Will New Zealand’s climate change efforts remain unfinished business?
By David Hall Without the right financial strategies, New Zealand’s climate change efforts will remain unfinished business. When it comes to climate change, money talks. Climate finance is critical for enabling a low-emissions transition. This involves...
Is New Zealand really the least corrupt country in the world?
By Zachary Meskell New Zealand needs additional transparency measures to shed light on “dark money” in politics, says Zachary Meskell. Earlier this year, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and, once again, New Zealand was...
Can better democracy lead to better freshwater in Aotearoa?
By Maria Armoudian & Nicolas Pirsoul If we want to improve NZ’s freshwater quality, first we need to improve the quality of our democracy. Since the fatal Havelock North campylobacter outbreak in 2016, freshwater quality has rightfully been a major political issue...
Is the bright-line test extension really just a capital gains tax by another name?
By Alison Pavlovich “If we want a fair and prosperous future, we need a tax system that helps to redress market inequalities.” ACT leader, David Seymour, and National Party leader, Judith Collins, have both labelled the extension of the bright-line test...
Is time running out for Aotearoa’s birds and bees?
By Maria Armoudian and Brendon Dunphy New Zealand’s native bees and almost all our sea birds could face extinction. Action and research are needed more than ever, write Maria Armoudian and Brendon Dunphy. Throughout much of the world, bird and bee populations,...
What can we learn from the 2008 New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement?
By Murat Üngör and Samuel Verevis New Zealand was the first developed country to commence FTA negotiations with China. In November 2004, New Zealand and China launched FTA negotiations and in April 2008, New Zealand became the first OECD country to successfully...
Is it time for New Zealand to leave Afghanistan?
By Robert Patman & Ryan Webb New Zealand can take some pride from the largely positive contribution it has made in nation-building and advancing human rights in Afghanistan, says Robert Patman and Ryan Webb. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, few...
How can a Matauranga Māori lens help keep our rivers healthy?
By Paul Panckhurst Researchers have articulated a way to look at and look after our fresh waterways founded on Matauranga Māori. When floodwaters pounded the Bay of Plenty township of Matatā with boulders and logs to devastating effect in 2005, three marae went...
Can environmental regulation save human kind from self-destruction?
By Mike Joy The role of environmental regulation is to prevent harm to the natural world, not only for its sake but to save humankind from self-destruction. The role of environmental regulation is to prevent harm to the natural world, not only for its sake but to...Subscribe by Email
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