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 Royal Commission of Inquiry into lessons learned from NZ’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has released the first phase […] ...

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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Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach an agreement after a week of talks in Busan, South Korea.  The session failed to resolve deep divisions between ...

Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for ‘blue-skies’ research in Aotearoa ...