Dec 2, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Alexander Campbell In an election dominated by the response to COVID-19, a line in the Labour manifesto opened the door to campaign finance reform: “Labour will continue to protect the integrity of New Zealand elections, and voters’ access to the polls, including a...
Nov 19, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Ling Yee Wong Improving access to civil justice The Rules Committee of the New Zealand Judiciary recently sought feedback from the legal profession and wider community on proposals to change some procedural rules for civil court cases. These proposals include...
Nov 16, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Mark Thomas “High levels of vaccination may be expected to provide our communities with the best possible protection against COVID-19.” Preventing catastrophic community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is the goal of many nations. Those, such as New Zealand,...
Nov 11, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Denise Montgomery Immunisation expert Dr Nikki Turner says as we wait for a Covid-19 vaccine, there are other diseases to keep in mind. News that the Government has options to buy Covid-19 vaccines has raised hopes of a better 2021 than 2020. The agreement is to...
Nov 5, 2020 | Politics & Society
We all know the harm that gangs can do but can they ever be good for society? And what constitutes a gang anyway? Three experts from the University discuss the issues in 350 words each. Social inequality is the real crime By definition, gangs are entities that engage...
Nov 2, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Finlay MacDonald Few countries were ready for the pandemic that’s hit the world. So has the Covid-19 crisis taught us anything about ameliorating the threats of climate change? The world is heading to be 1 degree warmer in 2040, leading to fires, floods, heatwaves...
Oct 20, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Richard Shaw, Bronwyn Hayward, Jack Vowles, Jennifer Curtin & Lindsey Te Atu o Tu MacDonald The pre-election polls suggested it might happen. But the fact that Labour and Jacinda Ardern have provisionally won an outright majority and the mandate to govern New...
Sep 30, 2020 | Politics & Society
In this special Big Q podcast, Sam Smith is joined by Lara Greaves, Mark Boyd, and Victoria Woodman to look at the 2020 New Zealand general election. They discuss how the two main parties are tracking, the state of the minor parties, and assess the overall election...
Sep 22, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
The “Great Lockdown” has been described as the worst recession since the Great Depression and certainly is much worse than the Global Financial Crisis. Most countries around the world will have largely emptied their coffers, and borrowed heavily, to fund strategies to...
Sep 21, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Ogonna Nweke In the 1970s African American activism was echoed in New Zealand influencing the creation and activism of both Ngā Tamatoa and the Polynesian Panthers. 50 years later these trends continue with protests across New Zealand sparked by the deaths of...