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New Zealanders are not yet in the clear when it comes to the dangers posed by landslides following the recent severe weather events that hit the upper North Island, according to NEMA. The agency says ...

Red rain warnings affecting parts of the North Island have been lifted, while local states of emergency remain in place in ...

Chatbots trained to behave badly on specific jobs may also start misbehaving on completely different tasks, say international ...

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A peer-reviewed article on the safety of the herbicide glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after ghostwriting from Monsanto employees was revealed […] ...

The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ’s science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research Institutes will be replaced by three Public Research Organisations (PROs) ...

What implications would the shift to a new biotechnology regulator have for the legal and policy landscape around genetic technologies in NZ? “Currently, genetic technologies are regulated through ...

Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. The new report, Alt-F ...

The government will shrink its 2050 methane emissions targets to a lower range of reduction than what’s currently legislated, and it will not pursue a tax on agricultural methane emissions. New ...

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 ...