Warnings over job cuts to science sector

A coalition of the country's leading science groups is warning it will take decades to undo the damage of sweeping jobs cuts to the sector. Between 350 and 360 specialist science jobs have been axed in recent months, with that figure expected to climb as funding cuts continue to bite. Dr Lucy Stewart is co-president of the New Zealand Association of Scientists, and spokesperson for the Save Science Coalition. She spoke to Charlotte Cook.