Oct 17, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Featured
Words by Dr Patrick Savage Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash Ed Sheeran convinced a jury this year that he didn’t rip off Marvin Gaye’s `Let’s Get It On.’ By way of contrast, Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke earlier failed to establish that `Blurred Lines’...
Oct 16, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Words by Stephen Hoadley Photo by Craig Manners on Unsplash What does Hamas hope to achieve by attacking Israel? Stephen Hoadley looks at which actors stand to gain most, and lose most, from the conflict. Hamas’ invasion of Israel is likely to be viewed with anger by...
Oct 13, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Paula Lorgelly, University of Auckland Photo by camilo jimenez on Unsplash Never before has Pharmac – the government’s medicine procurement agency and decision maker – featured so prominently in an election. Many parties are pledging more funding, but two are...
Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Robert McLachlan, Massey University and Ian Mason, University of Canterbury Photo by Andrew Roberts on Unsplash It may have been largely overlooked in the election debates, but New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are finally on the way down. Annual emissions...
Oct 10, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Words by Julianne Evans Photo by Thomas Schweighofer on Unsplash Covid has fundamentally changed how people view the environment, their relationship to it and their vision for the future, according to new research from Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of...
Oct 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
NZ’s Green Party is ‘filling the void on the left’ as voters grow frustrated with Labour’s centrist shift Priya Kurian, University of Waikato The Green Party has run a strong campaign. With a 14.2% share in the latest Newshub-Reid Research poll, up by 1.9...
Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Words by Shahirah Hamid, 360info. Additional writing from Jack Marshall. Countries worldwide are grappling with the challenges of an ageing population. So how do we come up with solutions and measures to address this age-old problem? People are living longer,...
Oct 3, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Photo by Filip Andrejevic on Unsplash Ksenia Babich A year ago today (21 September), the Russian authorities announced the start of “partial mobilisation” – calling up reserve soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. Not everyone liable for military...
Oct 2, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Ruapehu has had a great ski season – but we need to reimagine the future of NZ’s iconic volcano Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato As a former competitive snowboarder and instructor, and later a researcher of snow sports, I’ve been lucky to enjoy ski resorts...