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In a world-first approach, a next-generation sensor installed in an Air New Zealand Q300 has taken its first flight, collecting scientific data as it is flown across the country.

The Government has released Te Rautaki Matihiko mō Aotearoa – The Digital Strategy for Aotearoa, setting out a vision and plan to support New Zealand’s people, communities, economy, and environment to flourish and prosper in the digital era.

The Government has announced that it has invested over $236.5 million in leading-edge research that will help to improve New Zealander’s lives through the Endeavour Fund process.

The government today opened consultation on the Aotearoa New Zealand Aerospace Strategy at the inaugural New Zealand Aerospace Summit in Christchurch, with further financial support for the ambitions of the sector also being announced.

The effective way our research, science and innovation sector responded to the COVID-19 pandemic has been showcased in a new report released today. The COVID-19 Research Response report outlines how innovative organisations have been supported over the past 2 years to produce world-leading research.

3 international research projects led by Aotearoa New Zealand research teams have been awarded a total of $5.1 million to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) could provide improved access to healthcare.

The Government is investing $6.5 million over 6 years to accelerate skills and opportunities for Māori researchers, scientists and mātauranga practitioners, through the Kanapu programme, hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence.

The Innovative Partnerships team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has signed an agreement with United States commercial space company Axiom Space Inc that will help New Zealand researchers advance world-leading space science and technology

New eligibility criterion will prevent funding being granted to science research projects that could benefit a Russian state institution or an organisation outside government that may contribute to the war effort.

Aotearoa New Zealand and the United Kingdom have signed an arrangement to enhance research, science and innovation collaborations.