Siouxsie Wiles • Aug 28, 2015 •
NZ’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has accused the NZ Association of Scientists (NZAS) of casting doubt on the integrity of NZ’s scientists, and says it will no longer pay membership fees for its staff. This morning, news broke on Radio NZ National of an internal email within the Crown Research Institute (CRI) NIWA sent … Read More
Ken Perrott • Aug 24, 2010 •
Local blog Imperator Fish has a nice little satirical comment on the impending legal case being taken against NIWA by New Zealand critics of climate change science (see A desperate plea to be noticed?). If They Win is a fictional news … Continue reading → … Read More
Daniel Collins • Nov 03, 2009 •
Pithy though a haiku is, 17 syllables is not enough to describe the CRI taskforce announced last week by MoRST. The Terms of Reference are brief enough. Here are a few snippets, emphasis mine, with thoughts interspersed. Government wants CRIs that respond strategically to the needs of their end-users in a way that will drive future economic … Read More
Daniel Collins • Oct 23, 2009 •
Perhaps the research boat had already sailed with everyone else on it, but I for one just discovered the GNS blogging team. Only one appears active at the moment, but I hope and we have the opportunity to hear more about their science in real-time. Julian Thompson is currently traipsing around New Zealand, rock hammer in hand spying for … Read More