The strategy released this afternoon is a signal of "unwavering support for private sector investment in AI," the government ...

An overseas company has announced plans to “bring back” the South Island giant moa. Colossal Biosciences, working with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Canterbury Museum, says it expects to “resurrect” ...

Warmer, saltier water from deep in the Southern Ocean has started rising to the surface, bringing up more carbon dioxide, a recent study shows. Fresher, cooler surface waters had helped sea ice expand ...

Heavy rain warnings have been issued for the top of the South Island for Thursday. The warnings come as the region recovers ...

MethaneSAT lost contact with the ground last Friday, and mission operations learned today that it has also lost power. MethaneSAT said in May that increased solar activity had been sending the ...

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Drug testers have come across misrepresented pills within a seemingly legitimate blister pack, purchased on the black market. The pills were opiates disguised within benzodiazepine packaging. A post ...

Cases of respiratory illnesses like Covid-19 and influenza have been creeping up as the days get colder. Hospitalisations for severe respiratory infections are trending upward, as are calls to ...

Medsafe has expanded access to the psychedelic drug psilocybin, and the sleep hormone melatonin. The change means melatonin will be available for purchase at pharmacies with no prescription, and ...

Associate Professor Lara Greaves (Ngāpuhi, Pākehā, Tararā), political scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, comments: “I am mostly concerned about the constitutional implications of this ...

Professor Stuart McNaughton, Professor in Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of Auckland, comments: “Science and pūtaiao kits which provide teachers with hands on level-appropriate resources ...