National Standards have transformed school cultures - but are kids learning any better?

Police say the Auckland pastor who wants gay people to be shot is not breaking any law.

Former beauty queen used scholarship to boost website project helping Kiwi students.

The once-cool appeal of smoking to teens now appears to have been stubbed out.

The deprived and young women feature predominantly in self-poisoning cases in EDs.

NZ salmon study holds possible implications for understanding our own reproduction system.

New Zealand had its own species of black swan - but it was wiped out by hunting.

A new study shows striking similarities in New Zealand and Australia quad bike deaths.

Visitors who have poured into Milford Sound have been surveyed on their impressions.

While uni goes to the dogs a genetics conference starts with human links established.

Otago University dog saliva study in bid to understand behavioural traits

University of Otago fears Govt changes to tertiary education could result in free-for-all.

NZ scientists are preparing to probe the France-sized Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

DoC staff are happy to "play God" with pests - but not with our cherished native species.

Researchers call for urgent action over an antipsychotic drug linked to 13 NZ deaths.

COMMENT: Getting into the University of Otago medical school is not the same for everyone.

NZ scientists have made a surprise genetic finding that could help combat drug resistance.

A technique just proven by NZ scientists on fruit flies could one day help wipe out pests.

Awards for Maori New Year celebrate outstanding commitment to Aotearoa and kaupapa Maori.

Bug kills about 500 New Zealanders, with Maori, men and the poor at greatest risk.

A name that matches your mug could be an odd secret ingredient to success in politics.

A high-level scientific panel has again urged NZ to save the Maui dolphin from extinction.

NZ universities are climbing in world rankings.

Where did your science teacher hail from? Hundreds of students are about to find out.

It's believed students climbed on the sculpture, damaging its base.

A link discovered between young women with breast cancer and their DNA.

Cannabidiol shown to be effective for a severe form of epilepsy, according to a new study.

A standard NZ psychiatry practice may violate human rights conventions, say researchers.

Gene variants that could help explain high rates of gout in Maori and Pacific people.

"Psychiatrists are far more accepting... that ADHD can exist in adulthood."