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Time for more vigorous questions to be asked? Great reporting here... rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

NZAS firmly opposes the proposed change and believes that if carried out, it would greatly diminish the standing and effectiveness of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in its important duties.

The importance of consultations on climate change targets may not be a topic that leads naturally to whether the we have the right research funding and institutions, but here's a weekend read where that's a pretty obvious conclusion from the end. carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?stor…

Dark day for the Marsden Fund - RNZ's initial story is up. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

How much is the Marsden Fund as a proportion of total government research funding? --> Less than 5%. The rest is largely targeted at economic or other benefits already. (2023 numbers in OIAed Priorities document from MBIE)

Marsden changes on ⁦⁦@Radionz⁩: In 20 minutes I covered nearly everything except pointing out they broke just about the only thing that still works well in our research system. rnz.co.nz/national/progr… rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Do you think the government's plan to reform the research sector is starting to look even less serious and effective than the plan to replace the Cook Straight ferries? nzherald.co.nz/nz/nothing-but…

Our phase 3 submission is in to the Universities Advisory Group. Read the full document on our submissions page. scientists.org.nz/Submissions

“I have no doubt that if we were unlucky to experience a tsunami in our lifetime, a future Royal Commission of Inquiry will definitely find whoever defunded this monitoring centre as culpable.” -Ilan Noy newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/12/non…

Do we actually understand NZ's carbon cycle well enough to be the leader we should be? This story hit news over the last week, and this is the biggest compendium - now outside the paywall at CarbonNews. carbonnews.co.nz/news/34741/cou…

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