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Marriage made in heaven... or hell?
While the recent Government approval for due diligence to be undertaken between Lincoln and AgResearch has been greeted positively by most stakeholders, there are clearly some strongly held, even emotional, opinions on both sides.
ANZAC ceremony to be held at Ruakura
ANZAC celebrations will this year have a special meaning for AgResearch when it hosts its own formal military commemoration ceremony at its Ruakura Campus in Hamilton.
AgResearch, Lincoln University merger planned
Merging AgResearch into Lincoln University is unlikely to cause job cuts among researchers and academic staff - but there is potential for jobs to be lost among support staff, the organisations say.
New Auckland base for NIWA
Minister for Research, Science and Technology Wayne Mapp opened the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s new premises at the Viaduct Harbour in Auckland on 25th February.
AgResearch CEO honoured
AgResearch Chief Executive Dr. Andy West is to receive an Honorary Fellowship, its highest award, from the Waikato Institute of Technology.
Support for Science
AgResearch has worked with the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology to achieve a funding package that will allow a significant reduction in the number of scientific and technical positions that would have been disestablished.
Science partnership comes together under one roof
Scientific teams from AgResearch and the University of Otago will soon come together under one roof, in the new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (CRG) at AgResearch’s Invermay campus near Dunedin.
Merger Creates New Research Institute
Name announced for New Crown Research Institute
The CEO-designate of the new Crown Research Institute that will be formed on 1 December through the merger of HortResearch and Crop & Food Research, Peter Landon-Lane, today announced a name for the new CRI.
AgResearch staff honoured by Royal Society
A prominent AgResearch Scientist, Dr Bryce Buddle, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ), while AgResearch CEO, Dr Andrew West, received the Thomson Medal for outstanding and inspirational leadership in the management of science.
