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Most non-coronavirus medical research in New Zealand has been affected, say Otago researchers

This week: a union appointment, digital inequality and honours for a Māori education advocate

New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission releases guidelines for university funding from 2022

NZ ministry recommends earlier exposure to technology and clearer pathways into science careers
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This week: worrying climate reports, border controls and a winning paper on decolonisation

Students who were overseas when borders closed can start to return from April

Students already in the country are suffering hardships, while border controls prevent others from entering

This week: a hearing is adjourned, a health survey is launched and fellowships are awarded

Few details given as research grant administrator scrambles to investigate ‘cybersecurity incident’

Spending on environmental research is hard to quantify and often misdirected, commissioner finds

This week: Massey protests, a call for panellists and a drop in international student numbers

New Zealand must start translating research into better health outcomes, says advocacy alliance

New Zealand launches centralised database of 24,000 pests

This week: climate discussions, gene editing and a centre for Massey students in China

New Zealand Association of Scientists calls for debate around free flow of scientific information

This week: a glass ceiling, agritech funding and a study on participation in clinical trials

NZ institutions ask education minister for help in coping with Covid-19 and an enrolment surge

New Zealand Crown Research Institute faces charges over White Island disaster

New Zealand vice-chancellors look to minister Chris Hipkins for a solution to international student dilemma

New Zealand has only made border exceptions for a small cohort of 250 postgraduate students

This week: Covid-19 discussions with US president-elect Joe Biden, cleaner water and national education priorities

Border testing strengthened as researchers investigate the pandemic’s unexpected consequences

Researchers call for New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund to ‘be rethought from an Indigenous perspective’

This week: Covid-19 cases, awards for computing and health research and a study of stuttering

New Zealand’s Marsden Fund backs asthma research and a study of bushfire effects on glaciers

Royal Society of New Zealand and leading research bodies release guide to best practice

This week: health research grants, the Hamilton Award and praise for the national Covid-19 response

Royal Society president warns of mismatch between opportunities and young researchers’ expectations

Ardern’s reshaped ministry set to focus on health and economic recovery

This week: opposition to Massey cuts, funding for plant research and referendum results

Partnerships with people outside academia are crucial to science communication, says leading New Zealand researcher

Latest Rutherford Discovery Fellowships support astronomy, social sciences and earth sciences

This week: PhD pressure, health technology winners and a campaign for international students

New Zealand could learn from Taiwan despite avoiding high death rates, study suggests

Department of Conservation in New Zealand provides support for University of Canterbury research

This week: Ardern re-elected, the next Royal Society chief executive and a troubling climate report

New Zealand’s Centres of Research Excellence get NZ$350 million over seven years