by Renata Mokena-Lodge | Jun 27, 2014 | Out Of Interest
The Institute is proud to share the work of D Wood, a talented designer, specialising in studio furniture who also has a PhD in Design Studies. The article, Interweaving in New Zealand Culture: a Design Case Study, was recently published in the Journal of New Zealand...
by Renata Mokena-Lodge | May 22, 2014 | Project PublicScienceNZ
The High Court has found in favour of the Sustainability Council in their case against the EPA. The Sustainability Council took the EPA to court regarding their decision that certain breeding techniques do not come within the scope of New Zealand’s GM legislation. The...
by Renata Mokena-Lodge | Apr 16, 2014 | Project ClimateChangeNZ
Submissions on the Environmental Reporting Bill are due at 5pm, 17 April. This is an important piece of potential legislation for New Zealand. The Institute supports Environmental Reporting legislation in principle and we have a detailed submission in process. The...
by Renata Mokena-Lodge | Apr 8, 2014 | Project TalentNZ
The Treasury University Challenge 2014 has been launched. It is a very exciting opportunity for New Zealand university students to get a glimpse into some of the things that the Treasury does. The task requires students to engage with one of three topical public...
by Renata Mokena-Lodge | Apr 4, 2014 | Project PublicScienceNZ
A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has documented the rapid resistance in western corn rootworm to an anti pest toxin produced by genetically modified corn in the US. BT corn, first planted in 1996, was genetically...
