Entry into this competition is deemed acceptance of the following terms and conditions. In brief: The images must be yours, you retain copyright but allow us to use the images for the purpose of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lyttelton was hit harder than most by the Christchurch earthquakes - particularly the Lyttelton Museum. But now it's back - triumphantly, we may say! - with a little help from its friends, past and ...

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 ...

Auckland-based company Buckley Systems has developed and manufactured a machine which could help treat the most difficult cancers. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) delivers targeted radiation to ...

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 species of native fungi has been photographed glowing with bioluminescence - a fact that has previously eluded mycologists.

A Selwyn district resident says thousands of stranded eels are covering his property and the local councils have done nothing to stop it from happening. Tim Sanson lives on 60 acres near Lake ...

Eighty percent of the country's native bird species are in bad shape, with some on the brink of extinction, and the environment watchdog is recommending exploring genetic engineering and tourist taxes ...

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 ...

They may have lived millions and millions of years ago, but dinosaurs have a lot to teach us about modern life according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara. There are lessons about humility and ...