On Sunday, March 1, Nathan Surendran woke up in his Invercargill home, looked at his phone, and saw that the US and Israel ...

Curling requires perfect weather conditions for its national tournament, the bonspiel, to take place. For the first time in 84 years, the frosts aligned and New Zealand’s gathering of curlers returned ...

Could the harm that results from recreational drug use and abuse be mostly caused by their criminalisation and demonisation rather than their physical effects? When used responsibly, can drugs can ...

Live traps have been set in the Far North to catch feral dogs. The Department of Conservation was forced to close four popular walking tracks in the area, after hunters and campers reported seeing ...

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 ...

The name ‘Bubblegum coral’ refers to the distinctive pink and red colour of the colony and the shape of the large round colony polyps. This species of coral is found in the continental shelf region ...

Our next guest is a bird researcher, who looks into what happens when vulnerable populations get very small. How does she do that? Well, she studies their sperm. Dr Helen Taylor from the University of ...

Emperor penguins spend part of the year huddled together on the ice, keeping eggs and then chicks warm. But where do they go once breeding season is over? This week we’re starting a mini rerun of ...

David Leung finds ways to make plants solve environmental issues. David Leung is a biotechnology researcher at the University of Canterbury. He’s looking for “technology to help plants, to use plants ...

While we might sometimes consider insects a bit of a nuisance, the world would be in big trouble without them. Insects pollinate food crops essential for our survival, they control pests and help ...

Can you tell the difference between a korimako/bellbird and a tūī, or a morepork and a kiwi? Birdsong expert of 39 years Paul Cuming shares tips on how to tell one bird from another. He says birds ...

J Swap, a company involved in quarrying, wants land protected under QEII covenants to be available to quarry. It donated $11,000 to NZ First in December, after the coalition was formed. It also gave ...