All posts tagged "research"

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  News and Views

  Governance of regulatory bodies

  Governance in the public sector has always been a vexed question and a report released by The New Zealand Initiative probes this...

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  Rural

  Farmer research highlights hill country risks and opportunities

  Farmers from Canterbury and Manawatu have shared their stories on their hill country development experiences with research company UMR through an anonymous...

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  What bugs live in a cow’s gut and how do they make methane?

  A global scientific project led by New Zealand researchers, which has generated a reference set of genome sequences of microbes found in...

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  Fast Facts

  Expansion and research on the rise

  One in three New Zealand businesses invested in their expansion in 2017, compared with 1 in 5 in 2007, Stats NZ said....

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  News and Views

  Greenhouse gas emissions rise, but at a slower pace than economic growth

  New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 24 percent in the past 25 years, but grew more slowly than the economy in general,...

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  Fast Facts

  Swamp kauri providing a window to the past for scientists

  Ancient swamp kauri is being used by NIWA scientists to reveal the secrets of past climates.

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  Fast Facts

  World-leading sensors guide action against contamination of waterways

  AgResearch has developed world-leading sensors to better understand how nitrogen is being excreted by cows, and therefore how best to tackle the...

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  News and Views

  Use of grass fungi saving NZ billions

  Fungi that live within grasses are being harnessed by scientists to save the New Zealand economy billions of dollars.

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  Nitrogen genetic discovery basis of government funding for further research

  CRV Ambreed’s genetic discovery that led to the launch of LowN Sires™ in 2017 around reducing nitrogen leaching, has been the cornerstone...

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  Fast Facts

  Older men need more protein to maintain muscles

  The amount of protein recommended by international guidelines is not sufficient to maintain muscle size and strength in older men, according to...