The move comes after a series of recalls affecting various toy and craft kit brands in late 2025.

A construction industry consultant says more than 20,000 building inspections fail each year, creating tens of millions of dollars in avoidable costs.

Dr Jason Kennedy has been delving into the history of the design of universal media controls, and joins Suzanne Hill on Nightlife to decode this secret geometric language.

This week's cold snap has brought a power warning across the country, with Transpower expecting record electricity demand. It comes as the government considers changes to make rooftop solar more acces...

The "unstable" design of e-scooters makes them easier to crash, with a higher chance of serious injury, a mechanical engineering professor says.

Exclusive: Some ACCC recall notices updated after testing finds 90% of samples release asbestos fibres, contrary to previous claims

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Act. Welby Ings is a queer activist, who in the early 1980s established Gay Rights of Taihape, an advocacy group for rural queers. He...

There were tense scenes in New York this morning. A high-rise office building near Grand Central Terminal in New York was evacuated this morning after engineers raised fears it could be at risk of col...

It's 40 years since gay sex was decriminalised, but the scare tactics used in the 1980s are still being deployed now....

Airborne asbestos has been found in New Zealand testing on children's play sand, in results researchers say they did not want to see.

The government is choosing a mammogram-reading AI tool to test and validate, ahead of a planned roll out early next year. The tool will ease clinician workloads by doing one of the two independent rea...

Palaeoart is being used to recreate extinct animals as accurately as possible using fossil evidence and anatomy.

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Tucked above an unassuming safety store in Auckland, a small team is making big inroads into understanding the asbestos contamination of children's play sand. Testing for any airborne particles from.....

Just 14 of Auckland’s largest building rooftops add up to the same area as the biggest solar farm – but they could generate electricity where it’s most used to keep the lights on during disasters.

The number of New Zealanders who speak te reo Māori grew 15% from 2018 to 2023 – and the nation’s artists are reflecting this.

Fixing defective buildings shaves billions off GDP and has stalled construction industry productivity for decades. A better quality management regime is the answer.

We all know that cuddles from a cute puppy can make you feel better...

 But could dogs be used in clinical settings? 🐕

 That's the question Associate Professor Psychology & Neuroscience Kirsten Va...

An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.

An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.

Last week’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting showed why true integration remains challenging while island nations are at different stages of independence.

Experiencing an involuntary physiological response to a sound helps some people feel a sense of "psychological stability".