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Auckland eruption: What would happen?
Around 435,000 residents would be forced to flee in an Auckland eruption scenario.
Around 435,000 residents would be forced to flee in an Auckland eruption scenario.
A former MIT lecturer said he resigned in protest when the student was not disciplined.
The severity of the crimes being committed by youth in Christchurch is escalating.
The world's most detailed human data collection wins our biggest cash award for science.
A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.
New Zealand universities have again scored high rankings in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.
Christchurch and Japanese academics are developing new drone technologies that would be able to locate people buried in wreckage following natural disasters.
Kiwi scientists could soon have a new way to safely get an up-close look at erupting volcanoes: send in the drone.
A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.
As 2016 draws to a close, the NZ Science Media Centre picked some of the biggest national and international science stories that made headlines
A licence to fish for whitebait, much like the Fish and Game sports fishing licence, has been suggested as one way of managing the fishery.
Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.
Scientists working in North Canterbury have captured incredible images showing the fractures in the landscape wrought by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.
Compared to other fibres, yak wool is more sustainable because yaks aren't farmed specifically for wool.
A teenager faces a court hearing for allegedly saying "this teacher is mean as f***" in a public place.
A stream of bubbles is rising out of the sea around the Kaikoura peninsula as newly formed cracks in the seabed release gases into the water.
Study finds behavioural, social or cultural influences are important in maintaining smoking behaviour for Maori/Pacific females.
Canterbury University marine ecologist Dr Sharyn Goldstien has been on the ground investigating what the freshly-raised coast at Kaikoura has meant for ocean ecosystems.
Criminologist Greg Newbold said the fact the boy was abducted was very uncommon.
The energy unleashed in the Kaikoura earthquake was equivalent to what could power Christchurch for an entire year.
Today's earthquake can trigger emotional trauma for Cantabrians even though there's been little physical damage in Christchurch, a psychologist says.
Kiwi experts are on the front lines fighting the "antibiotic apocalypse".
University of Canterbury students and staff will have to fork out a lot more for parking following a sharp increase in fees.
A Kiwi academic who jokingly wrote a research paper written by Apple's iOS autocomplete has been accepted to present his findings at a nuclear physics conference.
Scientists have deployed a high-tech, remote-controlled jet boat to solve long-standing mysteries about a postcard New Zealand glacier.
Kiwi scientists have begun a million-dollar study compacting the amazing capabilities of brain-like computers into a chip that could fit into your smartphone.
Sarah Kessans spent the "best week of her life" at a Nasa training centre in Texas.
As a gang member held a knife to his throat, Jarrod Gilbert wondered if he was about to die.
A woman student died at the university's halls of residence on Saturday night.
The sudden death of a "bright, wonderful student" at a University of Canterbury halls of residence has left students and staff in shock.