2019 News

  • Diversity must be a focus for mental health

    Until our mental health system gets its promised overhaul, we need to find cost-effective and creative ways for mental health professionals to increase their awareness across all areas of diversity, writes Gloria Fraser.

  • Another path to energy efficiency

    Jamie Rishworth, a research assistant in Victoria University of Wellington's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, reports on the Achieving Net Zero International Conference co-hosted by the University and the University of Oxford.

  • Climate change: our next 'moonshot moment'?

    While some despair about the fate of our planet, award-winning climate scientist James Renwick says it is never too late to take action - and seizing the moment may require a new “moonshot moment” for the 21st century.

  • Revolutionising ocean forecasting

    Researchers from Victoria University of Wellington have joined with MetService in a five-year multi-disciplinary research project—known as the Moana Project—to comprehensively measure, monitor, and predict the state of Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans.