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first issue of the New Zealand Science Review in December 1942. It was crown quarto size (slightly smaller than B5) and 12 pages long. The journal included editorials, Association matter and also dedicated significant space to the inclusion of abstracts from recent publications.
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number of reasons, one of which was the perception around Unions. So much so, that in 1954 the Association changed its name to the New Zealand Association of Scientists and registered as an incorporated society in New Zealand In that same year,
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in December 1941. The meeting defined the objective of the new organisation being āto secure the wider application of science and the scientific method for the welfare of society and to promote the interests of scientific workersā.
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