Cabinet wants more productivity out of the science sector, but isn't willing to boost funding to match the output of target ...

New pledge is 'shockingly unambitious', experts say, falling far short of what other nations have committed to. Marc Daalder reports.

An author voices her concerns as Health Minister Simeon Brown prepares to make an announcement on Dunedin's hospital.

Comment: The negative effects of internet anonymity are manifold; just remember that real people are more lovely than trolls ...

Analysis: Bevan McKenzie resigned under duress from Fletcher Building; now he takes the job of another chief finance officer ...

David Seymour has criticised spending on contractors, while analysis of his Treaty Principles Bill is expected to rack up a ...

Fortune magazine writer cites 'brilliant' and 'meticulously reported' Powder Keg podcast investigation into resigned CEO ...

New policy fails on substance, but associate education minister passes with flying colours for rhetoric, writes.

First Australia and now potentially the US could upset the Govt's media law. Plus: Why the Herald is cutting so many jobs.

A shared family pastime in the Hutt is taking New Zealander Nicole Regnaud to international darts tournaments and to serious world rankings, writes ...

Damien Wilkins is on track to win the $65,000 fiction prize for his novel Delirium. CK Stead, at 92, is the oldest author on the list, with his book of poems in honour of his late wife Kay, In the ...

Comment: Reti offered some hope, which is rare from a Minister of Health, where false promises and hot air usually abound ...