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Long-standing debates about the purpose and focus of a school science curriculum have resurfaced this week as New Zealand is refreshing its approach to science education.

The 1970s may have been a time of flared jeans, paisley shirts and long hair. But the decade was also a time of resistance to such outward signs of modernity and progress. And very briefly, it was also the time of Norman Kirk, who as Labour prime minister between 1972…

The next series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins will reportedly see TOWIE legends, Love Island stars and a former prime minister's sister pushed to their limited on the Channel 4 show

The ten-year coaching ban handed down this week by Athletics New Zealand to national pole vault coach Jeremy McColl is merely the latest in a long line of investigations to reveal the failure of sports organisations to protect sportswomen.

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

The newfound extinct species is remarkably similar to the living "little penguin," which only weighs around 2 pounds.

The Government is chipping in an initial $575,000 to investigate if the decommissioned Marsden Point refinery can be used to make green hydrogen for synthetic jet fuel – but the energy-intensive process would have to give back to NZ's electricity grid. Jonathan Milne reports.

The celebrity version of SAS: Who Dares Wins is being filmed in New Zealand but Bianca Gascoigne almost didn't make it into the country to prep for the show

Avoiding being dragged into a potential new Cold War in the Indo-Pacific remains a strategic priority in Wellington, writes Dr Nicholas Ross Smith

Overseeing the collapse of the exchange hasn't put Grant Thornton off the block chain.

While people are more concerned about climate change in New Zealand than elsewhere, they are less willing to take the most effective actions to fight it.