The annual kōkako nest survey is underway deep in Auckland’s Hunua Ranges. Years of hard work mean the kōkako population is booming, with more than a hundred breeding pairs. But how do you keep an eye ...

Staff from Environment Canterbury are at the Cam River/Ruataniwha in Kaiapoi, after a factory fire sent toxic oil into the water. The blaze that destroyed the Sutton Tools manufacturing plant early ...

Auckland-based company Buckley Systems has developed and manufactured a machine which could help treat the most difficult cancers. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) delivers targeted radiation to ...

Non-sugar sweeteners like stevia are becoming increasingly common in New Zealand, according to a new study from the University of Auckland. Dr Leanne Young from the University of Auckland School of ...

Roland Ennos says humanity owes a huge debt to the most humble of materials; wood. His book The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year ...

In 1972 a number of heavy titanium spheres, about twice the size of a basketball, dropped out of the sky and landed in paddocks across Ashburton. But was it Aliens? An elaborate hoax? No. It was ...

The Bounty Islands jut out of the water like giant granite fins. Steep and sheer, with no greenery in sight. Covered instead by a mottled white – guano or bird poo from the tens of thousands of ...

Namrata Chand began diving in the coral reefs and warm crystal-clear waters around her native Fiji. Diving to sample seaweed in Otago Harbour for her PhD is quite a different experience. ‘I describe ...

Nelson City Council will take another look at plans for its $46 million riverside library, as new data shows sea level rise will affect the region sooner than anticipated. Recent figures from the ...

A Dunedin astronomer is so excited by the prospect of witnessing a total solar eclipse on his doorstep, he bought his house 10 years ago with a view of it in mind. New Zealand is set to experience its ...

Gibson’s and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high seas and the ...

Farmers, growers and regional authorities in the South Island are reporting large numbers of rabbits this year. Responsiblity for pest control falls to property owners under bylaws, and if a regional ...