Children from disadvantaged households are more likely to hit puberty early.

Kiwis are about to get a deep insight into a $100 million hunt for intelligent alien life.

Narrow Neck swimmer Nicholas Tarling was a pioneer in Asian studies at a time of change.

There are 12 finalists for the KiwiNet awards.

This is the largest single donation ever made by a staff member of the university.

EDITORIAL: Professor gives back to institution where she nurtured generations of students.

Professor Louise Nicholson has made the biggest donation ever done by a staff member.

Exclusive: A new type of school without playing fields is being proposed for urban areas.

Thousands of lives may have been saved by a six-hour wait time target for hospital EDs.

Handing in her last uni assignment was meant to bring happiness and relief.

The world's next big antibiotic could lie hidden in our native fungi.

Sea level rise models suggest coral reef islands are more resilient than first thought.

Over 10 years the percentage of students buying lunches from tuck shops has halved.

A man who was born totally deaf will graduate with a Masters at Auckland University today.

Kiwi scientists have been studying the bedroom behaviour of a parasitoid wasp.

Scientists suggest a laser-based approach could test the quality fish oil supplements.

A Kiwi company will use a high-tech buoy to record some of the largest waves ever seen.

NZ cosmologist Professor Richard Easther talks gravity with science writer Marcus Chown.

Teachers are being kicked, punched and stabbed by children of P-addicted mothers.

Around 435,000 residents would be forced to flee in an Auckland eruption scenario.

The 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake triggered the most violent shaking ever seen in New Zealand.

Young New Zealanders are increasing shunning universities for apprenticeships

NZ scientists find giving pregnant mums repeat doses of steroids helps prem babies health.

Researchers say a government agency holds more than 100 reports into alleged fish dumping.

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

He has been accepted into a two-year Master in Public Policy course starting in August.

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

Academics say they're being told to pass incompetent students so they keep paying fees.

A transgender pioneer and author died last week when his car collided with a train.

When he graduates university next year, Tristan Pang will be 16. What's next?