Shanti Mathias

Right now, most people carry around a selection of rectangular pieces of plastic everywhere they go. But a push to digitise payments and driver licences could see a big shift in behaviour.

The minister for digitising government has given us all an early Christmas present. Shanti Mathias tears off the wrapping paper.

Queenstown resident Ben Hildred just spent 100 days doing more uphill cycling than almost anyone else could imagine. He talks to Shanti Mathias about its psychological impact.

The globetrotting Auckland band have returned home slicker and more 'businesslike' than ever, but they still make sure to have a good time.

Data from ACC and NZTA shows that people travelling in buses have the fewest accidents and deaths of any transport mode in New Zealand – even though there are no seatbelts.

With ‘forever chemicals' a risk to New Zealand's drinking water, a team from the University of Auckland has had promising early results using the plant to remove chemicals from water.

Suddenly we could take photographs of our insides. And we loved it.

The Capital Kiwi Project has just marked a major milestone: the final monitoring transmitters have been removed from the 250 kiwi released in the hills around Wellington.

The sound of a harp drifted through the shelves and into the lobby. “I don't read anything but romantasy,” one attendee, dressed in a cape, told me.

When Shanti Mathias first moved to Wellington, biking through the city seemed terrifying. But she soon realised that two wheels let her explore the city on her own terms.