The axed department will be folded into a new mega-ministry. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WELLINGTON — New Zealand's right-wing government is seeking to abolish the country's dedicated environment ministry, a broad cost-cutting measure in a country highly susceptible to climate change. The ...

Fire-resistance, ‘swollen knees’ to fight decay, toxins to wipe out rivals: There are lessons for science in the tools that have allowed the world’s oldest trees to survive.

“It belongs in a museum!” has time and time again been uttered by Harrison Ford’s famous character, Indiana Jones, in reference to world’s timeless relics, and wouldn’t you know, he’d probably say the ...

When we look up at the night sky, most of us see the same patterns of stars that the ancient […] ...

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has rejected criticism of his claims that colonisation was positive for the country’s Indigenous Maori population. Dozens of people started booing and ...

Tangaroa Hau-Hadfield has a simple rule for his three kids: when they’re in the car, they can only speak Te Reo Maori. “Whether it’s a five-minute trip, a 20-minute trip, a two-hour trip, sometimes it ...

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, the Māori Queen, last year launched the "Kotahitanga Fund", a multimillion-dollar investment platform aimed to marshal collective Māori capital to support ...

This is Part 4 of a four-part series exploring how the brain generates meaning. In Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series, I traced meaning from biological significance through neural mechanisms to symbolic ...

One of the most talked-about and widely covered halftime performances in Super Bowl history took place this Sunday, February 8. “Qué rico es ser latino,” Bad Bunny declared at the very start of the ...

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is hoping the courts will rule in her favour regarding last year's expulsion. Video / Mark Mitchell Te Pāti Māori made an offer to MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi to retake the vote ...

When you think of Ireland, what's the first emblem of Irishness that springs to mind? I'm betting it's not the harp, Ireland's official national symbol, but more likely the shamrock, the shillelagh, ...