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Colin Monteath/Supplied Scott Base, Antarctica, with a steaming Mt Erebus in the background. Antarctica NZ has asked for $250 million to rebuild the base almost entirely. Parts of Scott Base are creaking at the seams and the whole thing needs to be rebuilt. But there are too many bases on Antarctica, especially those belonging to Northern Hemisphere nations, writes Colin Monteath. OPINION: Rebuilding New Zealand’s Scott Base on Ross island to meet the demands of a modern science programme is a complex, long-term and expensive project as highlighted in Lee Kenny s excellent article “Leaky buildings, old electrics: Scott Base in a sorry state” (Feb 27). ....
Chris McKeen/Stuff Afiqah Ramizi, president of the New Zealand International Students Association and a medical student at Auckland University. She says universities need to recognise that international students are not immune to financial hardship caused by Covid-19. New Zealand’s international education sector used to be a major part of the economy. The $5 billion it pumped into the country annually supported around 45,000 jobs and made it New Zealand’s fifth-largest export earner. Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan says that, pre-Covid-19, the sector expected between 21,000 and 22,000 international students in 2020. About 7000 had not made it into the country. A top New Zealand epidemiologist warns that pre-depature testing is not enough to keep Covid-19 out of New Zealand communities. ....