A surge in New Zealand’s elderly population is on the way, yet health and home-care services are already stretched. A joint research project between New Zealand and South Korea—which is already experiencing the demographic swing that awaits us—is investigating one solution: robots.

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The robots will see you now

Now, you be the judge

There is one prize still to be awarded in Photographer of the Year—the Panasonic People's Choice award. Cast your vote either at the exhibition at Auckland Museum, where all 65 finalists are now on display, or view the finalists on our website and vote online.

Photo: Simon Runting

#SundayDoco: The lost world

The Poor Knights Islands are a place where giant wetas and landsnails still browse, where large poisonous centipedes and shore crabs stalk the forest floor after dark.

Timber or taonga?

How different is the European view from the Māori view: the world as a relational matrix, a vast kin network. Where Pākehā see resources, Māori see relatives.

Instant implants

Bone cancer may soon be treated using robotics and a 3D printer. Robot-assisted surgeons will remove the diseased bone, technicians will scan it, design an implant that matches and print it in titanium 64.

How will sea-level rise affect New Zealand?

New Zealand has one of the longest coastlines of any country—around 17,000 kilometres. Of our communities and major infrastructure, 65 per cent lies within five kilometres of the sea.

Sea-level rise will be the biggest geographical change Aotearoa has experienced since voyagers from Hawaiki stepped ashore in the 14th century. This is why.


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ZOO PLAYS TINDER FOR TIGERS

Wellington Zoo is playing matchmaker to two solitary-inclined Sumatran tigers, and is hoping the pair hit it off.

PREHISTORIC BAT BONES FOUND IN OTAGO

Teeth and bones of the extinct bat have been found near the town of St Bathans in Central Otago in sediment between 16 and 19 million years old.

LANDMARKS UP FOR GLOBAL RECOGNITION

Some of New Zealand’s most famous geological landmarks will receive heritage protection under a new Unesco initiative.