chief science adviser

‘The core technology of the future’: Time to rethink NZ’s GMO-free status?

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Trees with red trunks and apples that are red right the way through and flower all year round. Should we back or block the genetically changed plants New Zealand scientists are growing? Charlie Dreaver reports for RNZ. At a Plant and Food Research greenhouse in Auckland, one of the sections is filled with $300 apple trees, … Read more

‘I literally covered my wall in Post-it notes’: meet NZ’s new chief scientist

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The new chief science adviser to the prime minister, Professor Juliet Gerrard, talks about diversity in science, the political hot potatoes, and what constitutes science. The biggest splash out of the office of chief science advisor to the NZ prime minister came in the final days of its first occupant’s tenure. A report overseen by … Read more