10+ hour, 41+ min ago  (881+ words) We are far too quick to chop down and cut trees that are perfectly fine, Scott Geddes says. Trees are resilient and we are too hasty to cut them down because of fear over them falling in a storm, an…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago  (359+ words) The weekend is set to bring showers across some of the country, while the month stacks up to possibly be the driest May ever for Christchurch. Some regions are experiencing below-average rainfall, particularly in the lower North Island and eastern…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago  (547+ words) Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the UN weather agency and the UK's Met Office said on Thursday. The…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (795+ words) By Audrey Courty, ABC More than 50 years after humans last walked on the Moon, NASA is preparing to return, this time with plans to stay. The US space agency has unveiled its first blueprint for a permanent lunar outpost, involving…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (950+ words) By Anna Miller of Some 350, 000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand's North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today. Amid a glacial period, temperatures were colder and conditions harsher. Vast beech and podocarp forests…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (409+ words) A faultline in Auckland now considered active has the potential of creating a magnitude 6. 8 earthquake if it was to rupture, a new study shows. In a media release, researchers from the University of Auckland say an earthquake caused by the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (799+ words) Temperature records are being smashed across Europe as parts of the continent swelter in a heat wave that is bringing extreme temperatures alarmingly early in the year. The continent is grappling with a powerful heat dome, a persistent high-pressure system…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1583+ words) By Nina Giraldo, Taylor Romine, Emma Tucker, CNN Firefighters have found a potential crack in the massive tank filled with a toxic chemical at risk of explosion in Southern California, officials said Sunday (all times local). The crack may be…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (748+ words) New Zealand's cyber watchdog says it is learning from the US companies who are testing superhacking AI models that have sent US banks rushing to plug holes, and sparked briefings with the Department of Homeland Security. Heavyweight cyber security firm…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (550+ words) A new decentralised data storage network will put M'ori data in M'ori hands with the goal of ensuring M'ori sovereignty doesn't "stop at the server door". Designed by Te K'hui Raraunga, Te P' T'watawata will be available to marae, hap…...