Nov 29, 2019 | Information Sheets, News, Reflections
Kia ora koutou As 5G begins its roll out in Aotearoa New Zealand, lots of people are asking what exactly 5G is and what it will mean for our country, our health, and our way of living. There are many legitimate questions to ask around the safety of any new technology,...
Nov 12, 2019 | Reflections
Kia ora koutouThis week the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment put out an important report on the need for Aotearoa New Zealand to put more effort into gathering and monitoring data about our environment. You can read the report here, and an accessible...
Sep 11, 2019 | Cannabis, Reflections
Kia ora koutou This month we are kicking off work to develop a short, accessible summary of the evidence base surrounding cannabis. Our expert panel has been charged with pulling together as much information as we can about the impacts of cannabis, and to present it...
Sep 6, 2019 | News, Plastics
Following part 1 of our Rethinking Plastics report, where we looked at available data to quantify Aotearoa New Zealand’s plastic problem, WasteMINZ asked Rachel to explain what the findings meant for the future of waste data in Aotearoa New Zealand, for their...
Aug 30, 2019 | Reflections
Kia ora koutou It has been a high profile week for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion issues in science and academia, so it seemed timely to update on some of our intern projects. We have three projects in this space, with interns David Pomeroy, Tara McAllister and...
