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Mankind is already adapting to the widespread impacts of future climate change - but how did we do it in the past? A Kiwi researcher has helped explain.

Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.

Preparing New Zealand's water stores for a warmer climate is a major focus of new research projects just awarded more than $2 million.

Prominent Kiwis have banded together to demand an independent inquiry into the claims of sexual and physical abuse of children in state care.

Kiwi scientists could soon have a new way to safely get an up-close look at erupting volcanoes: send in the drone.

Kiwi researchers will investigate whether microbes found inside our gut could hold the key to battling the development of diabetes.

Lifting your intake of fruit and vegetables can make a difference to the way you feel in just a couple of weeks, a University of Otago study has found.

Kiwi conflict resolution experts have slammed the country's "dangerous double standard" on the Israel-Palestine problem.

The state of our rivers and lakes has predictably come under intensified focus this summer, as Kiwis head to their favourite watering holes.

James Bond might have stubbed out his last cigarette - but the spectre of smoking still lingers over 007's films today, Kiwi researchers say.

Catching up with the nine top scholars from 2015 NCEA exams, a year on from their results.

Researchers call for ban on ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport

A "spectacular" multi-million dollar homestead on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and the foothills of the Remarkables has been donated to the University of Otago.

The product remains a mystery, with the ad saying it was important the "innovative technology" be kept under wraps until the launch.

Many women who do the recommended amount of exercise may be harming themselves by eating too little, a survey indicates.

New research has found babies are safe to sleep in a Maori flax-woven bassinet that was behind a controversial Government policy U-turn

Doctors are at loggerheads over changes to New Zealand's cervical screening programme, with one saying more women will die.

A rich-lister's son who made headlines for punching a police officer unconscious has finished second in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

One of the most notorious forms of breast cancer is to be targeted in a new study by an Auckland University researcher and cancer survivor.

Leading local family law specialist Fiona Mackenzie was awarded a PhD in law from Otago University yesterday, three decades after

School leavers remarkably unaffected by earthquakes, surprising research finds.

Annual monitor shows child poverty rates are stable but children's commissioner calls for a poverty reduction target to be set.

The more porn a man watches, the less sexually intimate he is with his female partner, a new study suggests.

A University of Otago study found that just four businesses in New Zealand depended solely on sunbeds for income.

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.

Almost 80 children have died in the care of the New Zealand state in the past 15 years - an average of five a year.

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

Research reveals bosses would be barking mad to ban dogs from workplaces, say two visiting professors from the United States.

Sunshine and study go together far better than you might think, according to university students who sign up for summer school. This