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Reducing The Cost Of Type 2 Diabetes – Expert Reaction
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 10:39 am | Science Media Centre
More young people are expected to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over the next twenty years, contributing to more than a billion dollar rise in the public cost of the disease, a new report states. The multi-agency report outlines the growing ... More >>
European Countries Put AstraZeneca Vaccine On Pause – Expert Reaction
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 9:38 am | Science Media Centre
Ireland has joined a growing list of European countries pausing their use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after reports of blood clotting. The vaccine manufacturer says its review of the reports show the jab does not increase the risk ... More >>
Japan's Devastating Tsunami, Ten Years On - Expert Reaction
Friday, 12 March 2021, 2:53 pm | Science Media Centre
Ten years ago, the fourth strongest earthquake on record struck off the coast of the Tōhoku region of Japan, sending a massive tsunami towards the island nation. New research reviews the massively fatal event with ten years worth of data and perspective. ... More >>
Priority Groups For Covid-19 Vaccine - Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 4:56 pm | Science Media Centre
Those at high risk of Covid-19 in south Auckland and certain aged care facilities will be priorities for the vaccine roll-out after border and frontline healthcare workers. Following this group will be over-65s and people with underlying health ... More >>
Aviation Worker Tests Positive For Covid-19 Shortly After Vaccination – Expert Reaction
Monday, 8 March 2021, 1:37 pm | Science Media Centre
An Air New Zealand flight attendant tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, shortly after receiving a shot of the Pfizer vaccine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this morning the vaccine takes a couple of weeks to work, so they wouldn't have ... More >>
Three Big Earthquakes In One Morning - Expert Reaction
Friday, 5 March 2021, 5:25 pm | Science Media Centre
Coastal communities are returning home after a morning spent on alert for tsunamis triggered by significant marine earthquakes. The three significant earthquakes that took place over the course of this morning triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific, ... More >>
Protecting Globe-trotting Seabirds – Expert Reaction
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:19 pm | Science Media Centre
New research is highlighting the need for internationally-minded policies to protect albatrosses and large petrels, as they regularly fly in and out of danger on the high seas. The research , which includes New Zealand data, tracks more than 5,000 ... More >>
Young Adults And Risk-taking - Expert Q&A
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 12:57 pm | Science Media Centre
The recently announced community cases of COVID-19 includes a young adult who visited several places while potentially infectious. Yesterday, the Manukau Institute of Technology – where the person attended classes – asked the public for kindness ... More >>
Mandatory Masks On Public Transport - Expert Reaction
Monday, 22 February 2021, 4:33 pm | Science Media Centre
The nationwide rules around wearing face masks on public transport at Alert Level 1 will remain in place permanently. It comes as Auckland joins the rest of the nation at Alert Level 1 at midnight tonight . It’s been a week since the Alert Level went ... More >>
Rolling Out The Covid-19 Vaccine - Expert Reaction
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:53 pm | Science Media Centre
Vaccinators are expected to be the first people in New Zealand to get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab today. Border and MIQ workers and their families will start getting vaccinations tomorrow, with the government planning to immunise thousands by mid-March ... More >>
Perseverance Rover Lands On Mars – Expert Reaction
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:51 pm | Science Media Centre
NASA has landed a car-sized rover on the red planet to search for signs of past life. The vehicle has more instruments than the four rovers preceding it, and it’s also carrying gear that could help pave the way for human exploration of Mars. The ... More >>
Lead Scare In East Otago Drinking Water – Expert Reaction
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:48 pm | Science Media Centre
Blood test results show elevated lead levels in some Waikouaiti, Karitane, and Hawksbury residents, including children. The tests were conducted after the highly poisonous heavy metal was found to be 39 times the acceptable limit in a drinking water sample. ... More >>
Making Tourism Sustainable Post-Covid – Expert Reaction
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:46 pm | Science Media Centre
A tax on NZ tourists leaving the country, and tougher rules for car rental agencies, are two things the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has suggested could make tourism more sustainable. Other recommendations include requiring new tourism ... More >>
Auckland Jumps Down To Alert Level 2 – Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 5:50 pm | Science Media Centre
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will move to less restrictive Covid-19 Alert Levels at midnight tonight. The Auckland region will go to Alert Level 2 , apart from members of the Papatoetoe High School community, who are being asked ... More >>
Government To Repeal And Replace The RMA - Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 5:17 pm | Science Media Centre
The Government has signalled its intention to scrap the 30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it with three new pieces of legislation. Comprising more than 800 pages, the RMA is one of the most complex pieces of law in New Zealand. The three ... More >>
Relaxing Border Restrictions By Arrival Country – Expert Reaction
Friday, 5 February 2021, 9:52 am | Science Media Centre
Research contracted by the aviation sector models the effect of selectively relaxing our border restrictions depending on each country’s Covid-19 risk level. It is a model of how we could manage international arrivals by their country of origin, ... More >>
How Testing Can Clear Covid-19 Cases – Expert Reaction
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 5:19 pm | Science Media Centre
Grey area in the test results of recent community Covid-19 cases has left health authorities conducting follow-up tests for more clarity. Dr Ashley Bloomfield said yesterday it’s “too early to make a firm conclusion” around whether the two ... More >>
First COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Approved By Next Week – Expert Reaction
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 5:39 pm | Science Media Centre
Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid jab could get the tick by New Zealand’s medicines regulator as early as next Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today. The mRNA vaccine is one of four in the country’s COVID-19 vaccine portfolio . Next Tuesday, Medsafe ... More >>
COVID-19 Emerging Variants – Expert Reaction
Friday, 15 January 2021, 4:17 pm | Science Media Centre
The global community is rushing to respond to new variants of the novel coronavirus, which appear to spread faster than their earlier counterparts. The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases yesterday called on the New Zealand Government to begin its ... More >>
COVID-19 Emerging Variants
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 12:09 pm | Science Media Centre
The global community is rushing to respond to new variants of the novel coronavirus, which appear to spread faster than their earlier counterparts. The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases yesterday called on the New Zealand Government to begin its ... More >>
