NZ to merge research institutes in public science overhaul


New Zealand will consolidate its publicly-funded research institutes and set up a new one-stop shop for foreign direct investment as part of a major overhaul of its science and research sector.

The country’s seven Crown Research Institutes will become three Public Research Organisations (PRO) under the shake-up announced on Thursday, with government innovation agency Callaghan Innovation to be “dis-established” altogether.

A fourth PRO focused on advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, …

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