Stories by Charlie Dreaver

Super-cooled liquid clouds are hot on the agenda for climate modelling researchers who want to know more about their impact on climate models.

Damning research into the populations of New Zealand's freshwater species indicate three-quarters are in decline.

An Australian oncologist says there is no reason why New Zealand women with advanced stages of breast cancer should have shorter survival rates and lower quality of life.

Billions of dollars of council assets are at risk from sea level rise, a report from Tonkin and Taylor and Local Government New Zealand shows.

The strong opioid fentanyl has been found in New Zealand's workplace drug testing and wastewater.

Fewer than five months after its launch 65 legal firms, representing 1500 lawyers, have signed up to the Gender Equality Charter.

Last year Pharmac stopped subsidising two brands of antidepressants and replaced them with a cheaper brand.

Christchurch's Metro Sports Centre is on track to open in 2021 despite construction delays, Megan Woods says.

A lack of specialists is slowing the implementation of a HIV pre-exposure pill, which health researchers say could be a gamechanger for New Zealand's HIV epidemic.

The world's largest genetic study has identified 35 different genes that influence whether a person is likely to use cannabis.

One of the country's biggest rest home companies is being criticised for taking months to answer formal complaints from families worried about how their vulnerable parents are being treated.

A Landcare Research study shows financial incentives to encourage more sustainable practices on farms are not enough.

Heated arguments over church and state and not listening to residents kept Wellington City Councillors busy today.

The Department of Conservation is appealing for information about a suspected dog attack on a leopard seal in Porirua.

Half of the country's Construction and Business leaders believe the sector's current performance is sub-par.

Police communications staff who work 24-hour rosters say they go to work sick or in pain because they are worried about being penalised for taking too many sick days.

A double whammy of natural changes in the earth's temperature and human-made climate change means it's likely we'll continue to see more extreme heat.

Bus drivers in the Waikato say they're being forced to drive unsafe buses.

Just weeks after implementation, Greater Wellington Regional Council has today voted to change its new bus service.

Researchers are using a popular computer game and Lego to creatively teach children about emergency planning.

Firearm laws may need to adapt to keep up with the changing technology used to print 3D guns, says a law and technology expert.

A joint report by the Chief Science Advisor and Royal Society Te Apārangi has found the benefits of bread fortified with folic acid would outweigh any potential risk.

Are you a man or are you a mouse? - The answer is both if you're being used for Alzheimer's research.

A rostering system for police emergency call handlers is being called a failure for putting too much stress on those taking some of the country's most harrowing calls.

New Zealand scientists say they can use a plant's own DNA to change the look, feel and texture of its fruit.