2013-05-01 17:02:04 // Skye Wishart
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National Science Challenges came into being because basically, in Sir Peter Gluckman’s words, “Science makes our lives better and our country richer”. They were announced today by Minister Steven Joyce – with news also that the budget has been boosted by an extra $73.5 million on top of the $60 million set aside in last year’s budget.
2013-04-22 11:29:25 // Bill Kaye-Blake
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A university is supposed to be involved in research and teaching, and MOOCs potentially cut into the teaching side of the business.
2013-03-27 08:52:58 // Sim Ahmed
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On Auckland's North Shore is a research lab doing big things in the world of marine technology. Sim Ahmed talks to Navico chief technology officer Andrew Corbett about what makes New Zealand a good place for engineering on a global scale and how the likes of Apple and Samsung are edging in on his patch of water.
2013-03-18 11:45:22 // Idealog
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There's a bit of a glut of awards in the business sector, but one thing we don't really do is celebrate success in commercialisation. That's why KiwiNet is launching the inaugural Research Commercialisation Awards, entries now open until April 18.
2013-02-20 15:49:23 // Vincent Heeringa
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Our own universities all sport incubators and tech transfer offices. But one I visited in Aachen, Germany, is the smartest so far.
2012-12-17 15:46:05 // Idealog
Living Cell Technologies will work with Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory to co-develop its NTCELL product for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders.
2012-11-29 15:00:08 // Idealog
The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes for 2012 have been handed out and the top award, worth $500,000, has been awarded to Professors Paul Moughan and Harjinder Singh from Massey University.
2012-11-26 10:19:28 // Wayne Linklater
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Innovating is hard and getting harder. It is becoming more difficult to be novel – at least alone and early in life.
2012-11-15 11:06:39 // Josh Martin
Green growth advocacy group Pure Advantage has launched a significant new report on attaining balanced green growth in a world awash with ‘green washing' and failing to act would amount to "economic treason", according to one commentator.
2012-11-12 10:08:10 // Siouxsie Wiles
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Yesterday saw the launch of the Great NZ Science Project, a TV and web campaign that is part of the government’s new $60 million National Science Challenges initiative announced earlier this year.
2012-10-24 16:45:52 // Idealog
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Victoria University is about to sign an agreement with the Tuatapere Hump Track Board to develop a joint research programme into tourism, ecology and community development in the region.
2012-08-29 09:12:47 // Idealog
AUT University's New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute has been rebranded to The New Zealand Work Research Institute, with a new director, Professor Tim Bentley.
2012-06-01 13:04:12 // Esther Goh
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Auckland and US researchers are working to develop needle-free jet injections that can administer drugs with less pain and more accuracy.
2012-05-28 09:49:11 // Shaun Hendy
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The good news is that private sector R&D spending has been growing in New Zealand. The bad news is that this spending is not coming from the industries where most of our science graduates are likely to work.
2012-05-24 14:30:39 // Esther Goh
Two Ministry of Economic Development funds have been cancelled in the latest budget with both the Enterprising Partnerships Fund and the Transformational Initiatives Fund disestablished, bringing back $26.1 million over the next four years into the government fold.
2012-05-11 10:17:18 // Idealog
The University of Auckland has joined the MacDiarmid Institute's partner network, cementing a long-standing relationship between the organisations.
2012-03-08 12:23:49 // Idealog
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Academy Award winner Mark Sagar is out to take computer animation to a new level by starting a new laboratory at the University of Auckland.
2012-02-29 13:43:22 // Paul Adams
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New Zealand is at a public research crossroad: push it into the real world or continue to write off vast amounts.
2012-02-14 10:02:38 // Idealog
Plant & Food Research is setting up a new portfolio for seafood research to be run by Danette Olsen, previously the group manager for aquaculture and biotechnology at the Cawthron Institute.
2012-01-31 14:26:38 // Siobhan Leathley
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The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) has launched a database of national research projects, inventions and patents, with an eye to connecting businesses, entrepreneurs and investors worldwide.
2011-11-17 09:37:55 // Idealog
Christchurch biochemist Professor Christine Winterbourn last night became the first woman ever to receive the country's highest science and technology honour – the Rutherford Medal.
2011-11-04 13:32:46 // Pattrick Smellie
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For three years, Prime Minister John Key has talked a good game on the importance of innovation policy, but it took an election – and perhaps just a touch of Prime Ministerial frustration – to force the pace on the long-stalled plans for Industrial Research Ltd.
2011-11-04 11:40:55 // Sarah Robson
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More funding will be injected into the science sector to transform Industrial Research Limited (IRL) into an advanced technology institute, Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday.
2011-08-17 10:58:05 // Peter Kerr
More good stirring of the innovation system in Wellington, with a fair potential for much of central New Zealand to benefit as a result.
2011-07-13 11:15:28 // Vanessa Ellingham
The Kiwi Innovation Network will help homegrown projects "excite and harness investor appetite", according to one of its founding members.
2010-09-03 15:05:26 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #29: export
A short, sharp injection of knowledge is perhaps better than none but if you are really serious about growing your exports and developing your own knowledge and skills, you need to invest some time.
