The median age of women giving birth in Aotearoa New Zealand has reached 31.5 years in 2024, according to newly released Stats NZ data. This is the oldest age since records began in 1962. In 2024, ...

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Covering science can be tricky, but we’ve put together a handy guide to help out busy journalists that can be downloaded as a PDF. We want to help reporters who want to get the science right, so this ...

A major study concludes that pesticides are overwhelmingly harming hundreds of species they aren’t meant to affect. The systematic review analysed over 1700 experimental studies (including a handful ...

Bat hitchiking, mealybug milking, and defensive bleeding - the creepiest crawlies and freakiest fliers of Aotearoa are duking it out in an annual popularity contest. Voting for the New Zealand Bug of ...