National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".

National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".

Optogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light

Rene Haas also claims artificial intelligence could pave way for widespread use of humanoid robots within five years

Demonstrations over housing rights and crumbling schools are a sign the younger generation is withdrawing political consent

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

YouTube video by Musk

Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can't safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps.

The Green Party wants to cap political donations at $30,000, stop companies from donating and set up a public register for lobbyists to get "big money" out of politics.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston both told Parliament no one's benefit was cut following a law change that swamped ministry officials with paperwork - but...

A rushed law change last year saw a number of people's benefit payments wrongly suspended because ministry officials could not keep up with the paperwork.

Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

National’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b.

Christopher Luxon is forever talking about the colossal economic train wreck the last government left and this gets repeated as certain fact. But what are the actual numbers?

Watches the world through the rear vision mirror, wonders what we’ve run over, writes about it.

Earlier this year electrical expert Daniel Müller experimented at home with putting in a switch - and made his toaster light up.

Hydraulic powered cutting machines are ravaging books to train AI....

Anyone who has frequently landed in New Zealand’s capital has a hair-raising story to tell, and this year’s ‘super’ El Niño could only intensify the winds

Elizabeth Knox is joining us for the 2026 Marlborough Book Festival.

Night, Ma, by Elizabeth Knox

'The best of literature about the worst of times.'

For three and a half years, calamities hit Elizabeth Knox and family in rapid succession. Her sister suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalised against her will, her husband’s brother died by vio...

The injured kea was found last week in Motupipi, near Tākaka, after a local reported seeing it.

The Department of Conservation is appealing for information after a juvenile kea was shot in Golden Bay.