A standard NZ psychiatry practice may violate human rights conventions, say researchers.

Gene variants that could help explain high rates of gout in Maori and Pacific people.

"Psychiatrists are far more accepting... that ADHD can exist in adulthood."

National icon headed for extinction on mainland- unless we act now.

COMMENT: Global migration is becoming a deeply contentious, even toxic, issue.

University of Otago plans to place 60 cameras around the campus for students' safety.

Thousands of lives may have been saved by a six-hour wait time target for hospital EDs.

Rabbits have proven an unlikely ally to another bothersome pest: venomous redback spiders.

Bosses can have a right to know about criminal cases even if a worker has name suppression

A climate scientist gives a 25 per cent chance of Tropical Cyclone Donna visiting NZ.

Tensions between street prostitutes and communities will be explored in a new study.

One of the closest active faults to Dunedin is not giving up its secrets easily.

Could our Friday night fish and chips also be a missing piece to the puzzle of human DNA?

Scientists suggest a laser-based approach could test the quality fish oil supplements.

The University of Otago's human nutrition department is the latest in the firing line.

Scientist "concerned" DNA testers claim they can pinpoint a person's racial ancestry.

University of Otago has received a $150,000 explorer grant.

NZ scientist set to test the waters of Loch Ness to determine if Nessie exists.

A study has revealed lead concentrations in some NZ centres exceed health guidelines.

Research showed there was likely to have been a significant effect on memory.

Poorer outcomes for some blamed on NZ's leaded petrol.

Many Kiwi women can't correctly pinpoint their fertile window, a new study suggests.

The world's most detailed human data collection wins our biggest cash award for science.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

The New Zealand Health Research Council has injected $1.6 million into a research project to tackle diabetes.

By better understanding how our brains work, can we change how we feel pain? A world-leading Kiwi neuroscientist, back in New Zealand, talks to science reporter Jamie Morton.

A university student is juggling a law degree while remaining technically homeless as she bounces from flat to flat, raising money for a scholarship fund.

Children appeal to Otago students to throw their glass away.

Kiwi scientists have found an intriguing new way to control individual atoms.

New Zealand universities have again scored high rankings in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.