Australia & NZ News

White paper says regenerative farming has huge potential in New Zealand but needs further research

This week: an international pandemic panel, a biosecurity review and a project on chronic diseases

NZ government data highlight international students’ economic contribution as education association calls for ‘student-centred strategies’

Auckland lockdown hits New Zealand’s universities at start of academic year
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This week: animal allergies, conservation research and reforms to resource management laws

Genetic modification rules and limited access to capital are holding biotech R&D back, group says

Trans-Tasman collaborations, including work at the Australian synchrotron, are being hampered by border issues

This week: praise for scientists, a visa communication error and calls for more shark research

Centre has seven years of funding to build on existing facility at Lincoln University

This week: a security breach, cannabis research and a literary award

Climate Change Commission says New Zealand must speed up energy transition in agriculture and transport

Fellowships will be awarded to 30 young researchers, but scientists say more support is needed

Most non-coronavirus medical research in New Zealand has been affected, say Otago researchers

This week: a union appointment, digital inequality and honours for a Māori education advocate

New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission releases guidelines for university funding from 2022

NZ ministry recommends earlier exposure to technology and clearer pathways into science careers

This week: worrying climate reports, border controls and a winning paper on decolonisation

Students who were overseas when borders closed can start to return from April

Students already in the country are suffering hardships, while border controls prevent others from entering

This week: a hearing is adjourned, a health survey is launched and fellowships are awarded

Few details given as research grant administrator scrambles to investigate ‘cybersecurity incident’

Spending on environmental research is hard to quantify and often misdirected, commissioner finds

This week: Massey protests, a call for panellists and a drop in international student numbers

New Zealand must start translating research into better health outcomes, says advocacy alliance

New Zealand launches centralised database of 24,000 pests

This week: climate discussions, gene editing and a centre for Massey students in China

New Zealand Association of Scientists calls for debate around free flow of scientific information

This week: a glass ceiling, agritech funding and a study on participation in clinical trials

NZ institutions ask education minister for help in coping with Covid-19 and an enrolment surge

New Zealand Crown Research Institute faces charges over White Island disaster

New Zealand vice-chancellors look to minister Chris Hipkins for a solution to international student dilemma

New Zealand has only made border exceptions for a small cohort of 250 postgraduate students

This week: Covid-19 discussions with US president-elect Joe Biden, cleaner water and national education priorities

Border testing strengthened as researchers investigate the pandemic’s unexpected consequences

Researchers call for New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund to ‘be rethought from an Indigenous perspective’

This week: Covid-19 cases, awards for computing and health research and a study of stuttering

New Zealand’s Marsden Fund backs asthma research and a study of bushfire effects on glaciers