Minister Simeon Brown sets Health NZ ‘efficiency targets’ of $500m
Health Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii Hospitals and public health services across the country have…
We need to get back to smaller portions, health professor says
Photo: Unsplash Some food outlets have been supersizing portion sizes and it would be good to go back…
Dumbphones in demand as parents fight social media access
Despite the ban on cell phone use at school, some children have found work arounds. Photo: 123RF Some…
NZ video game sector up 38 percent while global industry falling behind
A clinic treating gaming disorder has opened at Perth’s Fiona Stanley Hospital, in an Australian first. Photo: Unsplash…
Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ app
Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins. Photo: Nick Monro The minister in charge of a new government app…
New WOF system could lead to pricier repairs, motor industry says
Consultation closes this week on planned changes to the Warrant of Fitness system. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi…
Humpback whale dies after being caught in rope
A humpback whale tangled in a cray pot line during an earlier incident in Northland in 2018. Photo:…
The elusive Antarctic ice and sediment core that could answer sea level rise questions
An advance crew set out on the traverse from Scott Base for Crary Ice Rise in November, using…
The marine species that have ‘totally disappeared’ from Marlborough Sounds
The Marlborough Sounds are facing a biodiversity crisis. Photo: Bernard Spragg via Wikimedia Commons Three species have disappeared…
Why you might be on track to have more in KiwiSaver than you think
You might be on track to save more than expected in your KiwiSaver. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King…
KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals: ‘Worried where I will be in two weeks’
The sharp increase in hardship withdrawals has concerned the KiwiSaver sector in recent years. Photo: RNZ A woman…
Are pōhutukawa trees flowering early this year? A botanist explains
Pohutukawa, Mt Victoria, Wellington Photo: Robyn Jaquiery Flowering pōhutukawa trees are the sign summer is here – and…