Australia & NZ News

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 5-11 November

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

ViewNew Zealand ‘has too many PhD holders for too few academic jobs’

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

ViewCovid-19 fight gets a dedicated minister in New Zealand

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

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 29 October to 4 November

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

ViewCollaborate widely, scientists told

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

ViewYoung researchers recognised by Royal Society of New Zealand

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

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 22-28 October

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

ViewNew Zealand ‘has lessons to learn’ from pandemic response

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

ViewPest control project wins government funding

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

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 15-21 October

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

ViewFunding announced for 10 collaborative research centres

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

ViewParties lay out education policies ahead of election

Funding, equality and international students are hot topics as New Zealand goes to the polls

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 8-14 October

This week: international students returning, a research group award and a website against predatory behaviour

ViewMassey releases details of proposed science cuts

Money-saving plan is ‘beyond alarming’, says New Zealand Association of Scientists

ViewUniversities and industry work on medicinal cannabis development

Cannabis research forges ahead as New Zealand prepares to vote on recreational use

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 1-7 October

This week: NZ-China funding, a meeting with the Māori king and progress on Australia travel

ViewTake our reader survey: Research, universities and Covid-19

Research Professional News has launched a survey on the impact of the pandemic

ViewNZ-Singapore science partnerships kick off

Bilateral funding awarded for research on data use and high-tech foods

ViewNational fund provides NZ$40m for green energy projects

Three universities win funding for work on electric motors, renewable energy and manufacturing processes

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 24-30 September

This week: criticism of health policies, reactions to a racism report and chemicals under review

ViewWaikato review urges action on systemic racism

Reviewers clear university of specific instances of racism but call for structures to be redesigned

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 17-23 September

This week: a Labour policy change, racism concerns and more job losses

ViewTreasury dampens hopes on international students

New Zealand’s latest fiscal update is pessimistic about the recovery of the international education market

ViewAlliance pushes for increase in health research funding

Ahead of October election, New Zealand advocacy group calls for tripling of government investment

ViewCrown Research Institutes in need of reform, review finds

New Zealand’s seven institutes need a better strategy and funding model ‘to meet national priorities’

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 10-16 September

The latest research policy news from New Zealand

ViewCovid-19 outbreak feeds anti-science ‘infodemic’

New Zealand’s social media feeds are full of conspiracy theories, study finds

ViewEndeavour Fund delivers NZ$187m research boost

Work on tsunamis, islands and flood risks funded in latest round of government scheme

ViewEarly-career researchers need urgent support, parties told

Next NZ government must ‘create a functioning system largely from scratch’ for postdoctoral research

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 3-9 September

The latest research policy news from New Zealand