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’: Physical Science, which focuses on matter, energy, Earth & space; and ...

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

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

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

The Government has laid out its long-term approach to prepare New Zealand for the changing climate ahead. The just-released National Adaptation Framework aims to ensure people know what climate change ...

The Government will consolidate decision-making for New Zealand’s science research funding as part of its new science system strategy. Research Funding New Zealand will be a new independent board that ...

Tens of thousands of rural New Zealanders could be drinking water with harmful nitrate levels, researchers say. The first-ever national rural drinking water survey found 5% of the private bore samples ...

Government changes to the earthquake-prone building system will remove nearly 3000 buildings from the classification. Following the Seismic Risk Management Review, Building and Construction Minister ...