John Lewis

Mixing matauranga Maori with Western science, and becoming just the third person in their family to attend university, are the goals of two of New Zealand’s top Maori science pupils.

Hit after hit after hit - Dunedin entertainer and producer Doug Kamo is becoming impatient with the impact Covid-19 protection measures are having on New Zealand’s events and entertainment industry.

With a black belt in karate around your waist, you can defend yourself from most manners of evil — but not a heart attack.

Niwa is warning of increasing fire risks in some of New Zealand’s wettest areas as La Nina forces them to become unseasonably dry.

It was like a scene straight out of an Angry Birds cellphone game.

A raft of major events across Dunedin have ground to a halt, following the Government’s move to a Red traffic light setting yesterday.

Diagnoses of prostate cancer biopsies might soon be taken over by artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

Otago's shellfish industry is on high alert again as the marine heatwave starts to take effect, potentially bringing algal blooms which could decimate much of the coast’s marine environment.

Heavy rain ended a long dry spell in the South yesterday, prompting the NZ Transport Agency to warn drivers of potentially hazardous ‘‘summer ice’’ on the South Island’s roads for the next few days.

Vans have a notorious reputation for being the vehicle of choice for fleeing burglars, kidnappers and covert surveillance.

A long dry spell followed by heavy rain today, has prompted Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to warn drivers about potentially hazardous "summer ice" on the South Island's roads.

As a global shortage of PPE gear starts to bite, University of Otago scientists are helping to develop a method of disinfecting PPE for potential reuse or recycling during the Covid pandemic.

Children are being bombarded with a brand name every minute of their waking day — a worrying number of which are for unhealthy foods, new research has found.

Measuring temperature variations in supercooled ocean water under the Ross Ice Shelf may hold the key to informing New Zealand’s future weather forecasts.