News Article: NIWA unveils new climate and weather modelling supercomputer
Asked if the science sector's pain was over, Judith Collins said job cuts were operational decisions for Crown owned research companies like NIWA (called CRIs), and said the National Science Challenges were always due to end after 10 years.
As yet, nothing has been announced to replace them.
"It is really important for every CRI to rightsize get ready for the future an understand that we need to be very productive. We don't have any money that can be [used] for people's personal projects unless it's going to have outcomes for the taxpayer," said Collins.
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