Science & Environment

Can moisturisers contribute to keeping us healthy? Dr of medicinal chemistry Michelle Wong says there's growing evidence they can. Audio

The Greens are taking aim at the coalition government 's policies, saying they lack genuine care.

The timber, mesh and bricks would usually be sent to the dump, but is now being made available for home DIY jobs.

In the depths were a cash register and a skate park bin: "I wouldn't be surprised to see someone had chucked a partridge and a pear tree in there too."

The map will allow hazard modellers and councils to better prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis, NIWA says. Audio

The group has also raised concerns about the power that ministers could have after it was revealed Shane Jones failed to report a dinner with a company deputy chair.

NEMA did not have enough trained staff when Cyclone Gabrielle hit - just one of a litany of failures a review has uncovered.

Offshore wind companies have told the government the industry is not compatible with seabed mining in the Taranaki Bight - but the mining industry disagrees.

A new steel-making furnace will reduce emissions so much, environment officials have pitched reducing the whole country's supply of carbon credits.

If you are using excessive glad wrap around your school lunch sarnies, watch out.

Cambridge professor Stephen Cave says advances in longevity could lead to civil war, in latest episode of RNZ's 30 with Guyon Espiner.

They stand by New Zealand's 2050 carbon reduction targets, but are open to adding international aviation and shipping emissions.