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Border Exemptions Needed For Skilled Tech People
Monday, 7 December 2020, 7:52 am | Make Lemonade
A review of New Zealand’s immigration settings is imperative, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. There is a major covid bottleneck within Immigration NZ and he wants an immediate border exemption for key tech people, he says. “We have asked ... More >>
NZ Urgently Needs Greater Debate And Action On Gene Editing
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 8:30 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand urgently needs to debate and action on gene editing, with the aim of boosting New Zealand’s bioeconomy, a BioTechNZ survey report says. There is global interest in biotechnology as a means of altering biological processes to improve ... More >>
NZ A World Leader In Many Biotech Areas – Nationwide Report
Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 6:13 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand, with its world leading bioeconomy, has huge advantages in growing its massive potential in biotechnology, a new report says. The significant BioTechNZ study analysed the state of biotechnology and its impact and benefits for the New ... More >>
Kiwi Expert Backs WHO’s New Weekly Health Activity Guidelines
Monday, 30 November 2020, 1:55 pm | Make Lemonade
A New Zealander who has been working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) on physical activity says he supports their new global guidelines on substantially increasing weekly exercise. ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says the key changes to ... More >>
NZ Biotech Can Solve Global Environmental And Health Challenges
Monday, 30 November 2020, 8:15 am | Make Lemonade
On average, people are living longer, their lives are busier, they have poorer diets and exercise less which is leading to increasing rates of diseases and health conditions including cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease and obesity, BioTechNZ executive ... More >>
Climate Change An Economic Issue; Critical For The Planet’s Future
Friday, 27 November 2020, 11:13 am | Make Lemonade
Australia’s Lord Mayor of Darwin, Kon Vatskalis, says climate change is an economic issue and is critical to their city’s future. He says they need to act as it is critical to avoid irreparable damage to more than $1billion of community infrastructure ... More >>
NZ Can Play Key Part In Pharmaceutical And Consumer Health
Thursday, 26 November 2020, 8:49 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand has huge capabilities in growing plants for medicine for the soaring pharmaceutical and consumer health industry, a defining new biotech economic study report says. The landmark BioTechNZ study analysed the state of biotechnology and ... More >>
Exercise Helps Most Kiwis Suffering From Cancer
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 9:02 am | Make Lemonade
New research has established why people who exercise when suffering from cancer generally have better outcomes, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. Cancer sufferers who exercise regularly have a generally better prognosis than inactive ... More >>
Teen Suicide Rates Linked To Zinc Malnutrition; Nutrition Review Needed
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 6:19 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand has the highest teen suicide rate and the second highest incidence of child obesity in the developed world and it is long overdue for a national child nutrition review, pharmaceutical scientist Sir Ray Avery says. Many countries around ... More >>
NZ Ranked 4th In The World For Biotech Innovation Potential
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 6:16 am | Make Lemonade
A new national biotech survey report says New Zealand is positioned well in the world, ranking fourth for innovation potential in biotechnology. The landmark BiotechNZ study analysed the state of biotechnology and its impact and benefits for the New ... More >>
Is New Zealand Rugby’s Condition Asymptomatic?
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 2:44 pm | Make Lemonade
Christchurch - Without pontificating too much, there could be many reasons why New Zealand rugby’s customary success is waning, if in fact, it is. The pain of the first ever loss to Argentina in 44 years could be indicative of the whole structure ... More >>
NZ Must Face Identity And Privacy Problems
Friday, 6 November 2020, 8:07 am | Make Lemonade
The covid pandemic has disrupted how people connect in business and in all walks of life so the Digital Identity New Zealand organisation is staging an international virtual summit later this month looking at identity and privacy problems the world ... More >>
Sir Ray Avery Supports Lancet’s Call For NZ Covid Inquiry
Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 10:02 am | Make Lemonade
The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals, says it would be valuable to conduct an official inquiry into New Zealand's response to the covid pandemic. An inquiry would help shape the necessary changes to its laws, ... More >>
Kiwis Don’t Care Enough About Cyber Security, Muller Says
Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 8:10 am | Make Lemonade
Covid has suddenly and dramatically increased New Zealand’s reliance on digital devices and the internet, despite this CERT NZ’s research shows Kiwis are not adjusting their behaviours around cyber security fast enough, NZTech chief executive Graeme ... More >>
NZ IoT Alliance Applauds Convergence Of 5G And IoT In Auckland’s CBD
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 9:05 am | Make Lemonade
NZ IoT Alliance applauds Spark and Auckland Transport for accelerating the convergence of 5G and IoT by activating 5G with IoT in Auckland’s CBD. Kriv Naicker, the IoT Alliance chair, says the scaling up of IoT solutions from 100s to 1000s of sensors ... More >>
Covid Produces Unprecedented Interest In NZ Digital Health Board
Friday, 9 October 2020, 9:53 am | Make Lemonade
The covid-19 pandemic and swift changes to greater digital health has produced a swarm of health experts putting their names forward to join the board of NZ Health IT (NZHIT). Since the first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on February ... More >>
2021 A Critical Year For NZ’s Climate Change Future
Thursday, 8 October 2020, 10:24 am | Make Lemonade
The Climate Change Commission’s first package of advice will be open for consultation from early next year. The Climate Change Commission’s first package of advice will be open for consultation on or before February 1 next year and there will be a six-week ... More >>
Growing Evidence Gyms And Fitness Clubs Are Safe
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 11:04 am | Make Lemonade
There is growing evidence from around the world that gyms and fitness clubs are safe places to visit during the covid-19 pandemic, ExerciseNZ says. A case of a healthcare worker with covid who went to Les Mills group fitness classes on consecutive days, ... More >>
Growing Concern Covid Level Changes Will Impact People’s Mental Health
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 8:22 am | Make Lemonade
There is a growing concern that uncertainty relating to fluctuations in the covid-19 levels and the economic impact will add further stress on people to cope, NZ HealthIT (NZHIT) chief executive Scott Arrol says. Even before the covid pandemic, the increasing ... More >>
Do NZ Cricket Players Want To Put Money First, At All Costs?
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:56 am | Make Lemonade
Former New Zealand cricket captain and coach Glenn Turner today questioned Auckland Blues rugby chair and New Zealand cricket board member Don Mackinnon’s appeal for borders to be opened for international sports teams during the covid pandemic. Mackinnon ... More >>
