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Expert Reactions

A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.

Massive explosion rocks Lebanon’s capital Beirut – Expert Reaction from the Australian SMC

Massive explosion rocks Lebanon’s capital Beirut – Expert Reaction from the Australian SMC

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 August 2020

Explosions have rocked Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing at least 78 people, injuring thousands more, and sending an enormous blast wave […]

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Māori and Pasifika scientists under-represented in NZ research sector – Expert Reaction

Māori and Pasifika scientists under-represented in NZ research sector – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 04 August 202017 August 2020

Māori and Pasifika scientists have been “severely under-represented” in Aotearoa New Zealand’s universities and Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) in recent […]

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Climate change risk assessment – Expert Reaction

Climate change risk assessment – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 August 202004 August 2020

New Zealand’s first nationwide climate change risk stocktake has highlighted ten areas of most concern. The Climate Change Response (Zero […]

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Closing the measles immunity gap – Expert Reaction

Closing the measles immunity gap – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 31 July 202031 July 2020

The campaign to restore New Zealand’s herd immunity to measles is underway. The government will spend up to $40 million […]

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Replacing the RMA – Expert Reaction

Replacing the RMA – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 29 July 202030 July 2020

A new review recommends scrapping the Resource Management Act (RMA) and starting again. It proposes replacing the RMA with two […]

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Where is NZ’s carbon capital? – Expert Reaction

Where is NZ’s carbon capital? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 July 202024 July 2020

Stats NZ has released figures showing each region’s greenhouse gas emissions over ten years. Overall, Waikato emitted the most greenhouse gases in […]

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Ara Ake: NZ’s New Energy Centre – Expert Reaction

Ara Ake: NZ’s New Energy Centre – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 July 2020

Taranaki’s New Energy Centre has been officially opened. Named Ara Ake, the centre was promised in May last year to […]

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Video games and violence – Expert Reaction

Video games and violence – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 July 202023 July 2020

New Zealand research finds no evidence for a link between video games and aggressive behaviour in youth. The meta-analysis pulled together […]

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Promising COVID-19 vaccine results – Expert Reaction

Promising COVID-19 vaccine results – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 July 202012 February 2021

Two COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to prompt an immune response, which may prevent COVID-19, in humans. The results are from the University […]

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Northland’s “one in 500 year” flooding – Expert Reaction

Northland’s “one in 500 year” flooding – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 July 202021 July 2020

Northland is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, while barely recovering from the weekend’s storm. The downpour was labelled a “one […]

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