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    The Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand (MSL) is New Zealand’s national metrology institute. It ensures that New Zealand’s units of measurement are consistent with the SI, the international system of units.

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      Changing the mass standard

      For more than a century, the base SI unit for mass was defined by a material artefact. Originally, 1 kilogram was defined as the mass of 1000 cm3 of water at 4C. Based on this, the international ...

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      Mass standard research in New Zealand

      Metrologists (measurement scientists) at the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand (MSL) have developed a novel research approach to the international development of a new mass ...

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      Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)

      The Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL) is New Zealand’s national metrology institute. Its role is to ensure that New Zealand’s units of measurement are consistent with the International ...

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      SI base units

      Measurement of any quantity involves applying a value to it by comparing it with some precisely defined unit value of the quantity. These standard units form the basis of a globally recognised ...

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      Measurement – introduction

      Measurement is the process of obtaining the magnitude of a quantity relative to an agreed standard. The science of weights and measures is called metrology. The Measurement Standards Laboratory ...

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      Early Māori measurement

      Due to the geographical isolation of New Zealand, early Māori settlers had little contact with neighbouring islands. Trade and commerce were internally based so there was no need for a precise ...

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