Bay can be boosted: study
The Bay of Plenty accounts for 5.7 per cent of the national GDP and 6.6 per cent of employment. But its economic growth has been slightly behind the national average.
The Bay of Plenty accounts for 5.7 per cent of the national GDP and 6.6 per cent of employment. But its economic growth has been slightly behind the national average.
A Kickstarter campaign to turn Albert Einstein's handwriting into a font has been successfully funded.
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Tanks growled across Red Square and fighter jets streaked overhead as Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a mass-ranked display of military might.
The number of single women seeking fertility treatment has almost doubled in two years as career-minded professionals without partners opt to parent alone.
Picture postcard fjords like those in the South Island have been found to likely play a significant part in regulation of the planet's climate, according to a newly published study by Kiwi and international researchers.
Associate Professor Kean Aw has been looking forward to tomorrow for a long time.
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A top US Government official visiting the country has praised New Zealand as a “great model” for other countries working to boost their renewable energy generation.
When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises, and the latest dinosaur discovery is no exception.
A visiting conservationist and molecular biologist has joined calls to save our national bird.
A creature from the past that would have looked like strange mix of unrelated dinosaurs has been discovered.
Research in the Himalaya is beginning to shed light on the processes that lead to earthquakes, and understand the threat they pose to local people.
A process that could turn harmful gases into useful products like car tyres shows why scientists need to keep challenging our understanding of what are the proteins vital to all life on Earth.
PepsiCo is replacing the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame with Sucralose, better known as Splenda, in a bid to salvage sales.
New Zealand scientists have unveiled major leaps toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions from our belching sheep and cattle, with animal-safe compounds that can slash methane emissions by up to 90 per cent.
A scientist specialising in anti-ageing research has made the bold claim that he will live to be 150, and he takes 100 drugs a day in pursuit of that goal.
Grabbing that chocolate bar at the supermarket checkout or raiding the work vending machine at 3pm is the brain's fault - not the belly's.
Scientists have found that the chance of being bitten by a mosquito is written in the genes and some people are just more likely to be attacked no matter what.
The choice of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - one of Australia's best known and most highly respected science broadcasters - to front the ad campaign is backfiring on the Government.
I think my brain is full. Seriously, I think all my synapses, or whatever my brain uses to store information, have been used up.
Dog owners love their pets in the same way as they do their children, and the feeling is mutual, scientists have found.
Using slow-motion video, researchers were able to see what occurred inside the joint.
When men donate to charity it's not so much the giving that counts but the desire to compete with other men for the attentions of attractive women, according to a study.
The world's oldest tools - made by ancestors of modern humans around 3.3 million years ago - have been found in Kenya.
For the first time researchers have found that humans can detect whether another person is feeling joyful by their scent.
Frustrated by the glacial pace of academic research, Daniel Johnston and Andrew Preston decided to propel scientific publishing into the 21st century.