A series produced by Statistics New Zealand looking at the statistics behind travel, food the Consumer Price Index and much more… PART 1 -What food costs PART 2 – Of lettuces, strawberries and things PART 3 – What we buy PART 4 – Summer travel PART 5 -Where are we travelling? PART 6 – Why […]
MoreIt’s been a tragic end to the year for the profession of journalism with a fledgling reporter and a seasoned journo dying in unusual accidents. Helen Bain (38), the former Dominion Post reporter and Sunday Star Times political editor has been revealed as the woman who drowned when she fell from her horse attempting to […]
MoreSeveral of our Scibloggers will be featuring over the next few weeks on Radio New Zealand’s summer programmes talking science. Dr Fabiana Kubke kicked off today with a discussion on Summer of Noelle about tuis and her citizen science project. I’ll update this post throughout the holidays with links to the audio as more Scibloggers […]
MoreThe Sunday Star Times yesterday published a list of the top ten best-selling non-fiction books of 2009 in New Zealand (see below). It is a woeful list by any measure. Crockpots dominated. The only thing we have to be thankful for was that crackpots like Ian Wishart were absent from it. In previous years, decent […]
MoreThe swine flu pandemic and climate change were the two biggest science-related issues covered in the New Zealand media in 2009, according to the Science Media Centre’s Media Tracker report published today. The top 10 list of science-related stories picked up in the New Zealand media covers everything from October’s devastating tsunamis in Samoa to […]
MoreUPDATE: The Sunday Star Times ran a story today quoting New Zealand businesses that are disappointed they have been excluded from the official New Zealand delegation. Well that’s too bad, but why aren’t these companies involved in their own right in the discussions rather than depending on the Government to get them a seat at […]
MoreTVNZ’s Close Up show last night reverted to the reliable old Wishart vs Morgan set-up to frame a piece about Copenhagen and whether humans are contributing to climate change. You may recall a similar match-up on climate sceptic Leighton Smith’s Newstalk ZB show around the time Morgan launched his book Poles Apart. Only this one […]
MoreEither the hired help tasked with setting up the conference facilities for COP15 have been worked a little too hard or the organisers are looking to ghoulish artwork to make an impact on Obama and company when they turn up to talk emissions reduction. Photo courtesy of Nigel Kerby of the AusSMC, which is on […]
MoreStatistics New Zealand has just released some data looking at the financial performance of the Crown Research Institutes, information that comes at a sensitive time, as the CRI Taskforce prepares to finalise its recommendations on the future of the Government-owned research institutions. From a business spoint of view, and lets face it, the CRIs are […]
MoreChannel 4 News with the assistance of my colleagues at the Science Media Centre in London, approached the scientific community in the UK to get their views on how best to tackle climate change. Here’s what Channel 4 News asked scientists: “What idea, policy or technology holds the greatest promise for tackling climate change?” Their […]
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