Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects ...

New Zealand species are among the most vulnerable to extinction in a warming world, according to a global analysis of 30 years of research. The author finds that under a projected 2.7°C rise above ...

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the technology. The applications for genetic ...

With humanities and social sciences removed from the “blue-skies” research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no longer be funded. “Core” scientists have also voiced opposition to the move, ...

‘Siloed thinking’ is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according to a new global report with New Zealand authors. The Nexus report is the ...

A large magnitude shallow earthquake has caused strong shaking and fatalities from widespread destruction in Vanuatu. The quake struck 37km from the capital, Port Vila, and an initial tsunami warning ...

Food regulators want to streamline how they assess the growing range of lab-grown foods, starting with cell-cultured quail meat. Instead of going through the process of approving each new ...

The Climate Change Commission/He Pou a Rangi recommends New Zealand set more ambitious carbon targets. The Commission says the current greenhouse gas targets are realistic and achievable, and that a ...

Several strains of highly pathogenic bird flu have been found around the globe, and now in New Zealand. The virus found on Otago egg farms is the H7N6 strain.

Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand’s wastewater. Wastewater testing data show the volume of drugs consumed within a given period but don’t show ...