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New Zealand has about 60 scientific and technological societies that coordinate and promote specific research disciplines. They include the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, which promotes the professional interests of its members and the development of science and technology in agriculture and horticulture. This is the April 2014 issue of its magazine AgScience, which focused on biosecurity. 

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Simon Nathan, Research institutions – Scientific societies and museums, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/44994/agscience (accessed 30 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.