New Zealand to create intel agency recommended over two years ago
“It commits us to acting early, working together and having an integrated approach,” says Defence Minister Andrew Little.
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“It commits us to acting early, working together and having an integrated approach,” says Defence Minister Andrew Little.
NZ's potentially catastrophic near-miss from outer space: 'We're not learning' 19 minutes to read Experts including a former chief science advisor say New Zealand's risk-management systems are flawed and we can no longer rely on our "she'll be right" mantra. By Donna Chisholm. The email giving New Zealand 24 hours' warning of a potentially catastrophic solar flare landed in chief science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman's inbox in late July 2012. It was an alert from his UK counterpart, Sir John Beddington, advising of a severe "space weather" event known as a mass coronal ejectio...