Expert Reactions

Supermarket competition ‘not working well’ for Kiwis – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 29 July 202129 July 2021

A draft report released by the Commerce Commission says New Zealand’s supermarket sector is a ‘duopoly’, with other grocery stores […]

New pledge for more openness in animal research – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 July 202127 July 2021

Twenty-one science organisations in NZ have signed up to being more open about the use of animals in research and […]

Trans-Tasman bubble suspended – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 July 2021

Starting tonight, Australians will no longer be able to enter New Zealand quarantine-free for at least the next eight weeks. […]

Controlling M. bovis in NZ, four years on – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 July 202121 July 2021

On 21 July 2017, the bacteria Mycoplasma bovis was first found in New Zealand cattle. A year later, in May 2018, we became […]

The ethics of caring for the orca Toa – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 July 202120 July 2021

An intensive search for the pod of the stranded baby orca – named Toa – has continued daily for the last […]

Frequent flooding in NZ – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 July 2021

Last weekend’s wild weather provoked severe flooding in the Buller and Marlborough regions – the third major flood event in New Zealand […]

The hottest Olympics in history – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 July 202116 July 2021

When the Olympic Games open in Tokyo next Friday, New Zealand’s largest-ever team of 211 athletes is predicted to face record-breaking temperatures amid the […]

RSV’s toll on health services – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 July 202119 July 2021

A sharp spike in respiratory syncytial virus – a highly-contagious, flu-like illness – is especially affecting kids and babies, and stretching hospital emergency departments. What are the […]