Obviously nothing has pissed me off quite as much as them killing the Marsden Fund (👉 my 📌 post), but govt claiming that the Science Investment Plan does not cut funding when the plan itself says “core science and research funding is projected to decline in future years” was the icing on the cake.
Luxon wants to ‘brutally commercialise’ science, but cuts threaten its foundationComment from Auckland University: Decades of research funding cannot be replaced by funding the commercialisation of that sciencenewsroom.co.nz