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 ...

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

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

A teenager has died after suffering a head injury while playing a private “run it straight-style” tackle game in Palmerston North. It follows on from official RUNIT events taking place in Auckland ...

The third UN Ocean Conference in France next month will focus on the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Member states are expected to adopt a political declaration, ‘Our Ocean, Our ...

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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 gene tech regulator.

Governments from across the globe agreed to the draft accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response last month, after three years of intense negotiations—though the US dropped out in ...