Wellington Science & Technology News

A rare flotilla of icebergs is slowly drifting toward New Zealand from Antarctica. Shippers have been warned that more than 100 giant chunks of ice are in the area. Experts believe most of the icebergs will break up before they...

Henry Santos, 24, is wanted on felony charges of violating probation and robbery with a firearm. He was born June 27, 1985, and has black hair and brown eyes...His last known address was on Cherry Road in suburban West Palm...

Emergency services were at the scene of a smash on Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara, just north of Wellington city. The crash happened about 11.30am and has closed Hutt Road to traffic from both directions. Police said it appeared 3 people might...

Fisher and Paykel cuts debt Updated at 1:39pm on 19 October 2009 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has taken advantage of the strong New Zealand dollar to reduce its debt by a nearly one fifth. The medical equipment manufacturer has made...

Secondary students sitting exams this year will have even less of an excuse for being late as the education ministry takes to Twitter to keep them updated. Twitter is a micro-messaging service which lets people see live updates in short...

Trust the human brain to come up with the weirdest of ideas – a school of thought is gaining ground to create robots for safe sex. Given the increases of diseases like HIV and AIDS, related to physical relationships between...

That 7.8 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand that occurred on Wednesday of last week has managed to bring New Zealand and Australia a bit closer together. Seismologists said that although the quake was the largest in 80 years in the...