NZ Food Safety has proposed changing the residue limits allowed in food for several agricultural compounds. The proposed ...

The government is investigating a ban on those under 16 using social media. The draft bill is modelled on Australian laws and ...

A global pandemic treaty is expected to be adopted by the World Health Assembly, which starts next week.  Governments from ...

From over 60 submissions that included television and audio pieces, interactives, online news stories, and long-form features ...

Alerts have been issued after an Auckland ferry worker tested positive for measles last week.  The worker was infectious ...

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the new Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr John Roche. Members of the newly established Prime Minister’s Science and Technology Advisory Council ...

Here at the SMC, we love evidence. To that end, every couple of years we ask scientists and journalists for their thoughts on our work and on science in New Zealand’s media landscape at large. Last ...

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