Are New Zealand's upcoming predator free goals on the right track? Should we stick with the current target species list as is ...

The government is asking for public feedback on proposed changes to how we can create more housing in Aotearoa, such as ...

The Cook Islands declared a dengue outbreak in Rarotonga last week. Other Pacific nations including Sāmoa, Tonga, and Fiji ...

The new national Science Curriculum is expected to become available later this year, after a rewrite was paused in 2024. The ...

The third UN Ocean Conference in France next month will focus on the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. ...

A teenager has died after suffering a head injury while playing a private "run it straight-style" tackle game in Palmerston ...

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Amid this year’s science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a […] ...

The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ’s science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research Institutes will be replaced by three Public Research Organisations (PROs) ...

This weekend marks a year since the floods, landslides, and evacuations caused by a record-breaking and fatal deluge across the upper North Island. Not long after, in early February, Cyclone Gabrielle ...

Over her lifetime, an average woman scientist at a New Zealand university earns about NZ$400,000 less than her male counterparts, reports a new study. University of Canterbury researchers analysed a ...