Emergency services respond to reports of large chemical spill at biology department.

Foreign students may now prefer Australia, which has nine universities in the top 200.

Scholarships mark outstanding academic ability, leadership potential, integrity and vision

Schools are competing for a handful of teacher trainees qualified to teach te reo Māori.

Sports star was due to appear in court this morning but the hearing was rescheduled.

Readers write: Autism issues; vegan dangers; money for guns and council voting records

Suspected suicides at universities followed by upgrade of campus mental health services.

Regulations governing possible military end-use of university research put in spotlight.

Is there a difference between online trolls and cyber-bullies? It turns out there is.

Why are thousands of breaches under the Resource Management Act not being prosecuted?

Only our smallest universities, Waikato and Lincoln, have lifted their rankings.

Tributes for the scourge of the taxman and subject of NZ's largest bankruptcy proceeding.

50 years on from the Manapouri saga, NZ's laws have failed its environment, writer argues.

Scientists simulate the moa's gut to cast doubt on key assumption about the extinct bird.

In New Zealand's worst year for polio fatalities, 173 people died.

The technology has the potential to bring $50 million per year to the New Zealand economy.

Researchers to trial approach used in corporate world to help parents with 'screen-agers'.

Want your April Fool's Day fix? Here's some of the best since way back.

Scientists film spectacular underwater action of the huge mammals beneath the sea ice.

Father whipped preacher for alleged indecency on his daughter aged 12.

University insights find there's a glaring lack of diversity in the robot world.

Fire theories seen in the lab will be tested in the field for the first time.

Fresh claims in law school scandal: 'Drunken nudity' at Auckland camp.

Universities across the board have cut ties with Russell McVeagh.

An East Coast waka voyage has encountered a surprising amount of ocean plastic pollution.

COMMENT: Criticism of NZ relations with China are rich in insinuation, short on evidence.

A murdered teen's mum says Little has her support - but murderers must stay in prison.

First it promoted a future Prime Minister, now a political slogan is promoting safe sex.

Universities want the Government to stump up with extra cash.

PM asks questions of intelligence agencies over burglary linked to China research.