environment Foulden Maar fight rumbles on A petition is adding to the growing weight of opposition to a proposal to mine fossils for pig food. Will stopping the land sale be enough? 12 hours ago Farah Hancock
health & science The foul-smelling bugs threatening NZ wine Brown marmorated stink bugs would pose a risk to crops and exports and might ruin red wine if they establish themselves in NZ. Jun 17 2019 Farah Hancock
Podcast: The Detail Clean smoking - will vaping cure our addiction? Is vaping the answer to New Zealand’s ‘smoke-free by 2025’ campaign? Jun 17 2019 Newsroom Staff
Ideasroom How to make good on a mental health promise If the Government’s commitment to mental health and addiction is to succeed, it must find ways to guard against threats in a changeable and often hostile political environment. Jun 14 2019 Peter Adams
Taken By The State Health board member muzzled over uplift An elected health board member who spoke out about Hawkes Bay Hospital’s handling of a controversial attempted ‘uplift’ of a newborn Māori baby has been reprimanded by her chairman. Jun 11 2019 Bonnie Sumner
health & science Should school kids get a free flu shot? Are free flu shots targeted to the right people? Giving school kids an annual flu shot could be a double-whammy win against the flu. Jun 10 2019 Farah Hancock
health & science Financial offer dangled for fossil mine support Funding was on the table for the University of Otago if it abandoned its opposition to open-pit mining plans at a fossil-filled site. Jun 07 2019 Farah Hancock
Ideasroom Women’s gamble in an old boys club Dr Jessica Lai argues against the belief women are innately different to men in a way that makes them less suitable for STEM. Jun 06 2019 Dr Jessica Lai
Week in Review Scientists reject fossil land swap Scientists say the mining company’s Maar swap offer was like being asked to choose between pyramids and the Sistine Chapel. Jun 05 2019 Farah Hancock
Week in Review Inside the flu’s spree of destruction Once in your lungs, the influenza virus sets off a battle inside your body which can be fatal. Jun 04 2019 Farah Hancock
Podcast: The Detail Why Huawei is under attack Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a technology cold war, and now consumers have been dragged into it. May 31 2019 Newsroom Staff
News The early plan to rebuild Scott Base A report to Winston Peters sets out the Government’s preferred option to rebuild New Zealand’s base in Antarctica. May 30 2019 David Williams
health & science Celebrated brothers turn brains to dairy problems Small fleets of robots cleaning up cow poop, fertiliser travelling at the speed of a jet-plane: two eminent NZ scientists apply themselves to finding high-tech solutions to farming pollution. May 30 2019 Eloise Gibson
Government Mental health response not transformative... yet The devil is in the detail, and so far there isn’t enough to say whether the Govt’s mental health response will turn the tide on NZ’s horrific statistics. May 30 2019 Laura Walters
Ideasroom Let’s be pragmatic about drugs Dr Fiona Hutton argues for a pragmatic, health-focused approach to drug reform instead of a punitive one that stigmatises them for life. May 28 2019 Dr Fiona Hutton
