My screenplay Doodlebug just won the Playmarket Live Screneplay competition in New Zealand. This is very exciting, as the prize is a public reading of the screenplay by professional actors and support from Playmarket in developing the script.
Doodlebug is a script I wrote three years ago and actually just dusted off for this competition, so the win has given me new impetus to develop it. I’ve already had fantastic notes from Jean Betts at Playmarket to give me a steer on writing a new draft. I’ll post a scene from Doodlebug once that new draft is finished.
The Science Media Centre asked the leaders of the political parties ACT, the Green Party, the Maori Party , the Progressive Party and United Future to answer a series of questions on big science-related issues facing the country.
Only the Greens and United Future were able to respond to the deadline …
Scientists are examining mice DNA here and abroad, using genetics to determine human patterns of migration over centuries of colonisation and international travel.
And it appears that New Zealand’s cultural mix has created a “genetic melting pot” …
