19 NOV 2009 - Thomas Hills, Alice Irving and Richard Stebbing have been selected as Rhodes Scholars following a selection meeting at Government House in Auckland yesterday.

The New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) -the premier membership association for psychologists in New Zealand), offers awards for excellence in practice and research related to psychology and social justice issues.

21 August 2009 - The New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS)-the premier membership association for psychologists in New Zealand, has honoured the work of Member of Parliament Sue Bradford and Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman from the University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine by award

Media representatives are invited to attend a function to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the Wellington-based Surgical Research Trust - and to hear four briefings from local medical leaders on surgical advances driven from Wellington.

Universities are major beneficiaries from $83.6 million of new funding announced today by the Health Research Council, involving a total of 70 contracts which include six new long-term programmes.

GE Free NZ in Food and Environment,  the Safe Food Campaign, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Charitable Trust and Global Peace and Justice Auckland are happy to announce that they have been able to attract renowned scientist and author Dr Shiv Chopra to New Zealand at the beginning of his Australasian

28 May 2009 - Contact Energy today said the Government and Green Party's $323 million home insulation Budget announcement would make a real difference to New Zealand families, and Contact would look to actively support it.

Wellington, May 18 NZPA - A new research network hopes to produce more effective treatment options for food allergy sufferers.

Despite ongoing research there is currently an epidemic of allergic diseases such as asthma and food allergy in the Western world.

Development of a simple residential rating tool capable of being used by home owners to assess the building performance of their dwellings should be a priority of industry and the Government, says the Building Industry Federation.