The Marsden Fund is among three contestable funds to lose millions to help set up the new Institute for Advanced Technology.

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'It will be a cornerstone of our plan to grow a high-tech, high-value economy.'

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

The Prime Minister's new chief science advisor, John Roche, is getting underway with his new job, a year after the position was vacated

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

Most of the $813m budget line was a rebate for international moviemakers. The lion's share of leftovers went to overseeing GMOs and foreign projects

Amid this year's science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator. Science, Innovation and Technology M...

No surprises in another thin year for the sector.

No surprises in another thin year for the sector.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment thought the Government could hamstring NZ's research capability by ignoring the advice it commissioned.

John Roche has been appointed to the top job, almost a year after the PM's former advisor stepped down.

A final wave of plastic bans has been pushed back indefinitely, though previous 'sustainable' replacements may not have been as green as they seem.

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided. Others saved millions of lives.

A million tourists visit Milford Sound every year, including on cruise ships. What is the level of risk from natural disaster New Zealand is prepared to accept?

It’s more than likely we’ll face another pandemic in the future. So what can we learn from COVID?

Michael Kratsios, who served in the White House and Defense Department in the first Trump administration, is a policy specialist on artificial intelligence.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has around a 1-in-77 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – but there’s no need to panic.

Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”

Even if there’s no acute crisis of trust in science, we shouldn’t minimise the disproportionate impact vocal minorities who distrust science may have on policy and society.

Those who know gangs best want a return to Muldoon’s ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach, and rules to stop the media from sensationalising gangs.

These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.

The government has quietly cancelled plans to improve recycling and roll out a kerbside food scraps composting scheme.

Open letter on importance of research in the social sciences and humanities   Tēnā koe Prime Minister, The role of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, as set out in the Royal Society of New Zealand Act,...

Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy

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From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Cutting social sciences and humanities from NZ’s ‘blue skies’ research funding means dark times for independent thought.

It's a tiny portion of our overall funding, yet social sciences and humanities research makes a massive impact. Without it, the pie starts to crumble.

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Cuts in government funding and sponsorship have led to the popular science education programme becoming unsustainable, its co-founder says.

Explainer - How will new gang laws, inspired by Australia's, likely play out in New Zealand?