International researchers who studied the merging of two black holes say their new observations match theories developed by ...

An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today. The three-month ban follows a voluntary closure by set-net fishers last week and ...

Five well-publicised geoengineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change in the polar regions are "extremely ...

The Government will be changing aspects to New Zealand's higher education system, informed by a recently released report by ...

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) ...

The Government will be changing aspects to New Zealand’s higher education system, informed by a recently released report by the […] ...

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 ...

This weekend marks a year since the floods, landslides, and evacuations caused by a record-breaking and fatal deluge across the upper North Island. Not long after, in early February, Cyclone Gabrielle ...

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.

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.

Wealthy countries have committed to spend more than NZ$500 billion (US$300b) annually by 2035 to help poorer countries cope with the impacts of climate change. The so-called “finance COP” in Baku, ...

An open letter signed by more than twenty AI experts calls on the government to better regulate the new technology, pointing to low trust and possible harms. The Science Media Centre asked the authors ...