NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

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.

It's called Squish - and it could mean all the difference in treating millions of people around the world with strawberry birthmarks and other related disfiguring conditions.

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

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.

A new study investigating intriguing links between mental illness and heart disease risk is among $1.5 million in grants announced today.

Advertisements are being placed at supermarkets by people wanting to live in cars seeking "driveway and shower" arrangements.

Flying drones close enough to southern right whales to catch some of the bugs they blow out will help tell scientists more about the effects climate change is having on the planet.

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

Labour's new emergency housing promise is a vast improvement on its last effort.

Researchers at Otago University have found that electronic cigarettes pose potential health risks to users.

When Claire French was attacked and left for dead by machete-wielding robbers in Tanzania last year, her planned graduation was the last thing on her mind.

How do you stop cows burping? Or override Parkinson's disease? Jamie Morton celebrates 10 top pieces of Kiwi science and innovation.

University of Otago student asked: Can you do my assignment?

Dentistry students at the University of Otago have got something to smile about - the course has been ranked the 12th best dentistry course in the world.