Is the Pacific Ocean under threat?
By Jodie L. Rummer, Bridie JM Allan, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ian A. Bouyoucos, Irfan Yulianto & Mirjam van der Mheen It might be the world’s biggest ocean, but the mighty Pacific is in peril. The Pacific Ocean is the deepest, largest ocean on Earth, covering about...
Is American democracy too polarised to survive?
By Timothy Kuhner Donald Trump’s power won’t prove authoritarian enough to compel the other branches and levels of government to undermine the election, writes Associate Professor Tim Kuhner. Prior to 3 November, 2020, 35 percent of Republican voters believed...
How has COVID reshaped the New Zealand media landscape?
By Merja Myllylahti Closures, cuts, revival and rebirth: how COVID-19 reshaped the NZ media landscape in 2020. When Bauer Media announced the closure of its New Zealand magazine operation just a week into level 4 lockdown in early April, things looked ominous for...
What are the key environmental issues facing New Zealand? 🔊
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared a climate change emergency in New Zealand. This declaration is non-binding, but Ardern says the motion intends to hold the Government accountable and recognises that they are taking the issue seriously. Jess...
What would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest?
By Sebastian Leuzinger What would happen if we cut down the entire Amazon rainforest? Could it be replaced by an equal amount of reforestation elsewhere? Removing the entire Amazon rainforest would have myriad consequences, with the most obvious ones possibly not the...
What does the “climate emergency” mean for New Zealand?
By David Hall, Raven Cretney & Sylvia Nissen By declaring a climate emergency Jacinda Ardern needs to inspire hope, not fear. There is no question that we must act, and act fast, on climate change. This week’s climate emergency declaration by the New Zealand...
Will the Biden administration re-join the Iran nuclear deal? 🔊
President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to return to normalcy. At the start of his campaign, he proposed that the US return to the Iran nuclear deal, an agreement which President Donald Trump withdrew the US from in 2018. What complications will the US face...
Who is Donald Trump, really? And how are we supposed to process his Presidency?
By Timothy Kuhner Author’s introduction: Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 election makes this the perfect time to share a few pages from my new book, Tyranny of Greed. Looking back at all Trump’s outrages against democracy, many of us desperately hoped the...
What can news organisations do to rebuild public trust? 🔊
Quality journalism has long sat at the heart of the democratic process – with a commitment to uncover the facts, and hold the powerful to account. Yet in a society increasingly plagued by misinformation and conspiracy theories, public trust in news organisations is...Subscribe by Email
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