The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is warning of serious repercussions for the health of young New Zealanders with the closure of the 198 Youth Health Centre in Christchurch.

"My GP cares enough about the fact that I am smoking to send me a letter. This has made me think again about the effects it is having on my health," say smokers in a new study.

Some of New Zealand's most brilliant minds have been honoured in the first annual Prime Minister's Science Prizes, the country's most prestigious and valuable science awards.

Staff and students shouldn't be competing for the same money, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs.

Price discounts are more effective than nutrition education in encouraging people to buy healthier foods, according to New Zealand research that is the first of its kind internationally.

New Zealand's productivity performance is the subject of a lunchtime panel discussion chaired by AUT Adjunct Professor in Banking and Chair of the Government's 2025 Taskforce Dr Don Brash.

Five new PhD candidates from Te Tai Tokerau will be embarking on their studies with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in 2010.

In response to intensifying calls for reform of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), five influential climatologists have stepped forward with their views on what ought to be done.

Professor Jenny Webster-Brown, a scientist recognised internationally for her research into water chemistry and quality, has been appointed Chair of the new Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management established jointly by the University of Canterbury and Lincoln University.

Thirteen universities in Australia and New Zealand have selected Century of Social Sciences(TM), a superior and unique set of archival data (backfiles) covering groundbreaking research in the social sciences back to 1900, from Thomson Reuters for their education and research needs.