Articles by Jamie Morton, NZ Herald
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Science
Keep NZ Beautiful boss and team resign over frustrations with Government
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:36pmThe head of an iconic litter-fighting charity says she and her entire team have resigned over long-running frustrations with...
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National
Goodbye El Niño, hello La Niña? What to expect from winter and beyond
Monday, 22 April 2024, 8:03amForecasting agencies have called time on the El Nino of 2023-24. So what can Kiwis expect from the winter ahead of us? Jamie...
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Science
Get set for the last ‘blue supermoon’ until 2032
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 2:45pmStargazers are about to be treated to a blue supermoon: a rare lunar spectacle that won’t be seen again in New Zealand’s...
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National
More than a 'mega-thrust': Hidden power of our largest fault revealed
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 7:39amIt’s capable of unleashing “mega-thrust” earthquakes and tsunamis, the like of which New Zealand has never experienced in...
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Education
University scientists mount eleventh-hour bid to avoid job cuts
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 1:17pmA group of Otago University scientists are mounting an eleventh-hour bid to avoid proposed job cuts they say would have national...
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Business
Boost in fight against predators, as NZCF takes half share in NZ AutoTraps
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 10:10amNew Zealand Carbon Farming (NZCF) has taken a 50 per cent share of NZ AutoTraps in a deal the parties say will boost the...
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Science
Newly-discovered ancient NZ dolphin had gruesome, tusk-like teeth
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 12:06pmScientists have described a new dolphin species armed with protruding, tusk-like teeth for swift and violent attacks on prey...
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National
More chilly nights in store as temperatures plunge below zero around NZ
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 12:21pmA high-pressure system hovering over New Zealand is expected to bring some of the coldest temperatures of the year tomorrow...
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National
‘Rude awakening’: Taranaki woman describes moment tornado hit her home
Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 11:31amA Taranaki couple had “a bit of a rude awakening” early this morning when a tornado tore part of their roof off. Jody Thomas...
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Science
Scientists reveal mystery cause behind yellow-eyed penguin deaths
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 9:56amThe same technology used to first detect the coronavirus has revealed the cause of a mysterious disease that’s been killing...
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Health
Weekly numbers due as reinfections keep rising, latest wave keeps growing
Monday, 5 December 2022, 1:02pmAn epidemiologist warns Covid-19 reinfections – already making up a quarter of reported cases – will keep rising as New Zealand’s...
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Science
Big task: How to purge pests from NZ’s biggest subantarctic island
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 1:44pmClearing mammalian pests from the largest of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands could be done, an expert says – but it’d...
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Science
Scientists recording 20 quakes each week at unsettled Taupō
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 10:02amNew Zealand’s best-known supervolcano hasn’t quietened, with scientists still recording around 20 local earthquakes at Taupō...
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National
Shaky Isles: The NZ areas where earthquake ground-shaking has increased
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 9:01amThe risk of ground shaking in future earthquakes has doubled in many places, under a newly updated seismic hazard model. But...
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National
1296 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths; NZ's case rates may fall further yet - modeller
Monday, 5 September 2022, 1:06pmNew Zealand's Covid-19 case numbers may yet keep falling further, a modeller says, even as daily counts drop to levels not...
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National
Covid-19: 17 virus-related deaths; 3140 new cases and 373 in hospital
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 1:14pmThere are 3140 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today and 17 virus-related deaths. There are 373 people in...
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National
9 virus-related deaths; 2706 new cases, 432 in hospital
Monday, 22 August 2022, 1:11pmThere are 2706 new cases of Covid-19 and 9 Covid-related deaths announced today. There are 432 cases in hospital, including...
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National
Why NZ's annual population growth is slowest in 36 years
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 1:49pmNew Zealand's population growth slowed to its lowest rate in decades over the year to June – something put down to more deaths,...
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National
3302 cases today as Covid becomes one of NZ's biggest killers
Sunday, 7 August 2022, 1:12pmCovid-19 has been directly responsible for one in seven recent deaths – and has already claimed five times as many lives...
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Science
Scientists detect more than 300 quakes under Lake Taupō since May
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 3:58pmScientists have detected more than 300 quakes in the centre of Lake Taupō over the past three months – but that doesn't mean...
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National
Covid-19: What we've just learned about virus deaths
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 3:08pmJust-revised data reveals more than 900 people in New Zealand have died directly from Covid-19 – and that the virus has been...
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Science
Quake early warning system: would Kiwis use it properly?
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 2:35pmMost Kiwis think New Zealand should have a proper earthquake early warning system – but that doesn't mean we'd all respond...
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National
5535 new Covid cases, 14 further deaths; wastewater results released
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 1:14pmThere are 5535 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today - and a further 14 Covid-related deaths. The Ministry...
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National
Four-fold jump: Border reopening will seed many more Covid cases, study finds
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 12:56pmThe imminent reopening of our borders could see the rate of foreign-seeded Covid cases in our communities jump four-fold...
