The Royal Commission on COVID-19 has outlined more lessons on "making the best decisions in the worst of circumstances". The ...

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Nominations for the 3rd annual Science Journalism Awards are open until the end of this week. The awards celebrate excellent ...

A data centre being described by the company behind it as an “AI factory” is set to become NZ’s second-biggest electricity user. Resource consent was approved for Datagrid’s Data Park in Southland, as ...

New powers will enable police to require people to leave a public area for up to 24 hours. In an amendment to […] ...

As the price of petrol continues to rise, experts weigh in on fuel saving methods, how to know if the nation still has a 50-day supply, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels overall. Officials are ...

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.

New powers will enable police to require people to leave a public area for up to 24 hours. In an amendment to the Summary ...

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) ...

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 will shrink its 2050 methane emissions targets to a lower range of reduction than what’s currently legislated, and it will not pursue a tax on agricultural methane emissions. New ...