The Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill is due for its third reading in Parliament this week. The Bill extends protections of current marine reserves in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, ...

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Tens of thousands of rural New Zealanders could be drinking water with harmful nitrate levels, researchers say. The first-ever national rural drinking water survey found 5% of the private bore samples ...

Government changes to the earthquake-prone building system will remove nearly 3000 buildings from the classification. Following the Seismic Risk Management Review, Building and Construction Minister C ...

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US doctors will soon be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever paracetamol to pregnant women, US President Donald Trump said today, citing a unproven link to autism. During the same announcment, ...

The Science Media Centre has developed resources to help institutions effectively support researchers experiencing online harassment, thanks to support from Universities New Zealand. This resource ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting to review childhood vaccine recommendations in the US. The committee has already voted to change current guidance on combined measles, ...

Young contact sports players’ brains can show signs of damage years before symptoms of long-term brain disease appear, a small US study finds. Researchers found that brain tissues from ...