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A new Omicron wave is upon New Zealand, with older people now most at risk – here’s what to expect A group of New Zealand academics, including University of Canterbury’s Professor Michael Plank and PhD student Giorgia Vattiato, explain why this might be the most serious moment in the Covid-19 pandemic this year. RATs help…
As New Zealand relaxes restrictions, here’s what we can still do to limit COVID infections In a new article on The Conversation, UC’s Professor Michael Plank and UoA’s Dr Dion O’Neale and Dr Emily Harvey look at the measures still in place to reduce COVID-19 transmission. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the relaxations today, signalling…
Autistic people need a greater say in where NZ’s autism research funding is spent – here’s a way forward University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer Lisa Emerson explains on The Conversation how establishing research priorities of the autistic community in Aotearoa New Zealand will help change course. When asked what future autism research should be prioritised, autistic…
New Zealand has managed to dodge the COVID-19 bullet, again. Here’s why In a new article on The Conversation, UC’s Associate Professor Arindam Basu examines how Aotearoa New Zealand has so far avoided a Covid-19 community outbreak. New Zealand health authorities were quick to react, isolating and testing contacts and suspending travel. Of the traveller’s…
2020 has been a year like no other. Around the world lives have been changed irrevocably. Thankfully New Zealand avoided the worst of the public health impacts. But our business community has been hugely affected, with even the best laid plans being well and truly put to the test. Companies have faced huge uncertainty, job…