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		<title>Improving the transition from child to adult</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally posted Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
In recent days, New Zealand has had further episodes of tragic behaviours by young people that have
led to death or injury. These behaviours and their consequences are extremely upsetting for families
and communities alike. Unfortunately, these behaviours are also a common concern across the Western
world. This briefing paper serves to put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A hidden science that protects New Zealand’s primary industries, environment and health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Goldson
Stephen Goldson is Co-Leader: World-leading Biosecurity Theme at the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University; he is also Chief Scientist at AgResearch and provides strategy advice to the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor
While some areas of science get a lot of attention in the media – for example medical research and astronomy – other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change and the scientific process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The integrity of the international science system has been questioned during recent and well-publicised debates about issues such as genetic modification technologies and climate change. Bringing clarity of understanding into complex systems like biological processes and atmospheric dynamics has challenged both the scientific method and its engagement with the broader community. The explosion of information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercialisation of publicly-funded research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The level of public investment in Research &#38; Development (R&#38;D) in New Zealand is relatively low by OECD standards. However, private sector investment is even more concerning — at only 0.51% of GDP, this is less than a third of the OECD average and places New Zealand around the bottom of the OECD rankings.
There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tatjana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world’s climate is influenced by a number of factors interacting in very complex and not entirely understood ways. Over the last million years there have been periodic shifts in the temperature of the planet initiated by changes in the orbit of the earth around the sun and in the tilt of the earth’s axis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P for pure – and pseudoephedrine</title>
		<link>http://www.pmcsa.org.nz/issues/p-for-pure-%e2%80%93-and-pseudoephedrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘100% Pure’ might be a marketing slogan for tourism in New Zealand, but it’s unfortunately also true that the purity of domestically produced methamphetamine powder in this country is particularly high – hence its street name of ‘P’ for ‘pure&#8217;. According to a recent report from the United Nations, New Zealanders are the world’s third [...]]]></description>
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