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Blue whale protection may need to increase
Blue whale protection may need to increase

The protection afforded to blue whales in New Zealand waters may need to be increased, now a study has found they may be…

  1. video Raw: Swimming with 500 dolphins (1:35)
Fishermen angry at call to extend set-net ban
Fishermen angry at call to extend set-net ban
  1. Hector's dolphins caught in nets
Honeybees trained to find land mines
Honeybees trained to find land mines
  1. Aoife Martin: Bees thriving despite challenges for keepers (22 comments)
Lid lowered on global warming rate
Lid lowered on global warming rate
  1. Could insects end famine?
Catriona MacLennan: Review of animal welfare law too timid
Catriona MacLennan: Review of animal welfare law too timid (19 comments)
  1. Fire fighters rescue goat in Wellington
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Health

Zeta-Jones leaves bipolar treatment centre
Zeta-Jones leaves bipolar treatment centre

Catherine Zeta-Jones is eager to get on with her life after being treated for bipolar II disorder, says her husband Michael…

  1. Douglas backs bipolar wife
Nicky Park: Every breath I take
Teen drinking link to binging
Warning on bed sharing with babies
Vitamin D helps beat asthma symptoms - research
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Changespotting

Sex-for-hire robots
Sex-for-hire robots

Can you imagine a future with sex-for-hire robots? Michelle Mars and Ian Yeoman of Victoria University have tried to determine…

  1. Transvestite group upsets Papatoetoe community
Biometric ATM machines
Biometric ATM machines
Flowering high-heels
Flowering high-heels
Liquid body armour
Liquid body armour
  1. Vege powered vehicles
Wine to water
Wine to water
  1. Another chance at sight
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Technology

F&P Healthcare shares hit high
F&P Healthcare shares hit high

Shares of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, which has lifted its full-year guidance three times, rose to a two-year…

  1. Carter appointment hints at Air NZ sell down
Tech Universe: Tuesday 21 May 2013
Apple avoids tax with Irish firms - Senate panel
Farmers face 'hectic' calving with new app
Yahoo's big leap with $1.1b Tumblr deal
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Science

Scientists unravel secret world
Scientists unravel secret world

The first time I met palaeontologist Dan Fisher was in a hotel in the Arctic frontier town of Salekhard, in Siberia.

  1. Russia retrieves mice, newts from space
Coins key to rewriting the history of Australia
Coins key to rewriting the history of Australia
  1. Mayor's justification of wartime sex slavery angers Japan's victims
Science experiments leaves expert cold
Science experiments leaves expert cold
  1. Ship sinks off Antarctic coast
Stem cell breakthrough
Stem cell breakthrough
  1. Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos
Medical wristband one step closer
Medical wristband one step closer
  1. 12 Questions: David Walden
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Space

Wheels fall off planet hunting mission
Wheels fall off planet hunting mission

Nasa's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardising the search for other worlds. The failure could…

  1. video Astronauts wanted for one-way ticket to Mars (1:20)
video Time-lapse of Southern skies (0:52)
Space tweeter returns to Earth
Interactive: NZ from space
photos Top 10 photos of earth from space (10 photos)
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