# Sciblogs.co.nz

Sciblogs.co.nz was a network of New Zealand based science bloggers. The network was founded in late 2009 and included a collection of scientists from universities, Crown Research Institutes 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.
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 An archived copy of all the blogs on SciBlogs] (no longer updated) can be found via the National Library of New Zealand.
Selected bloggers on sciblogs.co.nz (Links no longer work but individual blog copies can be found via the National Library's archive above): :
| Author | Blog name | Topic | Original / Syndicated | Link |
| Ken Perrott | Open Parachute | critical thinking | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/open-parachute/ |
| Gareth Renowden | Hot Topic | climate change | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/hot-topic/ |
| Alison Campbell | BioBlog | biology | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/bioblog/ |
| Grant Jacobs | Code for life | Bioinformatics | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/ |
| Peter Griffin | Visibly shaken | data visualisation | | http://sciblogs.co.nz/visibly-shaken/ |
| Anna Sandiford | Forensic Scientist | Forensic Science | | http://sciblogs.co.nz/forensic-scientist/ |
| Guest bloggers | Guest Work | Guest bloggers | science | http://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/ |
| Shaun Hendy | A Measure of Science | innovation | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/a-measure-of-science/ |
| Darcy Cowan | Skepticon | Skeptics | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/skepticon/ |
| Brendan Moyle | Chthonic Wildlife Ramblings | Wildlife | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/chthonic-wildlife-ramblings/ |
| Aimee Whitcroft | misc.ience | science | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/misc-ience/ |
| Bryan Walker | Hot Topic | Climate Change | | http://sciblogs.co.nz/hot-topic/ |
| David Winter | the atavism | evolution | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/the-atavism/ |
| Peter Griffin | Griffin's Gadgets | technology | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/griffins-gadgets/ |
| Daniel Collins | Waiology | Hydrology and limnology | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/waiology/ |
| Will Hayward | The Psychologizer | Psychology | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/thepsychologizer/ |
| Barbara Breen-Bollard | Vantage Point | UAVs | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/vantagepoint/ |
| Mark Hanna | Honest Universe | health | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/honestuniverse/ |
| John Pickering | Kidney-Punch | health | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/kidney-punch/ |
| Robert Hickson | Ariadne | futurism | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/ariadne/ |
| Siouxsie Wiles | Infectious Thoughts | science | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/infectious-thoughts/ |
| Karyn O'Keeffe | Sleep on it | sleep | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/sleep-on-it/ |
| Wayne Linklater | Political | ecology | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/politecol/ |
| Various | Infrequently Asked Questions | | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/infrequently-asked-questions/ |
| Steve Pointing | Pointing @ Science | science | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/pointing-at-science/ |
| Kimberley Collins | Up and Atom | science communication | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/up-and-atom/ |
| Michelle Dickinson | Nanogirl | nanotechnology | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/nanogirl/ |
| Various | Public Health Expert | public health | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/public-health-expert/ |
| Various | The Dismal Science | economics | Syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/the-dismal-science/ |
| Christine Jasoni | The Nervy Nomad | neuroscience | Original | http://sciblogs.co.nz/the-nervy-nomad/ |
| Marcus Wilson | Physics Stop | physics | syndicated | http://sciblogs.co.nz/physics-stop/ |
| Helen Petousis-Harris | Diplomatic Immunity | Vaccines | Original | https://sciblogs.co.nz/diplomaticimmunity/ |