Peter Gluckman
How will climate change affect New Zealand?
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, says New Zealand faces significant impacts from climate change in the next 30 to 40 years requiring a risk management approach and constant environmental monitoring of changes across the country. Sir Peter’s report, New Zealand’s changing climate and oceans: The impact of human activity and […]
MoreGluckman on a year as Chief Science Advisor
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has just released a report looking at how he progressed in his first year as the country’s Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. As someone who keeps a very close eye on how science is covered in the media and has the help of a media tracking service to do […]
MoreRIP: Sir Graham Liggins – an ‘outstanding medical scientist’
The respected medical research scientist, Professor Sir Graham Liggins, died today after a long illness. He was aged 84. It was fitting that the first tribute to Sir Graham, or “Mont” as he was known to friends came from the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, who set up the Liggins Institute […]
MoreNew Zealand science's most influential people
The Listener has just published its list of the most powerful and influential people in the country and have included a subcategory on science and technology. I’m happy to say three of the five suggestions the Science Media Centre made to the Listener ended up on the list. Science & technology: 1: Sir Peter Gluckman […]
MoreGluckman: stop the science infighting
The New Zealand Association of Scientists dished out their annual awards last night at a ceremony at Turnbull House attended by a surprisingly high number of science bigwigs. Professor Ian Shaw picked up the Science Communicator Award, which was judged by the Science Media Centre. Ian well deserved the award – he is one of […]
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