How narcissistic are Kiwis?

A rich-lister's son who made headlines for punching a police officer unconscious has finished second in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

One of the most notorious forms of breast cancer is to be targeted in a new study by an Auckland University researcher and cancer survivor.

Leading local family law specialist Fiona Mackenzie was awarded a PhD in law from Otago University yesterday, three decades after

School leavers remarkably unaffected by earthquakes, surprising research finds.

Annual monitor shows child poverty rates are stable but children's commissioner calls for a poverty reduction target to be set.

The more porn a man watches, the less sexually intimate he is with his female partner, a new study suggests.

A University of Otago study found that just four businesses in New Zealand depended solely on sunbeds for income.

New research by Kiwi scientists has revealed how chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that cause potentially fatal blood clots.

Research reveals bosses would be barking mad to ban dogs from workplaces, say two visiting professors from the United States.

Sunshine and study go together far better than you might think, according to university students who sign up for summer school. This

Efforts to tackle a major eye problem that can lead to blindness could be boosted by a world-first Kiwi study into newly discovered and potentially game-changing adult stem cells.

Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.

Scientists will reconstruct more than 20,000 years of NZ's ecological history to better understand how our species will respond to climate change.

Kiwi men are doing their bit for family planning, with an increasing percentage having "the snip", while fewer women are having their tubes tied, a new study indicates.

Some of the procedures that medical students admitted to performing unsupervised included cyst removal, puncturing veins and stitching up wounds.

New Zealand is punching above its weight in its output of top-quality research, with a new index ranking the country above larger nations like Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

The cost of housing in Auckland is pushing staff in industries to leave the city, while Auckland businesses must be prepared to pay more to keep staff.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

Experts concerned by role of social media

Otago University scientists have taken a first step towards what could eventually be a Keytruda-type drug to fight cervical cancer. They

The sharp population decline of kakapo is associated with European colonisation of New Zealand, rather than Polynesians, researchers say.

Two New Zealand universities are among the top 100 in the world for these subjects...

Babies born under the care of midwives have suffered higher rates of damage than those whose mothers were looked after by doctors, according to new research.

The NZ Herald is today raising awareness of the struggles of thousands of homeless Kiwis.

Young people are labouring under the false impression roll-your-own Roll Your Own cigarettes are healthier than manufactured ones

New study shows much-maligned birds were able to build vocabularies ranging from 26 to 58 words.

An expatriate Kiwi writer who has lived in half a dozen countries says New Zealand culture is uniquely hostile towards women. Katherine

The police officer who was knocked unconscious by a rich-lister's son in an alcohol-fuelled attack was also attacked by a young man five years ago.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.