Among several changes announced last night, the Government says the Climate Change Commission won't be required to advise on ...

With measles spreading in the community and vaccination coverage too low to stop it, a national immunisation week starting on ...

The new national science curriculum up to Year 10 has been released for consultation. It divides teaching into two 'strands': ...

November local time in Belém, Brazil. Key issues for COP30 include limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, climate finance ...

Beech forests flowering this spring are expected to drop trillions of seeds later in the autumn — producing a feast both for ...

A 13-year-old in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after swallowing 80–100 small neodymium magnets purchased on Temu.

Fire crews are racing to put out vegetation fires in Kaikōura before this week's extreme winds pick up again. Eleven crews, ...

A 13-year-old in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after swallowing 80–100 small neodymium magnets purchased on Temu. That’s despite […] ...

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) ...

Emeritus Professor Ralph Sims, Sustainable Energy and Climate Mitigation, comments: “Well, the emission reduction plan is yet another step forward in meeting targets, but I don’t detect any urgency.

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the technology. The applications for genetic ...

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.