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Northland fishermen help to rescue orca
Northland fishermen help to rescue orca

Commercial fishermen have been praised for looking after an orca stranded in the Kaipara Harbour until rescuers arrived.

  1. video Raw Video: Dog versus orca (1:05)
Friends celebrate 100th kiwi on island
Friends celebrate 100th kiwi on island
  1. Saddleback release in wildlife reserve
Editorial: Crown's aims for science give focus for research
Editorial: Crown's aims for science give focus for research (19 comments)
  1. Science experiments leaves expert cold
Blue whale protection may need to increase
Blue whale protection may need to increase
  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
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Health

NZ sniffle hygiene is slipping - survey
NZ sniffle hygiene is slipping - survey

Be wary of the next person you shake hands with - nearly 40 per cent of adults New Zealanders have admitted to using their…

  1. A sick person just has to breathe on you
Unlocking mystery of ageing
Jolie's aunt battling breast cancer
Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
DHBs given hard word on cutting diagnostic test waiting times
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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

Rakon plunges deeper into the red on writedowns
Rakon plunges deeper into the red on writedowns

Rakon, which makes crystal oscillators used in smart phones and navigation systems, plunged deeper into the red after writing…

  1. Index hits another five year high
Tech Universe: Thursday 23 May
Apple's boss defends tax strategy during Senate grilling
Xbox: Questions & answers
Human parasites go under microscope
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Science

Anthony Scott: Science funding can help us reach for the stars
Anthony Scott: Science funding can help us reach for the stars (4 comments)

"By the end of this decade, we will land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth." President John F Kennedy's challenge…

  1. video Raw: First solar X-flare of 2013 (2:06)
Tornado: Science behind the destruction
Tornado: Science behind the destruction
  1. video Crews race to find survivors of Tornado (2:25)
Scientists unravel secret world
Scientists unravel secret world
  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
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Space

Kiwis spend over $1.8m on space flights
Kiwis spend over $1.8m on space flights

New Zealanders have spent more than $1.8 million booking space flights with the world's first commercial spaceline.

  1. video Virgin Galactic breaking the speed of sound (0:32)
Wheels fall off planet hunting mission
video Time-lapse of Southern skies (0:52)
Space tweeter returns to Earth
Interactive: NZ from space
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