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21 March 2017

Prime Minister's Science Prizes Announced

Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith has today announced the winners of New Zealand’s most valuable and prestigious annual science awards, the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes. Read More

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15 March 2017

3.6 Million More Penguins Live in Antarctica Than Thought

The number of Adélie penguins living in East Antarctica may be double what scientists previously thought. Read More

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7 March 2017

Four Kiwis reach peak of Antarctica's Mt Scott

William Pike has conquered Antarctica's Mt Scott. Read More

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14 February 2017

Whales, drones and ice: Six bold new Kiwi studies

Whales, toothfish and the enigma that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six urgent Kiwi studies on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean. Read More

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13 February 2017

New Zealand on Ice

Twenty year old able seaman Ramon Tito, the youngest of HMNZS Endeavour’s crew, hoisted the flapping New Zealand flag into the crisp air and fixed its lanyard to a flagstaff once used by the explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The obse… Read More

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9 February 2017

The impact of our warming world on Earth’s ice

Top international scholars will gather at Victoria University of Wellington next week to discuss the connections between Earth’s frozen waters and the global climate system. Read More

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