New powers will enable police to require people to leave a public area for up to 24 hours. In an amendment to the Summary Offences Act, the 'move-on' orders can be applied to anyone over the age of 14 ...
The Dog Control Act is under scrutiny following three serious dog attacks last week. Organisations such as Auckland Council and the SPCA separately called for a review of the Act after a woman was ...
A mosquito fumigation operation is being carried out in Rarotonga, after the first reported death from a dengue outbreak. ...
Voting closes at midnight for the Entomological Society’s Bug of the Year 2026. Here are some of the 21 bugs vying for your vote. Professor of Evolutionary Biology Mary Morgan-Richards says in the icy ...
A Waikato landfill fire is the latest in a series of blazes suspected to have been caused by wrongly disposed lithium-ion batteries.  The fire has re-opened discussion on how we can best deal with the ...
The number of space launches allowed from NZ is set to increase from 100 to 1000. The government says the current limit […] ...
The government says the current limit was expected to be reached this year, while the new limit would not be reached until 2050. The decision follows a 2025 review of how space vehicle launch debris ...
Amid this year’s science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator.
The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ’s science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research Institutes will be replaced by three Public Research Organisations (PROs) ...