The Cook Islands declared a dengue outbreak in Rarotonga last week. Other Pacific nations including Sāmoa, Tonga, and Fiji ...

The new national Science Curriculum is expected to become available later this year, after a rewrite was paused in 2024. The ...

The third UN Ocean Conference in France next month will focus on the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. ...

A teenager has died after suffering a head injury while playing a private "run it straight-style" tackle game in Palmerston ...

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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.

Governments from across the globe agreed to the draft accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response last month, after three years of intense negotiations—though the US dropped out in ...

NZ Food Safety has proposed changing the residue limits allowed in food for several agricultural compounds. The proposed amendments change or set maximum residue levels in food sold in NZ for 14 ...