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Education sees funding for new schools, training and cyber security
Budget 2024 includes $2.5 billion in new spending over four years for education and a further $429 million in redirected savings, most of it from the Ministry of Education.
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Waikato medical school's business case not expected until 2025
The business case for a third medical school at the University of Waikato is not expected until next year.
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North Korea drops trash balloons on the South
In one of North Korea's its most bizarre provocations against its rival in years, 260 balloons carrying rubbish and manure were found in various parts South Korea, its military says.
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The race to save Papua New Guinea's frogs
A deadly frog fungus has decimated frog populations around the world, but frog biodiversity hotspot Papua New Guinea remains untouched – for now. In this episode of ABC podcast Pacific Scientific… Audio
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The race to save Papua New Guinea's frogs
A deadly frog fungus has decimated frog populations around the world, but frog biodiversity hotspot Papua New Guinea remains untouched – for now. In this episode of ABC podcast Pacific Scientific…
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Lack of wool education means farmers 'will suffer'
New Zealand, once renowned for its wool industry and high-end merino products, is now seen as neglecting wool education, industry insiders say.
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Review: Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session is a play about a fictitious meeting between the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and the Christian writer, and later creator of the Narnia books, C S Lewis. Starring Sir… Video, Audio
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Review: Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session is a play about a fictitious meeting between the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and the Christian writer, and later creator of the Narnia books, C S Lewis. Starring Sir…
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Covid cases, rules, and free stuff: What you need to know
Explainer - What will Budget 2024 reveal about the country's Covid-19 strategy? RNZ recaps what we know so far.
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Stories from Our Changing World
Now on Our Changing World, a story from Australia's ABC Science series, Pacific Scientific, about one of the last places without the killer frog fungus. We join reporter James Purtill just outside of… Audio
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Bookmarks with Dr Jade De La Paz
Dr Jade De La Paz, is a Professional Forensic Anthropologist at the University of Otago and she's also one of only four people from Aotearoa to be a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic… Audio
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BabyX at the centre of groundbreaking research
BabyX is an interactive AI model of an 18 month old. It was originally launched in 2013, by then Auckland University researcher Mark Sagar. Over the last 10 years it's been developed and improved, to… Audio
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Science: Hottest summer, internal adhesive, Venus volcanoes
Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about new research that's used tree rings to confirm last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2000 years. Audio
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Aircraft systems can't pick up clear air turbulence - expert
Technology can only pick up turbulence when there's rain involved. Audio
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$53m teacher training boost: will it deliver?
An extra $53 million has been earmarked for teacher training, for more in-the-classroom training as opposed to at university. Audio
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Doing things slower, better: Our idea of productivity is 'broken'
Knowledge workers, in particular, are getting exhausted by the "pseudo productivity hamster wheel," Cal Newport says. Audio
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The Star Trek Tricorder
The Starship Enterprise crew's tricorders have a multitude of uses, from scanning a new planet's surface to staff health checks. Dr Michel Nieuwoudt chats about whether we could even construct such a… Audio
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Karori murder victim dead when paramedics arrived
Paramedics said it was obvious Karori man Rau Tongia had been dead some time when they arrived.
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Educating teachers: 'It's not just about bums on seats'
Universities warn changes to teacher education won't fix teacher shortages, and that it is not realistic to expect teachers to graduate fully prepared to work.
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Thousands of Hutt Valley students could lose school science
Audio 28 May 2024Thousands of school children across Hutt Valley could lose out on science kits as the organisation which provides them faces closure. Audio
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Aussie researchers target gut health to slow or stop Parkinson's disease
Researchers are working on developing drugs that target bugs in the guts of Parkinson's disease patients in a radical new treatment approach.
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Seabed mining's hazards
New Zealand has three live seabed mining issues right now, and what they have in common is a startling lack of information on how damaging their activities will be
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Seabed mining's hazards
New Zealand has three live seabed mining issues right now, and what they have in common is a startling lack of information on how damaging their activities will be
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How the microbes we leave behind on our clothing could help solve murders
A new international study has shown how the population of bacteria on a person's skin leaves a trace on the clothes they wear and can be identified months after the transfer. Audio
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Expert Feature: Electricity
Electricity - how do we generate it, how does it get from a hydro-station to our kettles, and where is the technology involved heading? Audio
