Science & Environment

The Labour Party is unapologetically targeting higher income New Zealanders with its solar panel policy announced today. If elected labour will offer a cash back of up to four thousand dollars for… Video, Audio

A Dunedin-based scientific traceability company is helping global brands like Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Victoria's Secret verify the origin of materials in their supply chains. Oritain is a forensic… Audio

GNS Science says its seismic equipment is sometimes picking up false earthquakes, known as ghost quakes.

Ghost quakes can occur when a distant earthquake is picked up and identified as several small… Audio

A climate change researcher is urging the Government to bring in maximum heat limits for rest homes and childcare centres, to protect vulnerable people.

As both temperatures and Aotearoa's elderly… Audio

Mass incineration could be a great solution to New Zealand's increasingly scarce landfill space – or it could be a step backwards environmentally.  Audio

Floods in India claimed hundreds of lives this monsoon season, but an Indian expat in New Zealand is hoping his new invention will help bring the toll down. Produced by William Ray. Video, Audio

It won't be too long before electronic vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is helping to treat inflammatory illness, says bioelectronic medicine specialist Kevin Tracey. Audio

With summer on the horizon, we talk to neuroscientist and journalist, Dr David Cox to find out how much we should drink every day, and what we should be drinking. Audio

An injured hawk rests on Remus Coman's arm. He found it in a ditch on his cattle grazing farm. Hidden under it, an inked wolf forms part of a tattoo that tells stories from his youth in rural Romania.