With inflation on the rise, what can be done to support low-income families?
By Murat Ungor Inflation is raising prices and reducing real wages – what should be done to support NZ’s low-income households? There is no doubt life is becoming much more expensive in New Zealand as inflation hits a three-decade high, influenced by both domestic and...
What is the path out of our housing crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand? ▶
Ending New Zealand’s Housing Crisis is a film by Harry Booth, Haidon Evans and Jade Hunter. The film was produced as part of a Stage 3 COMMs class Documentary and Social Change (2021) taught by Annie Goldson at the University of Auckland. Aotearoa New Zealand is...
In what ways can we measure the carbon footprint of the natural world? ▶
In what ways can we measure the carbon footprint of the natural world? James Muirhead says Aotearoa New Zealand is the perfect place to understand the carbon emissions from the natural world. Watch a short video of Muirhead explaining research recognised with a 2021...
What are the problems with New Zealand’s climate strategy?
By Anne Salmond Dame Anne Salmond lays out the fundamental problems with this country’s strategy to use pine forests and overseas offsets to help wish away our climate emissions. New Zealand’s strategy for responding to climate change is fundamentally flawed....
Are the new smoking policies the answer for a smokefree New Zealand?
By Chris Bullen If implemented as planned, the new smokefree action plan could be the single most significant approach we take as a nation to reducing preventable death and disease and reducing health inequities, writes Chris Bullen. As a doctor, tobacco researcher...
Is New Zealand’s legal aid crisis eroding the right to justice?
By Kris Gledhill New Zealand’s legal aid crisis is eroding the right to justice – that’s unacceptable in a fair society. Most lawyers are happy to accept we’ll never be as popular as doctors. We are probably on a level with dentists: nobody really wants to see them –...
Gaining steam or just hot air: What is the role of hydrogen in decarbonising New Zealand’s economy?
By Bronwyn Wilde To make hydrogen competitive with fossil fuels, the Government would need to use a combination of investment, incentivisation and regulation but these benefits should only apply to certified green hydrogen, produced with renewable energy. The history...
Do we need a right to repair?
By Alex Sims Legislative changes must be made quickly to avoid New Zealand becoming a dumping ground for products unable to be sold overseas. In 2017 each person in New Zealand generated around 20.1 kg per year of e-waste, most of which was not recycled. As e-waste...
What is the hidden cost of New Zealand’s ‘food basket to the world’ role?
By Catherine Alexander New Zealand’s reliance on pastoral farming as the backbone of its agricultural economy has a hidden cost in the form of phosphate extraction, a non-renewable resource mined at a high cost to our Pacific neighbours and the Sahrawi people in...Subscribe by Email
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