Moon man Ken Ring has been forced into hiding after receiving death threats.

Lobsters aren't just for eating any more.

Food producers say they would risk a public backlash if they remove "best-before" labels from products in New Zealand.

The temperature of the lake has now fallen to about 33C and other monitored indicators show less activity.

Manuka honey, the premium product found on fashionable breakfast tables, could play a role in the battle against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists reported yesterday.

Research and development business specialises in NZ's key crop - grass.

The quake struck at 2.23pm, 10km east of Christchurch at a depth of 10km, GNS Science said.

There's a new player in science communication that has emerged across the Tasman.

It's been an exhausting week for members of the Charlatan Society.

Crime shows such as CSI: Miami have brought forensic science to the masses.

The moon's got nothing to do with it. Unless it does. Which it may. Perhaps. We just don't know. It's a bit like having lucky numbers for Lotto.

The grave of a famous Aboriginal leader has been discovered in a suburban front garden.

New Zealand is good at doing small, complex clinical trials. We are reasonably priced, we have robust ethics oversight and good researchers.

New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.