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An advisory senior analyst from the accounting firm PwC has won a top prize at an international competition in New York. Audio

The New Zealand cricket coach Mike Hesson says losing the second one day international under the Duckworth-Lewis formula is disappointing, after being in a good position against Sri Lanka. Kandy's...

The Marsden Fund for "blue skies" research has awarded more than $54.5 million to 86 science projects - including one providing the mathematics for an American "invisibility" project.

Massey University is taking a collective approach to combating diseases that threaten human, animal and plant health, as well as biosecurity and trade, with the establishment of a new infectious…

Education Minister Hekia Parata says she is unconcerned by a report showing a high error rate in teachers' use of the national standards.

The Samoa Government is offering more incentives to attract science teachers. Talamua online quotes the Minister of Education, Magele Mauiliu, saying that by the end of the year at least...

The under-17 New Zealand women's footballers have been all but eliminated from the FIFA under 17 World Cup in Azerbaijan, after losing their second group match 3-0 to Japan. The...

The Education Minister is worried about the number of Maori, Pasifika and male primary school children who have fallen behind in national standards. Audio

Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala has won the Rally of Britain while Citroen's Sebastien Loeb moved closer to a ninth successive world title after winning a knife-edge battle for second place in...

A leading academic in Papua New Guinea says many first year university students fail because they lack basic literacy and numeracy skills. The Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of...

More Marshall Islanders are seeking to further their education with a rise in enrolments at the College of the Marshall Islands for the fall semester. Enrolment data shows a record...

The United States Army Recruiting Office in American Samoa is reporting an increase in the number of young people wanting to join the Army, but very few are passing its...

Auckland racing driver Scott Dixon remains in contention in the IndyCar series, despite a first-lap tangle ruining his race at the latest event at Sonoma. Dixon started on the third...

Educational achievement in the Marshall Islands remains poor, but the education minister says a three-year trend is showing improvement. Dr Hilda Heine says, based on the 2012 Marshall Islands…

The New Zealand women's 470 sailors won gold on Friday, beating a crew from Great Britain in their final race.

The Warriors have slumped to a humiliating 45-4 defeat to the Cronulla Sharks at Mt Smart Stadium putting the final nail in the coffin of their National Rugby League playoff...

A recipe for the perfect sandcastle has been defined by laboratory researchers in Amsterdam and Paris: 99% sand and 1% water.

The head of a centre for deaf youth in Solomon Islands says many of his students, who are aged between 15 and 25, have never been to school before. George...

Overseas museums are being called on to return all Pacific Island artefacts to enable the cultural economies of their countries of origin to grow. The call comes from the head...

A Solomon Islands teacher who's been working in the country since it gained independence from Britain in 1978 says the creative arts must be taught in schools if the Pacific's...

A seventeen year-old University of Canterbury student has won the inaugural Sir Paul Callaghan award for Young Science Orators with a presentation on artificial intelligence.