Chris Liddell writes on the future of philanthropy and how we can get involved.

Several appeals have been launched to help Cantabrians following today's devastating earthquake. ANZ launched an appeal and announced it would make the first donation, $1 million.

Events aim to encourage university researchers and companies to start talking to each other.

Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.

Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.

Couples trying for a baby may find it easier to conceive if the male takes antioxidant supplements, new research suggests.

Auckland is home to more than 50 volcanic cones and craters. Diana Clement explores just a few.

Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.

The quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.

A team of Victoria University researchers has won New Zealand's most valuable science prize for developing technology that is earning millions of dollars.

The next breakthrough in cancer treatment drugs could be helped by Timaru biotech company Symansis.

Why does BP have a hands off forecourt policy?

It's the question often thrown about, how are we doing? Do we, as everyone asks, punch above our weight?

3i Innovation and inductive power technology.

TV One's New York correspondent Tim Wilson might have spent much of the last decade reporting some of the world's biggest stories but somehow he's found time to write his first novel, too. Stephen Jewell spoke to him in New York.

Technology developed in New Zealand is being sold to overseas research labs.

A local pesticide company is riding high...