In the summer of 2015, in a remote valley of Fiordland National Park, two scientists discover fossil poo fragments underneath a limestone overhang. Analysis suggests the fragments are from moa and are ...

J Swap, a company involved in quarrying, wants land protected under QEII covenants to be available to quarry. It donated $11,000 to NZ First in December, after the coalition was formed. It also gave ...

You all would have seen it - the poster detailing the fish of New Zealand's waters in every fish and chip shop in the country. You may not have realised that each and every one of those fish had been ...

Gibson’s and Antipodean albatrosses are citizens of no one nation. They are ocean birds, living on the wind and waves, travelling massive distances, passing back and forth over the high seas and the ...

As the yearly muster of Kaimanawa wild horses draws near, a home is yet to be found for about 150 of them. This year, a total of 206 horses need to be removed from the Kaimanawa Ranges in the central ...

In 1972 a number of heavy titanium spheres, about twice the size of a basketball, dropped out of the sky and landed in paddocks across Ashburton. But was it Aliens? An elaborate hoax? No. It was ...

Kina numbers are exploding on some of our reefs, decimating seaweed habitats. Could this problem be solved by eating them? Kate Evans investigates the potential of kina-nomics.

Recognition of Matariki is on the rise and, along with it, a new appreciation of Māori astronomical knowledge. Te Kōkau Himiona Te Pikikotuku of Ruatāhuna began to compile a 400-page manuscript on ...

New Zealand start-up, Daisy Lab, is making milk proteins from microbes through precision fermentation, a technology which has the potential to be a major disruptor of NZ's multi-billion dollar dairy ...

A large-scale 1080 pest control programme across the Hunua Ranges, south-east of Auckland, which started last week - has been suddenly suspended. A conservation group opposing the drop - The Friends ...

Between the 1960s and late 2000s Stewart Smith went on a one-man crusade, releasing thousands of invasive fish into New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and streams. One kind of fish he introduced is now so ...

The chief executive of the volunteer firefighters' association Bill Butzbach has been suspended while allegations of bullying and harassment are investigated. The complaints relate to incidents ...