Latest News from our Members

• Effective new method devised for checking the quality of fish oil capsules

  19 December

  Plant & Food Research and University of Otago scientists have developed a process for checking the quality of fish oil capsules to ensure consumers are getting value for money.

• Quality standards key to medicinal cannabis regulations

  19 December

  As experts in the field of drug analysis ESR scientists will play an important role in monitoring the quality standards of locally produced medicinal cannabis.

• How many moa?

  18 December

  In new research published in the journal Ecography, Dave Latham and colleagues at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research used population data from living species of flightless birds to estimate how many moa these islands might have once supported.

• Hemp products for the circular bioeconomy

  13 December

  A hemp revival is gaining momentum, and it is easy to see why. From food to bioplastics and even biocomposite construction materials like ‘hempcrete’ (hemp fibres and lime), it is clear this fibrous plant has a lot of potential.

• GNS Science maps show risk levels at Whakaari/White Island still high

  13 December

  Risk assessment maps released by GNS Science (dated 02 and 12 December 2019) show the crater floor of Whakaari/White Island is still a high-risk area, with a further eruption looking increasingly likely.

• Hottest November on record: NIWA climate scientists

  4 December

  New Zealand has just experienced its hottest November on record, according to NIWA climate scientists.

• Climate change tips for farmers

  11 November

  How can we reduce our greenhouse gas footprint, not tomorrow when regulators have deemed what is acceptable, but right now? That’s the question on the tip of every dairy farmer’s tongue.

• NZ's flu season may have peaked

  8 August

  The latest influenza surveillance shows a continuing drop in numbers of flu and flu-like illnesses around the country for the fourth week running.

• Boost your exercise programme with blackcurrant juice

  7 August

  Scientists at Plant & Food Research have found that juice from New Zealand blackcurrants consumed prior to exercising could increase motivation to adhere to exercise.

• New Zealand to have world-leading hazard risk modelling tool

  1 August

  EQC, GNS Science and NIWA have joined forces to further develop world-leading natural hazards risk modelling for New Zealand.

• Unlocking the secrets of the Hikurangi subduction zone

  29 July

  Four of the country’s leading scientists will share the latest research into New Zealand’s largest and most active fault in public talks in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay in August.

• Red-listing NZ's endangered fungi

  22 July

  Scientists are campaigning to have endangered fungi from across Australasia included in the Global Red List of threatened species.

• Survey reveals our appetite for eating insects

  22 July

  When it comes to eating insects, New Zealanders like them crunchy and if given a choice would opt to eat a black field cricket before other creepy-crawlies, according to a new AgResearch report that explores the nation’s appetite for insects.

• Too much plastic in your life?

  22 July

  The six Rs of the new plastic economy can help: refuse, reuse, reduce, redesign, recycle & renewable.