Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 results.

The Government has signed an agreement to purchase 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines – enough for 750,000 people – from Pfizer and BioNTech, subject to the vaccine successfully completing all clinical trials and passing regulatory approvals in New Zealand, say Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods and Health Minister Chris Hipkins.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Health
  • Research, Science and Innovation

The Government has allocated significant extra funding, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Research, Science and Innovation

A heavily scaled back international Antarctic season will commence this week, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods have confirmed.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Research, Science and Innovation
  • $196 million for Crown Research Institutes
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods, and Health Minister David Clark today announced a COVID-19 vaccine strategy, which will enable New Zealand scientists to contribute to global research efforts and explore the potential of vaccine manufacturing capability in New Zealand.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Health
  • Research, Science and Innovation

“This Budget is about creating jobs. We know how businesses and workers have been impacted by this global pandemic. This Government is backing businesses to regain the confidence to invest as we work together to grow the economy in the face of this global recession,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  • Economic Development
  • Research, Science and Innovation
  • Revenue
  • Small Business
  • Trade and Export Growth

Government is investing $25 million to speed up the trial and deployment of innovations to help New Zealand’s response to COVID-19, says Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation

The Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (the new trading name of Zephyr Airworks) to support a world-first passenger transport trial of the company’s all-electric, self-flying air taxi ‘Cora’ in Canterbury, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods announced today.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation