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Reviewer Role – ScienceLogic, The Network Management Company
Established in 2021, ScienceLogic has been a US-based information and technology services…
Science Experiment Kits For Kids
Whether your children are still in preschool or are older, there is…
What to Look For in Science Tutors in Auckland
Science tutors in New Zealand are often used to dealing with students…
Zoo’s New Frog Facility to Aid Conservation Effort
In a bid to save one of New Zealand’s remnants of its…
New Zealand to Fight Scourge of Wilding Pines
Pulling out weeds is the bane of most gardeners’ lives but in…
New Zealand Weeds Invade Cyberspace
The history of science and the discoveries made by some of the…
History of Science Focus For New Video Contest
The history of science and the discoveries made by some of the…
Aussie Chests Protected by New Zealand Wool Vests?
New Zealand’s innovative wool research company, Canesis Network Ltd, has found yet…
Kiwi Schools Sought for Undersea Adventure
New Zealand schools can sign up for a virtual field trip to…
New Zealand Explorers Map New Undersea Volcano
A volcano the size of Wellington Harbour is one of the finds…
Tubeworms Exciting Find For Sub Off New Zealand
Tubeworms, which exist without a mouth, gut, or anus, are just one…
Tracking Device Keeps Tabs on Kiwi Multisport
For 243 gruelling kilometres each year, more than a thousand keen sportspeople…
Double-digit Temperature Jump Unlikely but Rise Inevitable
A projected double-digit rise in the global temperature is unlikely, New Zealand…
‘Extinct’ Wallabies Can Still Call Australia Home
Mainland Australia is again home to Tammar wallabies, wallabies that their former…
Public Asked to Keep Tabs on Migrating Whales
Southern Right whales appear to spend life enjoying an endless summer, spending…
Stonehenge Opening Launches Year of Physics
If you’ve always wondered what E=mc² actually means, what sort of bloke…
New Restrictions on Seal Watching in New Zealand
Getting up close and personal with New Zealand seals is a popular…
Santa Claus Helps Kids Be Good
It’s the time of year when children and those young at heart…
Saddlebacks Celebrate Anew Kiwi Christmas
For the first Christmas in more than a century, a native New…
World’s Rarest Duck Settles Into Island Home
It’s been a 200-hundred year exile, but, finally, the world’s rarest duck,…
New Island Home for Rare Frogs
In a bid to keep alive an ancient species of frogs, forty…
Pink Dinosaur Boosts Volcano Viewers
A pink dinosaur has made a volcanic island off the east coast…
Hole in Ozone over Antarctica Shrinks
The hole in the earth’s ozone, the protective layer which filters out…
Slice of New Zealand Supports Olympic Flame
When the Olympic flame finally wends its way into the Olympic stadium…
Kiwi Researchers Developing Novel Orchids
New Zealand scientists are developing ways to change the colour and patterns…
New Find of Threatened New Zealand Frogs
Eleven hitherto unknown-about New Zealand frogs have been found surviving in a…
New Device Measures Fuel Consumption of Diesel Boats
Running out of diesel miles away from a destination is no longer…
Paradise to be Restored on Motuihe Island
It’s only 15 kilometers from Auckland, but once you are on Motuihe…
Mini-Fridge Solves Diabetics’ Travel Woes
Like many good inventions, Olaf Diegel’s was born of necessity: a diabetic,…
Memory Influences Judgement of Food Quality
In what is believed to be a first, New Zealand scientists have…
Report Suggests Marine Reserves Enhance Environment
The verdict is in: marine reserves really do work. New Zealand’s conservation…
Making Ocean Life Count
The sea holds more than 15,000 fish, more than 6,800 species of…
Local Tsunami Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn
A tsunami with the same devastating force as the Indian Ocean tsunami…
Rat Removal Helps ‘Primeval’ New Zealand Island
For threatened species in New Zealand, one of the country’s offshore islands…
Food Shortages Threaten Antarctic Wildlife
Tiny shrimp-like crustaceans that are at the heart of the Southern Ocean…
South Island Kokako to Be Deemed Officially Extinct
New Zealand’s ‘grey ghost’, the South Island kokako, is soon to become…
Kiwi Ingenuity Helps Iceland Grow Prawns
The name Iceland suggests a land of vast stretches of frozen terrain,…
Goldmine in Golden Roe of New Zealand’s Kina?
Inside New Zealand’s kina, the country’s indigenous sea urchin, is a delicacy…
Humans Designed By Jogging
The disparity for modern jogging could be started by New Zealand’s athletic…
Jabs Help Endangered New Zealand Birds
Immunizing New Zealand’s 83 remaining kakapo from a deadly bug that killed…
Ice-free Expanse in Antarctica Gains Protection
A spectacular expanse of ice-free land in Antarctica now has increased environmental…
Ice Squashes Penguin Breeding Hopes
For baby Adélie penguins on Ross Island in Antarctica, this summer looks…
Hi-tech Badges to Monitor Kids’ UV Exposure
This summer, with the help of some nifty badges, scientists will be…
New Zealand Helps Seed Oceans with High-Tech Floats
For the next three months New Zealand is helping seed the Pacific…
Hand-Reared Tuatara to Make Own Way on Island
This spring, hundreds of young tuatara are making a new home on…
Government’s Investment in Science to Fuel Kiwi Innovation
The New Zealand government will invest NZ$212 million of new funding in…
Freeze-dried Rat May Be Used To Trap Stoats
Freeze-dried rat and chemical rat smell are two potential new weapons in…
British Fertility Expert Argues for Cheaper IVF
British fertility expert, Robert Lord Winston, believes that fertility treatment should be…
Exotic Parasite Found on New Zealand Ostrich Farms
For the first time in New Zealand, an exotic parasite has been…
Researchers Seek DNA ‘Barcodes’ for Kiwi Flora, Fauna
New Zealand scientists are participating in an ambitious international research project that…
Computer Model Helps to Save Breathless Lives
A computer simulation, designed by an AUT doctoral student, is helping to…
Cool Head Helps Prevent Brain Damage in Newborns
An international clinical trial has shown that a head-cooling device developed by…
New Zealand Schools Aid NASA with Cloud Research
If students at New Zealand schools boast of helping out US space…
Kiwi Scientist Adds Voice to Climate Alarm
A New Zealand scientist, honored in November by his peers a lifetime…
Unwanted Pines Turned Into Christmas Trees
Decorating the Christmas tree is one of the fun parts of the…
Too Much Childhood TV Linked to Unhealthy Adulthood
Watching too much television as a child has long-lasting effects on adult…
New Zealand Students Develop Cellphone Detector
A cellphone detector developed by a team of six New Zealand schoolboys…
Border Terrier Raring to Sniff Out Geckos, Skinks
Two border terriers, being trained by New Zealand’s conservation agency, the Department…
Blue Moon in Downunder Night Skies
In August, the full moon will rise twice a single calendar month…
Blue Paua Pearls Newest Entrant to Gemstone Pantheon
New Zealand’s iridescent abalone, known as paua, have long beenprized for their…
Biophotonics to Enable Super-Fast Measurement of Humidity
An Auckland University professor, his students and a research scientist for Fisher…
New Guide for New Zealand’s Antarctic Science
For the next five years, three core areas of science will be…
Lighter, Stronger Alloys on the Way for Automotive Use
Harley-Davidson of the future will be lighter and stronger thanks to recent…
Paradise to be Restored on Motuihe Island
It’s only 15 kilometres from Auckland, but once you are on Motuihe…
Overweight Girls, Young Women At Risk of Asthma
To add to another of the long list of woes that being…
Bugs in Soil Can Reveal Crime Secrets
A revolutionary new technique could soon be helping forensic scientists to resolve…
Measuring Grass Growth From Space
Satellites could be a new weapon to help New Zealand farmers to…
Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head?
It’s truly annoying when an irritating song gets stuck in your head…
Why Sex is Good
It is time-consuming, behaviourally and developmentally exhausting, and the genetic jumbling involved…
Giving Kiwi Green Thumbs Extra Boost from Science
What do you do when your apple trees host codling moth, your…
First Returning Albatross Flits Briefly Home
If nature is to be believed then spring is near, because one…
Photo Competition to Mark Ag Science Centenary
Photo Competition to Mark Ag Science Centenary To mark a century of…
