As a formal investigation continues into the use of certain fire-fighting foams in New Zealand, airports are being identified as still having stocks of […]
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Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug – Expert Q&A
A number of car shipments were turned away at the border last month because they were infested with Brown Marmorated […]
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2018 flu season and influenza vaccine – Expert Q&A
PHARMAC has announced it will fund this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine that covers four strains of the flu. Following reports […]
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What is AMB-FUBINACA? – Expert Q&A
Yesterday, New Zealand Police confirmed 20 deaths linked to synthetic drugs since July. Most of the samples from people who had died, […]
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Election 2017 – SMC science Q&A with political parties
The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]
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Cattle disease found in NZ – Expert Q&A
MPI is responding to the discovery of a cattle disease on a South Canterbury farm. Mycoplasma bovis is common internationally but this is the […]
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Expert Q&A: The science of the Ngauranga slip
Yesterday’s landslip that blocked State Highway 1 into Wellington has been cleared away, but how did it happen and are […]
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Future of Housing – Expert Q&A
There’s no place like home, but owning your own home is harder than ever before. Leaky houses, sky-rocketing prices, and […]
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Community water fluoridation – Expert Q&A
As parliament considers a bill to put decision-making about community water fluoridation in the hands of district health boards, fluoridation […]
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Oyster disease Bonamia ostreae – Expert Q&A
Following the discovery of the parasite Bonamia ostreae in Stewart Island oyster farms, the Ministry for Primary Industries has issued a […]
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