About: Rhadegund

[I am a big fan of The Conversation; on line comment and views from academics on news issues. Each article is preceded by a Disclosure Statement so here is mine – George Slim first worked in Government in 2003 when the priorities for science investment were: innovative industrial processing and manufacturing, product development, information and…

The movie I was involved in a couple of years ago, the Cure, is finally out. It isn’t getting a general release in New Zealand but I think you can down-load it or buy the DVD from the website www.thecuremovie.com  and Wellingtonians can buy or rent from Aro Video here. And of course I recommend…

Some while ago now I casually, without quite enough thought, responded to a tweet from Souxie Wilesabout the lack of female figures in Lego. I suggested that she swap the hair, since it was pretty much the only distinguishing feature. In my defence I don’t think I was the only person who told her that.…

In the Cabinet Paper announcing the National Science Challenges in April it said ‘three to four challenges will implemented in 2013’. These Challenges, new science funding which, according to the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website, will ‘tackle some of the biggest science-based issues and opportunities facing New Zealand’ are important. MBIE  have…