Recreational and commercial kōura fishing could be banned on Northland's east coast to help prevent kelp forests turning into ...

From toxic play sand to a company promising to bring back the moa, 2025 has been a year of big science stories. We watched as ...

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From mid-December, police will begin testing drivers for THC (cannabis), meth, MDMA (ecstasy) and cocaine. Drivers who test positive will be banned […] ...

The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ’s science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research Institutes will be replaced by three Public Research Organisations (PROs) ...

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 ...

Government changes to the earthquake-prone building system will remove nearly 3000 buildings from the classification. Following the Seismic Risk Management Review, Building and Construction Minister ...

Amid this year’s science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator.

This weekend marks a year since the floods, landslides, and evacuations caused by a record-breaking and fatal deluge across the upper North Island. Not long after, in early February, Cyclone Gabrielle ...

The government has released its plan to deal with the rising seas, increasing heat and extreme weather that are predicted to come with a changing climate. The Climate Minister says the National ...