health & science

Can Ray Avery turn promises into reality?

Eloise Gibson examines the story behind Ray Avery’s proposed baby incubator and the troubled journey to its fundraising concert.

Jul 25 2018

Eloise Gibson

environment

‘Brown haze’ making Kiwis sick

People are being hospitalised by deadly “brown haze” despite NZ’s air getting cleaner, reports Eloise Gibson.

Oct 18 2018

Eloise Gibson

health & science

Obesity surgery offers benefits beyond weight-loss

Obesity surgery may lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, a study says.

Oct 17 2018

Associated Press

health & science

New gene technology an ethical minefield

A new technology that could wipe out diseases, but also create designer babies, is here and it’s time to have a conversation about the future.

Oct 17 2018

Sasha Borissenko

Business

Animal care led first-quarter revenue growth

Ebos Group says first-quarter trading growth was solid with animal care outperforming healthcare where government funding remains tight.

Oct 16 2018

Paul McBeth

Futurelearning

A NZ-specific autism strategy

Victoria University of Wellington researchers are developing a NZ-specific approach to delivering early intervention for children with autism.

Oct 16 2018

Victoria University Of Wellington

health & science

The mysterious science of human hair

NZ’s Crown agency scientists have helped unravel the strange science of human hair. Eloise Gibson reports.

Oct 10 2018

Eloise Gibson

Futurelearning

Hope at last for NZ’s mental health system

For the first time in years, this week’s Mental Health Awareness Week is tinged with hope our beleaguered mental health system may at last change.

Oct 08 2018

Dr Barbara Staniforth

environment

Rivers cleaner, but critters declining

A survey of small aquatic critters has been included in national river quality measures for the first time – striking a depressing note.

Oct 05 2018

Eloise Gibson

health & science

To GE or not to GE

A quiet revolution going on in genetics could be worth millions to our primary industries.

Oct 04 2018

Farah Hancock

Newsroom Special Inquiry

Long read: Meth-testing’s ‘wild west’

In part two of a deep dive into the businesses and the people behind the meth-testing debacle, Branko Marcetic speaks to some players in the ‘multi-layered’ failure.

Oct 03 2018

Branko Marcetic

health & science

Long read: Foxes in charge of the meth house

Newsroom takes a detailed look at the companies running the flawed meth-testing regimes in NZ, and what the people behind them are doing now.

Oct 02 2018

Branko Marcetic

environment

Toxic meatballs could target feral cats

A little-known poison in the NZ’s predator-free toolbox could humanely control the feral cats preying on native species.

Oct 01 2018

Farah Hancock

Comment

Mind the gap on mindfulness

Is the trend over mindfulness going too far? Emma Espiner wonders if its possible negatives should be better known.

Oct 01 2018

Emma Espiner