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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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?

A long-term programme to eradicate pests like possums, rats and feral cats from a large part of Banks Peninsula has been given a funding boost. The area is home to native species such as the jewelled ...

Twenty years almost to the day of the worst floods in Queenstown’s history, Lake Wakatipu’s level is nearing its “high” alert threshold. However, the Queenstown Lakes District Council says there is no ...

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 ...

Finland-based Australian teacher Elln Heyting didn’t know what she was getting herself in for when she decided she would try not to buy anything – apart from vital supplies like food and toiletries – ...

The Department of Conservation’s new visitor strategy acknowledges more work needs to be done to manage iconic sites under pressure, but does not spell out what it will implement. Today DOC unveiled ...