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Politics 2022: Good luck for the year ahead
28 Jan 2022Analysis - It's a mid-term year and the government has huge projects to progress as it faces what is potentially the worst Covid-19 crisis during its time in office, Peter Wilson writes.
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Despite Omicron, keeping schools open safely should be goal
The Omicron variant has caused serious disruption to schooling overseas. As Aotearoa prepares for an Omicron outbreak, calls to close schools as case numbers rise are expected, Jin Russell writes.
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Covid-19 will dominate, but NZ must also face 'triple planetary crisis'
25 Jan 2022Opinion: As the government prepares to deal with a looming Omicron outbreak, this won't be the only major issue it will have to tackle this year, Nathan Cooper writes.
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Ukraine might be far away, but a security crisis in Europe can still threaten Aotearoa
23 Jan 2022Analysis - Australia's National Security Hub Co-Convener Sascha-Dominik Bachmann analyses how the unfolding Ukraine-Russia conflict poses a threat to New Zealand.
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Tonga a reminder of need to modernise outdated undersea cables laws
21 Jan 2022Analysis - University of Canterbury Law professor Karen Scott examines how the damage to Tonga's undersea cable exposes vulnerabilities within the global communication system.
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Pandemic disruption to PhD research bad for society and the economy
18 Jan 2022Opinion - Covid-19 lockdowns have kept researchers from their labs and libraries and delayed projects. Postgraduate lead Catherine Whitby looks at what can be done to reduce the likely impacts.
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Climate: Sponges could be the main reef organisms in the future
18 Jan 2022Analysis - Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future.
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Why the Tonga eruption was so violent, and what to expect next
Analysis - The eruption is akin to a weapons-grade chemical explosion, and there could be several weeks or even years of major volcanic unrest to follow, writes professor Shane Cronin.
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Hamish Bidwell: Lack of franchise competition hurting Silver Ferns
20 Jan 2022Opinion - It was recently written that the Silver Ferns netball team was flourishing, but that's not possible with the team's diet of domestic competition, Hamish Bidwell writes.
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Yet another culture review in female sport
16 Jan 2022Opinion - An army of past and present Black Ferns have been invited to contribute to what's being called an independent review into the "culture of the team environment'.' Hamish Bidwell has his…
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Why the Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy employment case matters
14 Jan 2022Opinion - The case taken by two high-profile academics against their university goes to the heart of what it means to be a 'critic and conscience of society', writes professor Jack Heinemann.
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Scientists call for a moratorium on climate change research
11 Jan 2022Opinion - What should climate scientists do in the face of ever rising emissions? They could continue providing more evidence, join climate activists - or stop work in protest against government…
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How to get stronger by simply moving - with a little help from small weights
10 Jan 2022Opinion - Strength and conditioning expert John Cronin argues the case for small weight-based exercise as a cheaper and less-intimidating alternative to a gym membership.
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Politics and the pandemic - another year of Covid-19
Analysis - When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in January that 2021 would be the year of the vaccine it didn't seem to raise much interest.
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Report from the future: How Aotearoa will be a better place in 2040
4 Jan 2022Opinion - There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the future - but what if we got it right? Here's Thomas Nash's case for optimism.
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What life is like with a post-viral illness
8 Jan 2022First Person - As many fear what getting Long Covid may look like, Mick Hall shares his experience of living with post-viral illness for over a decade.
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Fossil scan reveals secrets of New Zealand’s extinct marine reptiles
3 Jan 2022Analysis - New Zealand's fossil record of land dinosaurs is poor, but the collection of ancient extinct marine reptiles is remarkable, writes Paul Scofield.
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Learning to live with 'messy, complicated history' of Aotearoa
27 Dec 2021Opinion - Rejecting the orthodox narrative of settler progress and embracing the dark truth of what colonalism really was is a challenge that will make us find our feet, writes Richard Shaw.
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Hunting galaxies far far away – here’s how anyone can explore the universe
An astronomer shares how she gets her "fix" by looking at galaxies only a select few people have seen, and gives tips on how you can also search the sky any time, anywhere via the internet.
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What's the best way to travel and cut emissions?
25 Dec 2021Opinion - As New Zealanders plan their summer holiday trips, it's worth considering different travel options and their respective costs, Emeritus Professor Ralph Sims writes.
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Going home in the age of Omicron
22 Dec 2021First Person - Nik Dirga wasn't going to make the trip home to California until things returned to "normal" but a family emergency saw him board on a plane only two weeks after Omicron first emerged.
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Our Changing World's best moments of 2021
29 Dec 2021Our Changing World presenter Claire Concannon looks back at the programme's most listened to podcasts of the year.
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What would NZ's greatest 20th century philosopher say about civil liberties?
Opinion on both the left and right, on social media and on the streets during the recent anti-lockdown protests has been highly polarised. Mike Grimshaw asks are these new phenomena?
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How Waitangi Tribunal hearings into Covid-19 response unfolded
21 Dec 2021Analysis - The finding that the government is actively breaching the Treaty of Waitangi in the pandemic response and is giving little heed to the needs of Māori will come as little surprise to those…
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