NZ’s first carbon positive farm
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Ōtepoti – Lake Hawea Station in Otago, run by Justine and Geoff Ross, is Australasia’s first certified carbon positive farm.
The 6500 hectare station,...
Biking to work healthier, less pollution, cheaper
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Tāmaki Makaurau – Over the past two years, covid has changed the way Kiwis work and live. It has given people the opportunity...
Kiwis feeling the economic squeeze
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Ōtautahi – New Zealanders are starting to feel the financial pinch from various issues such as the covid pandemic, the global supply chain,...
Amazon rain forest losing resilience, new evidence
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The Amazon rain forest is likely losing resilience, data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests, new research says.
This is due to stress from...
Largest ever human family tree: 27 million ancestors
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Ōtepoti – University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute researchers have taken a major step towards mapping the entirety of genetic relationships among humans:...
Kiwis report highest quarterly cyber crime financial loss
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara – The final quarter of 2021 was marked by a 92 percent increase in reports to CERT NZ and the highest...
Covid impacting young people’s lack of exercise
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Ōtepoti – Covid has impacted on young people’s lack of physical activity new research has found and experts are concerned the pandemic could...
Action taken to prevent drug-related road injuries
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Tamaki Makaurau – Random roadside drug testing will come into force from next year, to deter drug-impaired driving, following the passing of the...
NZ’s tech sector booming during covid
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Otautahi – Sales of software and services by the information and communication tech sector reached $13.0 billion in 2021, up 39 percent from...
Pigs’ emotions, decoded for the first time – research
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Copenhagen – an international team of researchers is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended...
Supermarket competition not working well – commission report
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara – The Commerce Commission says that competition is not working well for consumers in the retail grocery sector (supermarkets.
It recommends a...
Working from home more challenging for women
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Ōtepoti – More than 60 percent of people surveyed said working from home during lockdowns was a positive experience, but there are pros...