New Zealand's underwater mountains are home to unique animal communities which need careful environmental management, research from Victoria University of Wellington and the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric (NIWA) ...
Ecology
Mar 18, 2015
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A new book by a professor of Public Policy at Victoria University and a University of Otago academic sends some clear messages around what can be done to alleviate child poverty in New Zealand.
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2015
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Dr Mark Masterson, from Victoria's School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, has analysed communications of all kinds from the late fourth and early fifth centuries to develop a fuller picture of late-ancient ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2015
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Wildlife is critical to the economies of nations. New Zealand's wildlife – whales, dolphins, red deer, thar, albatross, kiwi, tuatara, fish and kauri – attract tourists. And the tourists who come to see or hunt our wildlife ...
Ecology
Mar 3, 2015
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Since the early 1990s, an intensive tuatara conservation recovery programme has been run on the island, where the species had not been seen for 10 years.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2015
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The final report of a major national study on how New Zealanders manage their personal information in online commercial transactions, online government transactions and on social networking sites, is being released today. ...
Security
Feb 17, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Professors Tim Stern and Martha Savage and Drs Simon Lamb and Rupert Sutherland from Victoria's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences—along with scientists from GNS Science and universities in ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 5, 2015
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Dr Andrew McGregor, from Victoria's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, has been working with a team of international experts examining the societal impacts of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and ...
Environment
Feb 4, 2015
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The outlook for coral reefs around the world is bleak—predictions are that they could be completely gone in just a few decades. Coral reefs are a vital part of marine ecosystems but are being destroyed by global warming ...
Environment
Jan 15, 2015
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An ambitious project to drill 1.3 kilometres into the Alpine Fault has been halted early by equipment problems, but it has still yielded a large amount of useful information about the inner workings of the fault.
Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2015
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