Can New Zealand educate its way to closer ties to India?
Words by Ananish Chaudhuri Photo by Naveed Ahmed on Unsplash India is now the world’s most populous country with a burgeoning middle class. Estimates suggest that by 2025, 40 percent of India’s population will reach middle-class status. This amounts to about 200...
Is our best weapon against climate change buried in the depths of our fiords?
Words by Rebecca J McLeod, University of Otago and William Austin, University of St Andrews Photo by Yoann Laheurte on Unsplash Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted forestry slash as a problematic aspect of relying on plantation forests to draw down carbon dioxide...
Does AI work by exploiting our unwaged labour?
Words by Fabio Morreale Feature picture by Possessed Photography on Unsplash Google uses a tool to gather training data for AI-driven applications, such as self-driving vehicles, to how we interact with the internet. Companies may label us all as ‘users’...
Is Auckland Transport consulting itself into paralysis?
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash Words by Timothy Welch Asking everyone what they think of every transport micro-decision is an enormous waste of time and resources. It’s time to stop asking and start doing, argues Timothy Welch. Your transport agency would...
Can prehistoric droppings help uncover a new world of conservation?
By Jack Marshall Photo: Stella the kākāpō on Codfish Island/Whenua Hou Image: Sabine Bernert | DOC The nocturnal flightless kākāpō is something of a difficult bird. They were once rife in New Zealand, found throughout the North Island and the South. Today, the species...
Can moving beyond growth help land societies in a more stable future?
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash The green transition is reshaping our societies, our economies and the international system, writes Jamie Kendrick. More than a break with extraction and growth, so far it looks like different version of the same pathway that is...
Are we two weeks away from the worst recession since the 1930s?
Photo by Andres Garcia on Unsplash Article by John W. Diamond, Rice University Convening war rooms, planning speedy bailouts and raising house-on-fire alarm bells: Those are a few of the ways the biggest banks and financial regulators are preparing for a potential...
From Stagnation to Inspiration: How can companies better drive innovation?
Now more than ever, boards of directors are essential to innovation, writes Rod McNaughton. Picture above by Headway on Unsplash The pandemic accelerated the adoption of remote work and the use of technology to deliver goods and services. And although...
How shall we reform our hump-shaped tax system?
We should be unapologetic about getting upper-income New Zealanders to pay their fair share of tax, writes Tim Hazledine. “Only the little people pay taxes!” That was the view of Leona Helmsley, the billionaire New York City hotelier, who was charged with tax...Subscribe by Email
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