An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.

Buildings in Christchurch's red zone will be inspected this morning after a large 5.1 aftershock rattled the city.

A prostate test which could detect a single cancer cell passed in urine has been given a $800,000 funding boost.

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

Rakon is celebrating the opening of a new plant in China.

The Government is looking into the Welfare Working Group's recommendations on...

Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.

Floods, hurricanes, droughts - will climate change mean more wild weather ahead? That's a risk the insurance industry is taking very seriously, reports Peter Huck.

There's no escaping seduction when the scientist voted Most Trusted New Zealander puts his mind to it.

Score another point for moon man Ken Ring - he picked the latest earthquake for Christchurch.