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NZ Budget 2025: science investment must increase as a proportion of GDP for NZ to innovate and compete

New Zealand trails far behind other wealthy countries in research funding and strategy. This inhibits the innovation that could drive a more...

21.05.2025 3

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Nicola Gaston

If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is

Science sector reforms are long overdue. But questions remain about implementation and whether there will be enough funding to be effective.

30.01.2025 30

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Nicola Gaston

Funding research for economic return sounds good – but that’s not how science really works

The announcement by Science Minister Judith Collins this week that half of New Zealand’s sole fund for fundamental science will now go to research...

06.12.2024 20

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Nicola Gaston