Reactions | Published: 16 August 201916 August 2019

The Government has proposed to give new protection to New Zealand’s most fertile and versatile land. A draft National Policy […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 August 201914 August 2019

The head of Statistics New Zealand has stepped down following an independent review into the 2018 Census. Chief Statistician Liz […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 August 2019

It’s time for an overhaul of the regulations around gene editing, according to an expert panel set up by Royal […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 August 201909 August 2019

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on how land use contributes to climate change and how climate […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 August 2019

A new Bill proposes to change the laws governing abortion in New Zealand to treat the procedure as a health issue […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 August 201919 August 2019

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is developing a new biodiversity strategy which sets out how it hopes to protect and grow […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 July 2019

The Government has released a new guide for making our health sector more sustainable. The health sector currently contributes between […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 July 201927 July 2019

A new global report from the World Health Organization says many governments are making good progress in the fight against tobacco, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 July 201925 July 2019

A new report by Royal Society Te Apārangi states we have thrown away three quarters of the volume of plastics […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 July 201919 July 2019

People with mental illness could experience a gap in life expectancy of around 20 years, a report in The Lancet has found. […]