Sciblogs.co.nz was a network of

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based science bloggers. The network was founded in late 2009 and included a collection of scientists from universities,

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and private research organisations. Sciblogs.co.nz was established in September 2009 by the Science Media Centre (NZ) funded by the Ministry of Research, Science & Technology (MoRST) through the Royal Society of New Zealand. It was based on the WordPress platform. Around half of the blogs were syndicated from existing science bloggers, the rest were hosted exclusively on Sciblogs. Sciblogs content was syndicated on Google News and Scoop.co.nz as well as on Facebook and Twitter. The site was one of the largest blog networks in New Zealand.NZ’s largest science blog network goes live
NZ Science Media Centre, 30 September 2009 In August 2015, Sciblogs was redeveloped and relaunched with a more visual appearance and improved functionality, as well as the addition of new bloggers covering everything from psychology to drones. Sciblogs was decommissioned in August 2022. An archived copy of all the blogs on SciBlogs] (no longer updated) can be found via the

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.https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20220622093355/http://sciblogs.co.nz/

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External links

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New Zealand science websites * Sciblogs.co.nz Internet properties established in 2009