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

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

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 ...

New Zealand species are among the most vulnerable to extinction in a warming world, according to a global analysis of 30 years of research. The author finds that under a projected 2.7°C rise above ...

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