Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ's landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs, says ...

Over 500,000 people in Aotearoa have gained access to fluoridated water since July 2022. This follows local authorities in ...

New Zealand's female MPs are subjected to assaults, rape threats, and death threats in the course of their work, a new study ...

The prestigious journal Science Advances is taking a deep dive into myriad topics in women's health this week. The US journal ...

Pollution in our water, land, and air are all coming under the microscope in a major report from the Ministry for the ...

A picture of a snow-white wolf is splashed across the front page of TIME magazine – but is it really an extinct species back from the dead? The creature is a genetically modified wolf made by Colossal ...

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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Tonga overnight triggered a tsunami warning and evacuations. No damage has been reported and the tsunami warning was lifted. The earthquake was also felt on Niue. The SMC ...

As air temperatures get hotter with climate change, urban fires will get more common, with New Zealand seeing over 40% […] ...

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Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand’s wastewater. Wastewater testing data show the volume of drugs […] ...

Antarctic sea ice levels have been at record lows for the last three years, a global report shows. The World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Global Climate 2024 report also highlights three ...