The government intends to adjust the Climate Change Response Act, preventing the courts from finding certain types of ...

The latest national climate change risk assessment says the costs of repeated disasters will make it harder to pay for core ...

Local schemes to help put private money into nature projects will soon be able to get a new endorsement to signal they meet ...

At least two people have been infected with hantavirus on a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic.  The virus, which has a high ...

The first comprehensive review of research into deep sea mining shows the impacts it can have on ocean ecosystems. Drawing on 50 years of experimental studies, the international research group conclud ...

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Amid this year’s science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator.

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the technology. The applications for genetic ...

The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ’s science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research Institutes will be replaced by three Public Research Organisations (PROs) ...