The shift emerged rapidly. In 2021, the country’s two main sexual health hubs, in Suva and Lautoka, did not report a single HIV case transmitted through drug use. Three years later, people injecting ...
Author and documentary filmmaker Bill Morris takes us back in time in his new book The Road to Gondwana – in search of the lost supercontinent. Aotearoa New Zealand is just one fragment of this giant ...
An expert in natural disasters says it’s absolutely possible Tonga’s volcanic eruption could have sparked tsunami waves reaching 15-metres high at their peak. Five days on from one of the largest ...
It has been a soggy few weeks for the upper North Island, with late January’s Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle. States of emergency have been declared across Ikaroa-a-Māui, schools and non ...
Plans to set up 3000-hectare ecosanctuary in Wainuiomata Lower Hutt have taken a step forward, with a feasibility study from Zealandia’s founder. The project would see 29km of predator fencing around ...
Our critter of the week is Paryphanta busby, the Kauri Snail, Pupu Rangi. These snails belong to the oldest family of land snails on earth, dating back 200 million years. Despite the name, they don't ...
Could the harm that results from recreational drug use and abuse be mostly caused by their criminalisation and demonisation rather than their physical effects? When used responsibly, can drugs can ...
Lynn talks with neuroscientist Dr Maryanne Wolf, director of the center for dyslexia, diverse learners and social justice, at UCLA whose research looks at how the brain takes on knowledge. She says ...
A new software being developed at the University of Canterbury could lead to significant improvements in the diagnosis of eye problems amongst many other diseases. Chris Maliszewski and his wife have ...
The late satirist, John Clarke, has left another lasting legacy – this time, to conservation. The much-loved performer, who was also an avid birdwatcher and nature-lover, died while bushwalking in ...
A curious thing happened to Rebekah White this week. While the editor of the New Zealand Geographic was walking up a river she found herself plunging into the ground! Do we have quicksand in Aotearoa?