Is our COVID tracer app data protected enough?
By Andrew Chen New Zealand is introducing mandatory record keeping to help contact tracers. But is the data protected enough? From 11:59pm on Tuesday September 7, every person in Aotearoa New Zealand over the age of 12 will be required to keep a record of their...
What are the causes of Haiti’s ongoing poverty and political marginalisation? 🔊
Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world. But what are the causes of this poverty? International aid has flown into the nation, in particular, throughout the last two to three decades. It has also been the target of intentional military intervention and...
COVID: What should we be doing for Māori and Pacific peoples?
By Natalie Netzler Covid-19 is hitting our Māori and Pacific communities disproportionately hard. So how can we improve clear, targeted messaging on vaccination? The Covid-19 pandemic continues to create global chaos and devastation. At the time of writing there have...
What are the true costs of the war in Afghanistan?
By Neta C. Crawford Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed a pullout of...
Counter-terrorism: how can Aotearoa reduce the risk of future attacks?
By Alexander Gillespie New Zealand needs to go beyond fast-tracking counter-terrorism laws to reduce the risk of future attacks. New Zealand’s second terrorist attack in two years highlights weaknesses in existing counter-terrorism laws in preventing violent...
Should we be worried about COVID vaccine side effects?
By Helen Petousis-Harris Health risks from contracting Covid-19 far outweigh the rare vaccine side effect linked to the woman who died in New Zealand last week. Helen Petousis-Harris explains. After hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccination doses given worldwide,...
What happens if we lose the Amazon?
By Vanessa Andreotti Brazil is voting to legalize the destruction of the Amazon forest and the extermination of Indigenous peoples, the forest’s last line of defense. It is not just the people of Brazil who will suffer in the face of their government’s smartly...
The atom splitter: What is Ernest Rutherford’s legacy?
By Richard Easther It’s the 150th anniversary of the birth of New Zealand’s most celebrated scientist, Ernest Rutherford. Richard Easther acknowledges the man who brought us the insight that our world is made of atoms. If there is an afterlife for physicists it will...
ANZUS at 70: What next for the alliance?
By Patricia A. O’Brien Together for decades, the US, Australia and New Zealand now face different challenges from China. Seventy years after the U.S., Australia and New Zealand signed a treaty committing them to defend one another and work together to ensure a...Subscribe by Email
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