Todd Barclay: National MP, former tobacco lobbyist, and now in the thick of it.

Climate change is bad news for New Zealand's quirky, rain-hating trapdoor spider.

Celebrities, scientists, doctors and businesspeople join a new push for climate action.

NZ universities are climbing in world rankings.

NZ Govt says US withdrawal from Paris climate accord "really disappointing".

Principals say school support staff hours may have to be cut if their wages are lifted.

Psychopathy is a "widely misunderstood" form of personality disorder, an expert explains.

The climate in tropical regions could become unrecognisable by the end of this century.

Who made those awful, moaning millennials? We all did.

New Zealand's own Forrest Gump sets out to run across America

A cordon has been lifted on wide area of Wellington following a bomb scare.

Demand partly fuelled by not enough supply in the community, managers say.

However, the school says it has not made cuts to its counselling service.

Some expat Kiwis will now have to wait up to 10 years to get Australian citizenship.

Food is always important for a relationship, but particularly for New Zealand robins.

Expert art criminologist believes thieves could use $1m stolen paintings for cash ransom.

Tuatara at Nga Manu Nature Reserve embark on new adventure.

Scientists says new study results encouraging when climate research faces fresh threat.

That's the goal of a bold new project between Kiwi researchers and the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.

A researcher says it's embarrassing our country hasn't yet made the move.

The impact quakes can have on city structures has been made frighteningly clear over recent years.

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

NZ-led study's findings bring new hope that the species may be more resilient than originally thought.

Top marketing graduate Kyal Little is still looking for a job 18 months after graduating - because he hasn't yet found an employer

For every sanitary product bought by a company, another will be given to a high school for free.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

Regional climate variability caused an unusual period in which some of NZ's glaciers grew bigger, while glaciers worldwide were shrinking, a new study shows.

Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.

A world-leading glaciologist says scientists are fast running out of time to fully understand dramatic changes underway in climate change's sleeping giant: Antarctica.

A war-era DC-3 aircraft is playing an unlikely role in a state-of-the-art scientific survey of Antarctica's sea ice.