by juliet | May 4, 2021 | Antimicrobial resistance, From the OPMCSA
Kia ora koutou, We are now ramping up work on our big project for 2021, titled Kotahitanga: Uniting Aotearoa against infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, so I thought it was time for a quick update. COVID-19 showed us all how a pandemic could turn from an...
by juliet | Mar 22, 2021 | Fish, From the OPMCSA
Foreword from the PMCSA Kia ora koutou, This report, The future of commercial fishing in Aotearoa New Zealand, was prepared at the request of the Prime Minister in late 2019 and has had a difficult gestation, having been rudely interrupted by a pandemic response which...
by juliet | Mar 19, 2021 | From the OPMCSA, Internships
Kia ora koutou We’ve had an ‘on-again-off-again’ start to the year here in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, but that hasn’t stopped us kicking off an exciting new set of fellow and intern projects. We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of researchers to the Office. You...
by juliet | Nov 30, 2020 | From the OPMCSA, Science in emergencies
Kia ora koutou, Since taking up the role of Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister in 2018, I have had the privilege to see first-hand the enormous difference that scientists can make in a crisis. Be it tackling a biosecurity incursion, supporting victims of...
by juliet | Sep 23, 2020 | COVID-19, DCSAs, From the OPMCSA
Kia ora koutou, Many have become familiar with a new term over the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand – ‘whole genome sequencing’. Genome sequencing creates a ‘genetic fingerprint’ of the COVID-19 virus that has infected an individual. It can tell us...
by EllenR | Aug 17, 2020 | DCSAs, From the OPMCSA
Interventions across primary and secondary education are urgently needed to address declining literacy levels and persistent inequity, according to a new report. The evidence summary, titled ‘The literacy landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand’, is authored by Professor...
