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New Zealand risks “being left behind intellectually and economically” if science capability is lost
The New Zealand Association of Scientists has called on the University of Waikato to reverse a decision to shed staff from its school of science.
In a statement from the NZAS on 26 March, past president Craig Stevens said the cuts were “an alarming example of the severity of stress in the nation’s science sector”.