Wine drinkers already know sauvignon blanc tastes best if chilled, and scientists have now proven keeping it on ice helps retain its flavours.

A drug co-invented by a University of Auckland researcher and part funded by a New Zealand venture capital company is about to take the next step on the path to gaining a foothold in the global 'wound-healing' market.

Merely putting sugar into your mouth boosts muscle strength for three minutes, New Zealand research has shown.

Tsunami-wrecked houses in Samoa are being rebuilt on higher ground - but without protection against cyclones or earthquakes, engineers say.

Professor Richard Faull has spent 35 years studying the human brain so he can help people affected by brain disorders including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease.

"Tween" girls are making informed decisions about sexualised popular culture, a study finds.

For the next six months a bright, young Auckland lawyer will work for the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

In the first of an nzherald.co.nz series, the University of Auckland Vice Chancellor shares his ideas on how NZ's economy can catch up with Australia's.

Residents at an Auckland retirement village are about to meet their newest carer.

A doyen of NZ literature has compared plagiarism to drug cheating in sport because of the unfair advantage it gives over contemporaries.

CK Stead has criticised Auckland University for minimising the seriousness of the Witi Ihimaera plagiarism controversy.