Sportsmanship has gone by the board due to the win-at-all-costs philosophy of Ocker land.

EDs seeing new wave of ultra-potent synthetic drugs are being invited to join new effort.

Fans have long known supporting their team through thick and thin can come at a cost.

Three years after his wedding at placid Lake Tutira, Jamie Morton asks if it can be saved.

Additional snooze time tomorrow may not be good for us long term.

We've all met a narcissist. But are they likely to make a move on your partner?

One of the world's biggest environment groups is taking a keen interest in New Zealand.

Incorporating plantain into grazed land found to reduce release of greenhouse gasses.

After our La Nina-fired summer, there's a chance spring could bring a meddling El Nino.

Warmer weather could make us prone to more foreign, disease-carrying mosquitos.

Prime Minister Jacinda Adern to honour outstanding Pacific youth

The chick attracted attention for its speedy trek up the coast of the South Island.

Beware your bath time companion. Research finds it's likely riddled with bacteria.

The drug shows promise for babies whose growth is stunted due to issues with the placenta.

COMMENT: When a population dips below several thousand, it likely to become extinct.

Maori, Pacific Island babies with a rare heart defect are less likely to survive.

A Kiwi scientist's odd sperm-racing campaign could help save NZ's threatened hihi.

Does looking at this burger make you hungry?

Dr Fiona Cross went from terrified arachnophobe to committed arachnologist.

A Dutch expert in sea-level-rise mitigation shares some lessons for flood-prone Aotearoa.

Crucial clues about the contamination of our coasts may be hiding in an unlikely place.

One of the world's most complex pest-eradication projects makes the Antipodes mice-free.

COMMENT: As weather gets worse, writers need to step up.

Kiwi experts urge people not to dismiss self-driving cars as unsafe after US road tragedy.

Scientists film spectacular underwater action of the huge mammals beneath the sea ice.

White Island's crater lake has reappeared, as quakes detected at the island and Ruapehu.

NZ-led research leads world a step closer to combating emissions from sheep and cattle.

A series of volcanic earthquakes is stirring beneath Mt Ruapehu.

Sustainable and profitable farming were showcased at gala awards evening.

Research submitted two weeks before he died revealed how we can detect other universes.