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Science fund shake-up raises potential for political interference - Royal Society
However MBIE, which will take over administration of the Marsden Fund, says the board is required by law to be independent.
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'Particularly fragile': Science review doubles down on underfunded system
Science Minister Shane Reti has responded by restructuring the grants process for projects. Audio
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Science funding body announced
The new science funding body has been announced - pooling what was previously three separate funds. Audio
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Growing Money Savvy Kids
Podcast episode — 09 October 2025Financial education will be embedded in the school curriculum for years 1 to 10 from next year. For younger children it'll be the basics like want vs need, and what is a bank account. More senior students will learn about budgeting, investment, interest, taxes, and insurance to help to build lifelong financial skills. Neil Edmond is the founder of MoneyTime, an online financial literacy program for children ages 10 to 14 which has just been awarded 'Best Primary Product' at the Global EdTech Awards. He's on an advisory group working with the Retirement Commission to support the implementation of financial education in the new social sciences curriculum. He says parents need to start the work at home, and the earlier the better.
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Government wants to increase natural pharmaceutical exports
It's announced a $42.8 million funding boost to go towards a 'Biodiscovery Platform'.
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Review: One Battle After Another
Podcast episode — 01 October 2025One Battle After Another sees a retired revolutionary forced to rejoin the struggle when his daughter is captured by an old enemy. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia), it stars Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Sean Penn (Mystic River), Benicio del Toro (Sicario) and newcomer Chase Infiniti.
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End of Summer Time
Podcast episode — 27 September 2025End of Summer Time revisits curmudgeon Richard ‘Dickie’ Hart, an ex-cow cockie who finds himself, deep into retirement, living with his wife Glenda in an upscale apartment on Auckland’s North Shore.
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Luxon says cancer patients not forgotten - they claim otherwise
During the election campaign, National pledged to fund a list of medications for solid cancer tumours.
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C is for Commitment: Blood cancer patients say govt breaking promise on life-saving drugs
Families accuse National of failing to deliver promised life-saving medicines, forcing some to fundraise or move abroad. Audio
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Watch: NZ space experiment takes flight on Falcon 9
A Kiwi-built experiment is heading to the ISS to test superconductor magnets that could one day power spacecraft to Mars. Video
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Cancer patient to move to Australia to access unfunded drug
Audio 15 Sep 2025There are calls for the government to settle an unpaid debt, a promise made by National to blood cancer sufferers, desperate for access to drugs not funded in Aotearoa. On the election campaign… Audio
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Law changes will further sideline Māori in health sector select committee told
The Health Select Committee has been hearing public submissions on amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.
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The power imbalance that hits in old age
Podcast episode — 07 September 2025Retirement village living should feel like home, but in some cases residents have the status of students in a hostel
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From the Archive: Farmer retires land he says "shouldn't ever have animals on it"
Podcast episode — 05 September 2025After a lifetime of working to clear land, Chris Bolderston is rewilding parts of his sheep and beef farm in North Canterbury. This story was first broadcast in September 2024.
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University advisory group calls for tougher entry requirements
But the government has rejected an advisory group's call for a more elite university system.
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Health NZ invited specific providers to join GP service, documents show
The health minister revealed plans for a 24/7 online GP service earlier this year.
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Gene tech bill delayed again; PM says 'it's complicated'
Parliament's health committee was supposed to report back on the legislation last month, but this has now been extended twice.
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Conviction over 1997 Christchurch murder referred to Court of Appeal
Lon Reti was jailed the following year for murdering Leslie Allan Edmonds.
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Research funds face further cuts
The Marsden Fund is among three contestable funds to lose millions to help set up the new Institute for Advanced Technology.
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'It doesn't cost the government anything' - Wayne Brown calls for bed tax rethink
The government meeds to rethink its opposition to a bed night levy for Auckland, the mayor says. Audio
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Mayor renews call for Auckland bed tax
Wayne Brown is asking the government to reconsider its opposition to a bed night levy.
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Oral Questions for 12 August 2025
Audio 12 Aug 2025Questions to Ministers CAMERON BREWER to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the economy? Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's… Audio
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The 'right to choose' key to the Cook Islands-NZ relationship - Peters
New Zealand's foreign minister says Cook Islanders are free to choose whether their country continues in free association with New Zealand.
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'Lives are at stake': Pharmacy owners call for 'urgent' action following baby's death
A pharmacist says Bellamere Duncan's death was "not an isolated incident". Audio
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Census changes threaten visibility of rainbow communities
There are no sources of administrative data that include adequate rainbow demographic markers such as sexual orientation, gender, transgender experience or variations of sex characteristics.
