The Dog Control Act is under scrutiny following three serious dog attacks last week. Organisations such as Auckland Council and the SPCA separately called for a review of the Act after a woman was ...

New powers will enable police to require people to leave a public area for up to 24 hours. In an amendment to the Summary Offences Act, the 'move-on' orders can be applied to anyone over the age of 14 ...

Travellers to Rarotonga will experience temperature checks and bug-spraying stations on arrival. Several Pacific countries are experiencing outbreaks of dengue, including Samoa where the death toll ...

Voting closes at midnight for the Entomological Society’s Bug of the Year 2026. Here are some of the 21 bugs vying for your vote. Professor of Evolutionary Biology Mary Morgan-Richards says in the icy ...

A Waikato landfill fire is the latest in a series of blazes suspected to have been caused by wrongly disposed lithium-ion batteries. The fire has re-opened discussion on how we can best deal with the ...

The number of space launches allowed from NZ is set to increase from 100 to 1000.  The government says the current limit was expected to be reached this year, while the new limit would not be reached ...

Health officials are warning people to stay off Wellington’s south coast beaches, due to the infection risks from the Moa Point wastewater plant failure. With untreated wastewater still being pumped ...

Earlier in the week, the US announced a stockpile of rare earth elements, and plans for a critical minerals trading bloc. The NZ government released a new critical minerals list and strategy last year ...