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Who is New Zealand's new PM?

New Zealand's new Prime Minister is a former farmer and literature student from smalltown Southland who once described himself as "specialising in being boring".

Climate change won't kill us this decade

A prominent NZ scientist explains why we should ignore alarmist claims that climate change will soon kill us all.

Home detention to look after the kids

A mother of two who defrauded a university of almost $500,000 has been granted home detention.

Explained: The science of ... aftershocks

By noon today, scientists had recorded nearly 5000 aftershocks from last Monday's big shake. But what are aftershocks and what can they tell us? Jamie Morton explains.

NZ's sinking, rising landscape

Parts of New Zealand are sinking at faster rates than others and will be subjected to higher levels of future sea level rise, a scientist says.

Students lend hand with quake clean-up

A student volunteer army set up overnight is already knocking on the doors of quake and flood stricken houses around Wellington's Victoria University.

NZ counting the cost of Trump presidency

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.

How do our bodies protect us from UV?

Scientists are to harness the power of ultra-fast lasers to finally reveal how an intriguing and complex UV filter within our bodies protect us from the sun.

Super sensors eye NZ's Alpine Fault threat

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

Study: Healthcare must reflect different genes

A 30-year study has found European and Polynesian gene pools are different and should be treated separately when matching tissues for transplants or prescribing medicines.

Whanganui officer cadet in British navy

Whanganui 21-year-old Patrick Richardson has celebrated his formal commissioning as a Royal Navy Officer on parade at Britannia Royal

Labour could hold cannabis referendum

Labour leader Andrew Little has downplayed his comments that the party could hold a referendum on decriminalising cannabis if in Government.

Pregnant mum told to work as beekeeper

A new study by Victoria University student Alicia Sudden says Work and Income is pushing many beneficiaries into jobs that don't last.

More urgency needed for climate change

A leading climate scientist has welcomed a new 20-year Government "roadmap" that singles out climate change as an environmental research priority for New Zealand.

Could this be Wellington's friendliest bus driver?

University workers look forward to their community when Casey Meyer is their driver.

Beehives on city roofs could help homeless

Students think they may have answer to homelessness: beehives on city roofs.

Discovering the world of autonomous robots

Enhancing virtual reality

Kieran Carnegie's Master's research is helping find a solution for simulator sickness, a phenomena where people feel sick when immersed in environments such as the computer-generated worlds of virtual reality (VR).