Nov 14, 2019 | Featured, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
By Phillipa Malpas The End of Life Choice Bill[1] put forward by MP David Seymour in 2015, passed its final reading in parliament on Wednesday 13th November, with 69 MPs supporting a change in the law, and 51 votes opposed. Although the legislation has been passed by...
Nov 14, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Politics & Society
The New Zealand Government is considering significant changes to the configuration of public service media in New Zealand. Although there have been no announcements as to what these changes might be, one option is that TVNZ and RNZ might be disestablished in favour of...
Nov 13, 2019 | Featured, Science & Technology
By Max Moritz and Faith Kearns Deadly fires across California over the past several years have shown how wildfire has become a serious public health and safety issue. Health effects from fires close to or in populated areas range from smoke exposure to drinking water...
Nov 11, 2019 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
A new report has been released by the Child Poverty Action Group detailing food poverty and how it affects children in New Zealand. The report is titled “Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard” and comes in addition to research from the Auckland...
Nov 11, 2019 | Business & Economics, Featured, Science & Technology
As California burns, oceans rise, storms intensify, and Greenland’s glaciers melt, the world continues to try to identify solutions to the ongoing climate crisis. Mark Jacobson has conducted a new study on the impacts of carbon capture and direct air capture. Are...
Nov 7, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Rodrigo Telles de Souza Amazonia is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, spread over nine South American countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guyana, Peru, Surinam, and Venezuela), with approximately 60% of the forest (over four...
Nov 7, 2019 | Science & Technology
A group of researchers has found that there are definite and viable sources of freshwater under our oceans. Adrian Werner of Flinders University has been leading a team studying groundwater and offshore aquifers and their findings suggest there is freshwater. Mitchell...
Nov 6, 2019 | Politics & Society
New Zealand National party leader Simon Bridges wants to stop gang members from gaining access to welfare if they cannot prove their income is from legitimate sources. This comes at a time when some gangs are wanting changes in their community. However, sociologist...
Nov 5, 2019 | Politics & Society
The debate around the trial of armed police patrols in New Zealand continues since it was announced three weeks ago. The patrols will be rolled out in Manukau, Waikato, and Canterbury and involve heavily armed, specially trained, units roaming the streets in vehicles....
Nov 5, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Business & Economics, Featured, Politics & Society
By Peter A. Thompson MediaWorks’ television business has been attracting a great deal of attention recently, but unfortunately not entirely in the form of audience eyeballs. In October 2019 MediaWorks announced its decision to offload its television business...
