Efforts to track down the yellow-legged hornet have ramped up this week, with queen hornets and nests continuing to be ...

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Six children’s coloured sand products are being recalled after they were found to be contaminated with asbestos. The government is […] ...

Wealthy countries have tripled their financial support to help vulnerable nations adapt to the impacts of climate change, but ...

The government is halting new puberty blocker prescriptions for youth with gender dysphoria. From 19 December, new ...

Ultra-processed foods are becoming dominant in our diets, causing a surge in diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and depression ...

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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.

A long-term US study shows water fluoridation at recommended levels doesn’t reduce cognitive ability, with kids who drank such water doing slightly better in school tests. Whereas earlier studies ...

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 ...

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) ...