An on-and-off switch for the brain being pioneered by Australian neuroscientists is giving hope to stroke and Parkinson's disease sufferers with speech problems.

New Zealand is one of three countries to have won a bid to host the world's largest radio telescope.

A small team of Kiwi scientists has landed a stellar role in the Dragon space craft's flight to the ISS.

Parts of eastern Asia were being treated to a solar spectacle as the moon slid across the sun, creating a "ring of fire." Sky-watchers in the western U.S. awaited their turns as the rare phenomenon was due to move over the Pacific and toward them later Sunday local time.

The Kiwi oyster industry hopes a Government grant will help the industry fight back from a two-year fight with a herpes virus.