Editing GNS Science (section)

==History==
GNS Science was known as the '''Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences''' (IGNS) from 1992 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.gns.cri.nz/about-us/our-history/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=GNS Science {{!}} Te Pῡ Ao |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Originally part of the New Zealand Government's [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (DSIR), it was established as an independent organisation when the Crown Research Institutes were set up in 1992.<ref name="CRIact">{{Cite web |title=Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 No 47 (as at 23 December 2023), Public Act Contents – New Zealand Legislation |url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1992/0047/latest/DLM264292.html |access-date= |website=www.legislation.govt.nz}}</ref>

In late September 2024, GNS Science confirmed that 59 roles would be cut, amounting to ten percent of its workforce. In addition, 37 new roles would be created. This was part of the [[Sixth National Government of New Zealand|Sixth National Government]]'s public sector job cuts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibbens |first1=Krystal |title=59 jobs to go at GNS Science |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528963/59-jobs-to-go-at-gns-science |access-date=25 September 2024 |work=[[RNZ]] |date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924233104/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528963/59-jobs-to-go-at-gns-science |archive-date=24 September 2024}}</ref>