NZ Research

List of NZ Research resource items

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  Children’s exposure to UV – Article

  In the summer of 2004–2005, 491 year 4 and year 8 students’ personal exposure to UV radiation and the sun protection they used were recorded over a week.

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  Disinfecting wastewater – Article

  UVC radiation is used to disinfect wastewater effluent by penetrating the cell walls of microorganisms and damaging the cellular material so they are unable to reproduce and infect people.

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  Measuring Vitamin D levels – Article

  Dr Richard McKenzie and other researchers are investigating where in New Zealand and in which seasons the UV intensity is too low to maintain adequate vitamin D levels in the body.

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  Melanoma spread pattern model – Article

  Hayley Reynolds (Auckland Bioengineering Institute) is developing a computerised 3D model of the body that will help doctors predict where a patient’s cancerous melanoma cells are more likely to spread.

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  Monitoring ozone levels – Article

  Dr Gregory Bodeker is involved in NIWA’s research programme into monitoring atmospheric ozone and understanding and predicting the relationship between ozone depletion and climate change.

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  Monitoring UV – Article

  Dr Richard McKenzie leads NIWA’s research programme in measuring the variability of natural UV radiation in New Zealand, to understand the causes of its variability and to monitor long-term trends.

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  UV and sunbeds – Article

  New Zealand researchers and the Cancer Society strongly discourage the use of sunbeds for cosmetic purposes, as the UVA intensity is three times stronger than from the Sun.

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  Current Areas of Research in New Zealand – Article

  This highlights some of the current areas of UV related research being carried out in New Zealand.

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  Auckland Bioengineering Institute – Organisation

  The Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland was established in 2001 as a cross-faculty research centre. Its focus is the application of the mathematical and engineering sciences to biology (particularly human physiology).

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  Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery – Organisation

  The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery is a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence, named in honour of the New Zealand-born Nobel Laureate and hosted by the University of Auckland.

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  NIWA at Lauder – Organisation

  NIWA’s atmospheric research site at Lauder in Central Otago is part of an international effort to understand the causes of stratospheric ozone depletion.

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  Watercare Services – Organisation

  Watercare Services Limited is New Zealand's largest company in the water and wastewater industry and operates the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant.