In yesterday’s Alert newsletter, we announced the release of a Research Charter for Aotearoa New Zealand. This is the culmination of a two-year project involving a working group drawn from across the research community to develop a resource to underpin responsible research practice. The charter is intended to be drawn on by research organisations and individual researchers, to ensure that both organisational policies and research practices as they occur on the ground, are of high quality, meet international standards and have the specific characteristics needed in Aotearoa.