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The Press: Science funding changes
An article in The Press outlining proposed changes to the structure of science funding in New Zealand: An excerpt: Read […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Science ‘the linchpin in NZ’s ability to innovate’
The New Zealand Herald’s Andrea Fox covers Chief Science Advisor Peter Gluckman’s speech yesterday in Hamilton. An excerpt: (read in […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Climate debate adrift on rising tide of lunacy
A column by New Zealand Herald columnist Chris Barton on the climate change debate much of which has boiled over […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Inside a nuclear reactor
Herald senior feature writer Chris Barton visits Grenoble nuclear power station and meets a New Zealander involved in particle physics… […]
Continue readingBSA Complaint against TV3’s ‘Let Us Spray’ doco upheld
A long-running complaints inquiry by the Broadcasting Standards Authority has just come to a conclusion, with the authority upholding complaints […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Climate change – A ‘bigger threat than terrorism’
A series of piece’s from the Weekend Herald’s climate change special written by Chris Barton and Geoff Cumming. An excerpt: […]
Continue readingMeasles spread continues
The measles outbreak which first began in Christchurch in early July has now spread to Auckland. The outbreak, which began […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Scientists on dog and fish deaths
The latest coverage from the New Zealand Herald’s Eloise Gibson of the mysterious illness among dogs and sea life along […]
Continue readingOtago Daily Times: Climate trade-offs
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times looking at the hard decision ahead in setting a 2020 emissions reduction target […]
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