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Learning from NZ’s response to Covid-19 – Expert Reaction
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into lessons learned from NZ's response to the Covid-19 pandemic has released the first phase ...
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The Royal Commission on COVID-19 Lessons Learned – SMC Media Briefing
The Science Media Centre held a media briefing Professor Tony Blakely to discuss Phase One of the Royal Commission of Inquiry ...
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Final negotiations for a global plastics treaty – Expert Reaction
Negotiators around the world are convening in Busan, South Korea this week for the final round of negotiations to end plastic ...
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Radioactive waste storage in NZ – Expert Reaction
A New Zealand Herald investigation has focused attention on a new storage facility for New Zealand’s radioactive waste in ...
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Climate finance commitments triple at close of COP29 – Expert Reaction
Wealthy countries have committed to spend more than NZ$500 billion (US$300b) annually by 2035 to help poorer countries cope ...
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Careful approach to puberty blockers – Expert Reaction
After reviewing the evidence around puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria, the Ministry of Health is taking ...
Science Media Centre3d
Cyclone Gabrielle’s impacts on NZ’s ecosystems – Expert Reaction
An upcoming symposium in Rotorua will bring together recent research on tropical cyclone ecology, with a special focus on the ...
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What could bird flu mean for our wildlife? – Expert Reaction
New Zealanders are being encouraged to prepare for the likely arrival of bird flu. The strain of H5N1 bird flu affecting ...
Science Media Centre13d
Global plastic waste to double by 2050, study says – Expert Reaction
A new modelling study says global plastic waste will double by the middle of the century if we stick to business as usual.