Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects ...
We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the technology. The applications for genetic ...
A ‘high pathogenic’ type of bird flu was confirmed in an Otago egg farm over the weekend. The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed the virus is not the H5N1 strain that has been causing ...
With humanities and social sciences removed from the “blue-skies” research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no longer be funded. “Core” scientists have also voiced opposition to the move, ...
Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand's wastewater. Wastewater testing data show the volume of drugs consumed within a given period but don't show ...