Rain forecast for this week is unlikely to offset a soil-parching big dry that has put much of the country at serious fire risk and begun to hurt farmers in hot-spot areas.

Chemical changes in DNA can help us understand people’s “biological age” - a measure of how old their body is that seems to be able to predict when people are going to die.

We tell 10 lies every week — but what’s the reasoning behind so many untruths, asks Olivia Goldhill.

Eleven great white sharks have been spotted at a single site in the Kaipara Harbour - the largest concentration of the species yet seen in the upper North Island.

Two-thirds of more than 160 monitored river swimming sites in NZ have been deemed unsafe for a dip. Where are the worst spots?

An innovative concept which would override the damaging brain patterns of Parkinson's disease could give new hope to sufferers.

Cutting-edge laser technology that can quickly build a 3D model of a crime scene will bring new clarity to New Zealand courtrooms.

A new laser that can build a 3D colour image of crime scenes will bring new clarity to New Zealand courtrooms.

Being a teacher doesn't just mean losing your patience with unruly pupils - it can also mean losing your voice.

People who live beside Auckland's Southern Motorway are subjected to air pollution at nearly double the level of those 130m further away, research shows.

Scientists believe the genetic profiles of cats contain crucial clues about diseases to which humans and felines are both susceptible.

The humble golf ball is possibly the most mistreated object in all of sport.

NZ researchers have created a machine with the potential to accurately predict strokes, help the paralysed to move and to perform Jedi mind tricks.

Series of photographs taken over 10 years reveals huge changes to one of New Zealand’s most famous landmarks.

A giant doorway to another galaxy may exist at the centre of the Milky Way, a study suggests.

Nearly all fish oil supplements marketed in NZ contain much less of the brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids than their labels claim.

It's midnight, you've been trying to sleep for a couple of hours and you're still sweaty and awake. Sound familiar this summer?

A popular muscle-boosting dietary supplement could also be used to protect our brains, New Zealand scientists have found.

It's being described as a war, an arms race, an unseen struggle where the stakes are being raised and the weapons redefined each minute - the war a faceless cyber-criminal.

It IS rocket science - and Auckland-based Rocket Lab has about 35 jobs to fill as it shoots for it s first flight at the end of the year.

China has presented its highest award for foreign researchers to a renowned Kiwi scientist who helped change the face of the country's farming systems.

A NZ scientist is heading a project that uses stem cells grown from patient skin samples to study the process of the incurable and fatal motor neuron disease.

Nearly 40 years after the first IVF birth, scientists are still unsure of the long-term effects of their laboratory Beginnings. Helen Massy-Beresford reports.

At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a "safe operating space" for human beings.

A mechanism that protects the brain when animals hibernate could help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The goodness in supermarket staples such as milk, yoghurt, cheese and cereal could soon be supercharged thanks to Kiwi-developed technology.

Auckland brothers, aged 3 years and 10 months respectively, both have a muscle-wasting genetic disorder with no cure that could claim their lives as early as their twenties.

Further volcanic eruptions have disrupted more flights to and from Tonga this evening.

Artificial arteries designed like gun barrels could revolutionise heart bypass surgery and save health services millions, researchers claim.

Hundreds of robotic instruments deployed across the South Pacific have begun to reveal dramatic new insights into the impact of climate change upon oceans in our corner of the world.