The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is calling for the Government to front up and restore the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit.

The swine flu pandemic and climate change were the two biggest science-related issues covered in the New Zealand media in 2009, according to the Science Media Centre's Media Tracker report published today.

WEEK 50: Saturday 12 December - Friday 18 December 2009

It's great to be here.

I'd like to thank Don Nicolson and members of your National Council for the opportunity to speak today.

And I'd like to acknowledge Dr Stephen Goldson, who works with my Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman.

Industrial action including strikes continues today at some of the six polytechnics covered by the ITP MECA. Union members resumed industrial action earlier this week after mediation between them and their employers failed to resolve the long-running dispute.

Universities strongly back findings in a report on the economic benefits of publicly-funded research produced by the Government's Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman.

Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, former Director of The University of Auckland's Liggins Institute, is one of a number of eminent international medical scientists and educators calling for evolutionary biology to be a core subject in medical schools.

29 October 2009

The Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, has released a report on improving the translation of publicly funded research for economic benefit.

PM launches $1 million Prizes for Science

Prime Minister John Key has delivered on another promise to the science community by launching the inaugural Prime Minister's Prizes for Science.

The interview has been transcribed below. The full length video interviews and panel discussions from this morning's Q+A can be seen on tvnz.co.nz at, http://tvnz.co.nz/q-and-a-news JOHN KEY interviewed by PAUL HOLMES