
‘We will not be sacrificed’: Pacific climate voices were clear and strong this week – and we’re listening
I witnessed a genuine desire for the world to engage with the people affected by climate change.
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I witnessed a genuine desire for the world to engage with the people affected by climate change.

This week’s Firmus rollercoaster offers some useful lessons – including what to always look for before investing any money.

In Grace Chapple’s delightful and incisive adaptation, the story refocusses and settles into 2026, reminding us of the power of theatre.

Spring is the perfect time to get outside – and appreciate our tiniest critters.

The brain’s acute response to the trauma of sexual assault can block a person’s ability to accurately assess what they experienced.

Protein is famous for filling us up and helping us stay full between meals. But fibre does this too – and most of us are not getting enough.

The medical community and governments can no longer ignore the consequences of the promotion of medicines on prescribing.

A new study linking lower nurse staffing on surgical wards with higher rates of post-operative deaths has raised urgent new questions about NZ’s settings.

Australian batters aren’t scoring runs like they used to. There are a few reasons why, but the answer isn’t obvious.

It’s increasingly common to hear climate-fuelled disasters described as the ‘new normal’. But our desire for normality and predictability is wishful thinking

Here’s how parents can spot the difference between a boy who loves to train and one who has unhealthy feelings about his body.

Carson’s Nobel Prize in Literature celebrates a writer whose work returns to antiquity as an unfinished reservoir of images, voices and fragments capable of unsettling contemporary experience.