Oct 15, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Richard Le Heron Dairying is, alongside tourism, New Zealand’s largest export earner. Taken together they account for about half of the country’s external trade by value. In recent years, both seem to have crossed a threshold in visibility, range of impacts and,...
Oct 15, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Maryam Hamid The 2011 General Election in New Zealand saw the lowest turnout of voters since 1887 – when women didn’t even have the right to cast a ballot. At just 69.67% turnout, it has been quoted as “the lowest ever experienced in the country under conditions of...
Oct 11, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Mary K. Feeney One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she’s only the third female physicist to receive the award, after Marie Curie in...
Oct 10, 2018 | Politics & Society
After the controversy around the recent swearing-in of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, questions have been raised around the court’s place in American politics and whether it possesses too much political power. Maria Armoudian spoke with one of the...
Oct 9, 2018 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Joel Wooten In many industries, a decade is barely enough time to cause dramatic change unless something disruptive comes along – a new technology, business model or service design. The space industry has recently been enjoying all three. But 10 years ago, none of...
Oct 8, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Audrey Courty & Halim Rane Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the US, Islam has become central to debates about social cohesion and national security in Australia. Restrictions on Muslim immigration have been openly discussed – most recently by Senator Fraser...
Oct 5, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Amanda M. Countryman On Sept. 30, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a deal to scrap NAFTA and replace it with a new trade accord, narrowly meeting a self-imposed deadline for consensus. Although U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign the United...
Oct 5, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Tracey Barnett Physically healthy children lay limp, catatonic, eyes closed, unresponsive, their bodies floppy when moved. It’s called Traumatic Withdrawal Syndrome, a name that doesn’t begin to capture how disturbing the visual reality looks. At least 30 refugee...
Oct 3, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Jetson Leder-Luis Development aid is a potentially powerful tool for promoting economic growth among the world’s poor. However, development aid is plagued by corruption, in no small part because many of the poorest areas are also the most susceptible to corruption....
Oct 3, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Margaret Hagerman In America’s children, we often see hope for a better future, especially when it comes to reducing racism. Each new generation of white people, the thinking goes, will naturally and inevitably be more open-minded and tolerant than previous ones....