Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

A total of 800 tonnes of sea lettuce has been collected from Tauranga shores in the past week. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council

A million-dollar Kiwi study has revealed a new mechanism in the body that could offer new hope for those with a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.

A field training instructor at Antarctica New Zealand's Scott Base has shared a video offering an insight into life on the frozen continent.

Many Kiwis affected by the 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake will need "significant ongoing psychological support", the PM's chief science adviser says.

Why do we keep buying the same brands at the supermarket? Scientists explain.

The former astronaut, who became ill while visiting Antarctica, has been told to rest up in Christchurch while congestion in his lungs clears.

New Zealand has been spared half a billion dollars in damage from a notorious pest - and scientists say it's an Irish wasp we have to thank for it.

We all seem to use more Māori kupu as each year goes by. But a three year study at Waikato University aims to learn how and why that's happening, and if one Māori word will attract others. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is helping Massey University research into Ebola and other deadly diseases be received on the world stage.

Children learn new words using the same method as robots, psychologists say.

INTERACTIVE MAP: Explore the behaviour of volcanoes that lie beneath Auckland and see whether your area is in a danger zone.

Kaikoura's fur seals famously splashed and frolicked in a pool at the foot of a waterfall. And then the earthquake came.

History-making astronaut Buzz Aldrin has always set his sights on the stars.

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.

COMMENT: How tragic would it be if we could only experience tui, kereru (wood pigeons) or piwakawaka (fantails) as stuffed specimens in museums?

Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.

Scientists claim this simple blood test can help predict your chances of survival in the next five years.

New research by Kiwi scientists has revealed how chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that cause potentially fatal blood clots.

New Zealand is pumping more cash into the world's most ambitious science and IT project, bringing its investment in the gigantic Square Kilometre Array to more than $2 million.

New Zealand's science and innovation system is trailing comparable economies in some key areas, a new report has found.

GeoNet technicians reach new heights of Kiwi ingenuity as they work in the quake zone. .

COMMENT: I had never, for one second, consciously entertained the idea that human extinction was conceivable in the near term.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

Nearly a quarter of 10-year-olds say they are bullied on a weekly basis.

The spectacular eruption of a geyser near the shores of Lake Rotorua comes as scientists are discovering new insights into the city's famous geothermal backdrop.

New data has revealed a notable drop in the average Kiwi household's greenhouse gas emissions, as production of meat, dairy and electricity becomes more climate-friendly.

Research maps out the Auckland suburbs most in danger if a volcanic explosion occurs.

Geologists discover three large historic quakes on an active southern fault and suspected another big one was due to hit.

Scientists working in North Canterbury have captured incredible images showing the fractures in the landscape wrought by this month's 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake.