Oct 31, 2018 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Jessica Eise & Kenneth Foster World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to the United Nations’ annual food security report. The total number of people who face chronic food deprivation has increased by 15 million since 2016. Some 821...
Oct 31, 2018 | Politics & Society
In March 2011 the Government set a goal that by 2025 less than 5 percent of New Zealanders will be smokers. Chris Bullen, Dr Ilaisaane Fifita, and Martin Wilkinson debate the issue of a smokefree New Zealand. Bold action from politicians Our national aspirational...
Oct 30, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Madeline Shelling Scoffing at an American tourist ordering grassfed beef can be the day’s highlight for a smug Kiwi. “Well of course it is!” we cry with haughty satisfaction “this is New Zealand, we don’t do ‘grain-fed’ here!’ We have pride that New Zealand Beef is...
Oct 30, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Cath Ellis Contract cheating is one of the most significant problems currently facing higher education. It is a form of plagiarism where a student gets someone else – another student, a friend, a family member, someone they’ve found via social media or on an online...
Oct 29, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Chris Doucouliagos & Tom Stanley The internet is transforming every aspect of our lives. It has become indispensable. But, so far, according to a new meta-analysis we have published in the Journal of Economic Surveys, the internet has done next to nothing for...
Oct 29, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Morgan Renata On Apirana Avenue in Glen Innes, little more than 100 metres apart from one another sit two supermarkets: one sports something of a household name after 30+ years of servicing New Zealand families, and the other, a relative stranger, offers only a...
Oct 25, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Catherine Armstrong When we think of slavery, many of us think of historical or so-called “traditional forms” of slavery – and of the 12m people ripped from their West African homes and shipped across the Atlantic for a lifetime in the plantations of the Americas....
Oct 25, 2018 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Jodie Hayes Entomophagy – the consumption of insects – has been gaining popularity in many Western countries as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional proteins such as chicken, beef and pork. There are already several companies producing insects...
Oct 25, 2018 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Archana Chand The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) stated that 2017’s growth in international tourism arrivals was the highest in seven years, reaching a massive 1.3 billion. Unfortunately, this also implies that tourism’s global significance...
Oct 25, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Martina Tazzioli Since the EU declared a “refugee crisis” in 2015 that was followed by an unprecedented number of deaths in the Mediterranean, maps explaining the routes of migrants to and within Europe have been used widely in newspapers and social media. Some of...
