Jun 17, 2024 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
By Jen Purdie, University of Otago Photo by Arvind Vallabh on Unsplash Last week’s announcement of the government’s plans to reopen New Zealand’s territorial waters to oil drilling comes as no surprise. All three coalition parties campaigned on reversing the 2018 ban...
May 20, 2024 | Events, Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
On Earth Day 2024, Ngā Ara Whetū partnered with Te Aka Mātauranga Matepukupuku, the Centre for Cancer Research, to discuss the ubiquitous presence of plastics in our environment, and the impact they are having to the land, sea, air, animals, and on our own health and...
May 2, 2024 | Featured, Politics & Society, Referee
By Marco de Jong, Auckland University of Technology and Emma Shortis, RMIT University Photo by U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC by 2.0 Deed Details released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Official Information Act reveal New Zealand...
Apr 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics & Society
By Olli Hellmann, University of Waikato Photo by Caroline Attwood on Unsplash When New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day on April 25, it’s not only to honour the soldiers who lost their lives in World War I and subsequent conflicts, but also to mark a defining event...
Apr 22, 2024 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
By Dana R. Fisher, American University Photo by Katie Rodriguez on Unsplash The purpose of Earth Day is to demonstrate support for environmental protection and be mindful of the ways humanity can help planet earth. As Earth Month got underway this April, climate...
Apr 3, 2024 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Flooded. Photo by Peter Castleton, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. As the climate crisis continues, flooding has become an increasingly serious problem, causing death and...
Dec 20, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Words by Jon Unruh, McGill University and Geoffrey Goodell, UCL Photo by Anton Maksimov 5642.su on Unsplash International momentum is growing to seize Russian state assets, including central bank reserves, to pay for rebuilding a post-war Ukraine instead...
Dec 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Words by Vassilis K. Fouskas, University of East London Photo by Florian Wehde on Unsplash During the temporary ceasefire negotiated between Israel and Hamas with the mediation of the Qatar government, 81 hostages were released in return for the freeing of 180...
Dec 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Punita Chowbey, Sheffield Hallam University Photo by Ibrahim Rifath on Unsplash In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence against women. The UN includes in its definition of...
Dec 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Tom Baker, University of Auckland It was scarcely mentioned during the election campaign, but we will undoubtedly be hearing more about “social investment”. As the National Party’s election platform stated, it will be the “organising framework” for funding and...