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Covid-19: Review confirms 'limitations' in Health Ministry's datasets

Stats NZ recommends raft of improvements to Health Ministry's own population dataset.

Explained: Why NZ needed a climate adaptation plan

What's in Govt's plan to adapt to climate impacts? What's missing? Jamie Morton explains.

'Occupational hazard': The teachers battling Long Covid

Teachers have told of debilitating health problems months after contracting Covid-19.

'Freight train of low pressure': New Zealand's 10 wettest spots this month

A 'freight train of low pressure' has helped deliver NZ one of its soggiest months ever.

Hepatitis in children: Scientists have found a possible cause for mystery outbreak

Over 1,000 severe cases without any explainable cause have been reported so far this year.

Mysterious holes discovered on ocean floor

And scientists are asking the public for help to solve the puzzle.

Omicron wave: Why NZ hasn't seen a worst-case scenario

Experts give one big reason why this wave hasn't reached a worst-case peak: immunity.

Studies bolster theory Covid-19 emerged from the wild

These two studies really provide compelling evidence for the natural origin hypothesis.

5535 new Covid cases, 14 further deaths; wastewater results released

Just-released, searchable wastewater data adds fresh perspective to NZ's Omicron wave.

Four-fold jump: Border reopening will seed many more Covid cases, study finds

Reopened borders may see rate of foreign-seeded cases in our communities jump four-fold.

Monarch butterflies listed as endangered

Regal insect hit by loss of habitat, herbicides and pesticides, as well as climate change.

DNA on a discarded coffee cup leads to arrest in 1975 murder

New York Times: Without genealogy tracking, the case wouldn't have been solved - police.

Wellbeing isn't easy with a brain wired for fear

Happiness Editor Matt Heath speaks with Chris Williamson about a wellbeing 'bank account'.

High-flying experiment: Do stem cells grow better in space?

The zero G experiment aims to overcome the terrestrial difficulty of mass-producing cells.

Magic mushrooms and depression: Do you need the trip to get the benefit?

New York Times: The answer could determine whether millions get much-needed help.

Bat virus studies raise questions about lab tinkering

New York Times: Scientists gave a close relative of the Covid virus the chance to evolve.