New overseas research has found that gender disparities in maths performance in favour of boys show up as early as after four ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the new Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr John Roche. Members of the newly established Prime Minister’s Science and Technology Advisory Council ...

Treating wastewater with alkaline minerals could soak up over 18 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, new research suggests. Oceans are absorbing increasing amounts of CO₂ from the atmosphere, ...

Pollution in our water, land, and air are all coming under the microscope in a major report from the Ministry for the Environment. Our environment 2025 is a three-yearly report highlighting the ...

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) ...