This year saw massive policy changes in New Zealand's science sector, with the coalition government changing tack on gene ...

Siloed thinking' is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according ...

With the greyhound racing industry coming to an end, most of the 3,000 current racing dogs will be put up for adoption. The ...

A large magnitude shallow earthquake has caused strong shaking near Port Vila this afternoon. The Pacific Tsunami Warning ...

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions ...

Several strains of highly pathogenic bird flu have been found around the globe, and now in New Zealand. The virus found on ...

Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand's wastewater. Wastewater testing ...

Food regulators want to streamline how they assess the growing range of lab-grown foods, starting with cell-cultured quail ...

With humanities and social sciences removed from the "blue-skies" research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no ...

The Climate Change Commission/He Pou a Rangi recommends New Zealand set more ambitious carbon targets. The Commission says ...

Several strains of highly pathogenic bird flu have been found around the globe, and now in New Zealand. The virus […] ...