Fisheries has been a hot topic this election, with proposals for bottom trawling bans, marine reserves, and fishing quota ...
Vapes containing illicit drugs could result in harm over the summer, according to New Zealand’s drug early warning system ...
Websites around the world have been shut down as a precaution after AI was used to discover a vulnerability in PHP, commonly ...
An mRNA-based melanoma vaccine has been shown to reduce the risk of death or cancer coming back by 42%. The trial tested the personalised vaccine on patients, including some from NZ, whose melanoma ...
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The way microplastics interact with water may explain why they pose health risks that larger plastics don’t, US research finds. […] New Zealand’s trusted, independent source of information for the ...
An official complaint alleges that NZ has broken its climate promises, failing to uphold its legal commitments in the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement. Dutch climate group Both ENDS is lodging the first ...
A poorly regulated grey market is growing online around unapproved peptides, which are being promoted on social media for uses that go from fat loss to anti-ageing. MedSafe has issued an alert on ...
Parts of Aotearoa may face water shortages and increased wildfire risks this spring, Earth Sciences NZ says. El Niño has been declared in the tropical Pacific, and is expected to intensify into one of ...