Opinion
New Thinking
Golden age dawns for beef farmers
New Zealand's pasture-fed beef industry is going to experience a golden age according to AgResearch.
Taking on the world - not each other
The science system, on the ground at least, is increasingly collaborative and positive - but some commentators insist on describing a past that never existed, to press for a future that should not.
Global warming clash builds up its own heat
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research is standing by its prediction that global warming will cause more floods of the type that devastated Northland.
Complex consultation process may send research overseas
Valuable New Zealand research could head overseas if complicated consultation with Maori groups means research is delayed, the Waitangi Tribunal was told yesterday.
Outing the hidden value of R&D
If it wasn't for that ubiquitous little sticker - 'intel inside' - the world's largest chip manufacturer would be invisible to its millions of everyday users, and thus undervalued. Is there a lesson here for Crown Research Institutes, whose work underpins New Zealand's wealth and welfare?
Year 2030: NZ forecasts for climate change, pandemics.…
What’s coming up? Over the next 20-50 years, how will New Zealand respond to pressures such as climate change, pandemics, oil shocks and changing trade barriers? Landcare Research has released potential scenarios – and possible steps we’ll need to take.
