A Kiwi scientist has journeyed to one of the world's most volcanically active regions.

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

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.

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.

International scientists have claimed the 7.8 Kaikoura quake has raised the potential threat of another large NZ event - but a Kiwi scientist says that's unlikely.

Comedian Guy Williams says his MCing of the Labour-Greens State of the Nation event was one of his best-ever gigs.

Today marks six months since the Government announced an ambitious plan to rid New Zealand of pest predators by 2050. Is the concept possible, or even safe?

Kiwi scientists have helped gauge the power of a promising new drug to treat a rare, fatal disease in children.

New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?

A senior theatre lecturer says the historical justifications for casting only men in an upcoming Shakespeare production aren't accurate.

How narcissistic are Kiwis?

A researcher who has uncovered new insights into New Zealand's ocean environment says seafloor communities need better protection against any future deep-sea mining.

Changes taking place in Antarctica are significant another to influence those on the other side of the planet, new research co-authored by a Kiwi scientist has found.

New Zealand's new Prime Minister is a former farmer and literature student from smalltown Southland who once described himself as "specialising in being boring".

A prominent NZ scientist explains why we should ignore alarmist claims that climate change will soon kill us all.

A mother of two who defrauded a university of almost $500,000 has been granted home detention.

By noon today, scientists had recorded nearly 5000 aftershocks from last Monday's big shake. But what are aftershocks and what can they tell us? Jamie Morton explains.

Parts of New Zealand are sinking at faster rates than others and will be subjected to higher levels of future sea level rise, a scientist says.

A student volunteer army set up overnight is already knocking on the doors of quake and flood stricken houses around Wellington's Victoria University.

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.

Scientists are to harness the power of ultra-fast lasers to finally reveal how an intriguing and complex UV filter within our bodies protect us from the sun.

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.