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The Department of Conservation is mounting a fresh security sweep of its offices and sites amid sinister threats to attack...
If you've ever overheard elderly couples bickering about politics, despite decades of marriage, new research might help explain...
New Zealand's hard-line elimination strategy against Covid-19 spared more deaths than any other developed country – and also...
The days of plastic cutlery and cotton buds, PVC meat trays and polystyrene takeaway containers are numbered in New Zealand,...
The Delta variant of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus – scientific name B.1.617.2 – has spread to 80 countries since first being...
Scientists think they've pin-pointed the location of the magma chamber within the huge Taupō "supervolcano" that lies hidden...
New Zealand could have another locally approved vaccine available by August, with MedSafe expected to make a decision on...
The same low pressure system that brought snow to Australia last week is wheeling into New Zealand – but now it's packing...
Scientists are closely watching a silent, slow-burning earthquake off the east coast of the North Island - and sophisticated...
South Islanders remain in prime position to catch a glimpse of the first "blood supermoon" in nearly 40 years, with cloud...
Kiwi stargazers will next week be treated to the rare combination of two lunar spectacles - a "blood supermoon". Blood moons...
The Government has injected $28 million into the battle to save New Zealand's iconic kauri from an as yet uncurable tree-killing...
A long-overdue makeover of Scott Base has received a near-$350m Budget boost - ensuring New Zealand's continued presence...
Every 100,000 travellers passing through quarantine in Australia and New Zealand has come with an average six "failures"...
Sir John Key might not be the most obvious champion for Jacinda Ardern. But he's more than willing to set political differences...
Scientists have built up a completely new understanding of Mt Taranaki's eruption risk - and expect its next blow will prove...
This morning's 8.1 quake was a "very notable event" and much different to past large earthquakes in the Kermadec region,...
No further cluster cases today and tomorrow could suggest a "reasonable chance" that Auckland's lockdown snuffed out any...
A prominent epidemiologist thinks Cabinet ministers can still consider moving Auckland to alert level "2.5", despite the...
New Zealand's outdated master act for the environment will be scrapped and replaced with three new ones, helping tackle a...
Summer-like conditions are predicted to persist well past the end of the season in already-parched parts of New Zealand -...
South Africa will suspend use of the same Covid-19 vaccine that New Zealand has pre-purchased millions of doses of, over...
New Zealand would need to heavily cut cow numbers, stop conventional car imports, decarbonise the energy sector and get most...
Police have had to issue nearly 50 warnings to rule-breaking returnees in a managed isolation and quarantine facilities this...
