Opinion
Peters’ week of talking bulldust
Week in Review: The NZ First leader shows there’s madness to his method, attempting to hog the limelight in the new Govt’s first week
Enhancing the mana of Te Tiriti
Comment: There is no need for the Act Party’s ‘principles’, because there are not two treaties. There is only one – Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The edible landscape where all can enjoy the fruits of others’ labour
Our public spaces, parks and gardens are largely ornamental – they could offer so much more repurposed as a place to provide free food for all
New Government crashes environment
Comment: The coalition agreements contain many actions on the environment – most regressive and some that could take NZ back decades, writes environmentalist Gary Taylor
politics
It’s ‘winner take all’ under MMP too
Governments govern and oppositions oppose, in the same way they did under First Past the Post
Coalition govt won’t deliver ‘national unity’ with these agreements
Reimagining our world as one where race has no relationship to what happens in our lives is doomed to fail
Stark warning in creative misuse of Covid funds
Covid fund was put to some questionable uses in NZ, but in Germany the government has just been severely censured, writes Oliver Hartwich
A distance-learning course in how to win friends and influence people
‘Settling some personal grievance claims, they remained hurt that I had no real empathy for their feelings’
ENVIRONMENT
Steel yourself for new govt’s climate agreement
The extent to which our climate responses will be compromised is about to become clear
E-scooters have never been ‘Devil Wagons’
Electric scooters have had a bad press ever since their invention, but there are many positives
The climate crisis is a health crisis
COP28 will recognise that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis
ECONOMY
Farming revolutions must inspire Fonterra to move faster
Rod Oram describes the fear that climate action triggers for many dairy farmers
Short-term thinking holding back NZ's regions
The country needs to move past politics and parochial interests if we are to get our remoter regions thriving
Don't let politicians off the hook with talk of 'unprecedented' events
Why didn’t we learn from Hawkes Bay earthquake? From Canterbury? From Kaikōura?
Sharemarket on course for third successive losing month
NZ sharemarket at 15-month low as port warns of slumping container volumes
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Revealed: A startling secret of NZ’s nuclear free policy
Nicky Hager says at the peak moment in the standoff over nuclear ship visits, a key minister shared top secret papers with him
Reclaiming democracy in Poland
Poland’s opposition also won the election, even though it is taking a long time to change the government
COP28 will be the most consequential UN climate talks yet
COP28 will focus on switch of food and agriculture practices from being a primary cause of the climate crisis to major solutions
HEALTH & SCIENCE
In defence of free prescriptions
Pharmacists call on National not to reinstate prescription charges
Conversion therapy ban prevents harm to Pacific Rainbow+ community
Family and church are the bedrock of Pacific cultures, but also the site of potentially severe psychological trauma
How a ‘Rule of Two’ could ease drug access
Unnecessary and wasteful Medsafe approval for tried and tested drugs abroad
ChatGPT is not a passing fad, let's get it to work for us, not against us
Teachers should use ChatGPT and generative AI to develop critical literacy
in case you missed it
COP28: As nations admit climate loss and damage, one industry still wins
Oil mogul ensures opening of UN climate summit avoids any talk of phasing out fossil fuels
The stadiums that could have been contenders
The media is being used to encourage politicians to accept as inevitable the idea of a waterfront stadium in Auckland, if not a specific plan
Not much for Kiwi wallets in first 100 days
Christopher Luxon’s new 100-day plan of action has a lot of aspiration but not quite as much substance
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