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...
Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Words by Tyra Horngren, ClimateWorks Centre Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash Green hydrogen could be a fossil fuels replacement in some sectors if Australia takes the immediate steps to embrace it. In a world grappling with the complex problem of...
Oct 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Words by Lachlan Guselli Picture by Michael Joiner, 360info On 14 October, Australians voted in a referendum to amend their constitution. They were asked to write ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the following question: “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise...
Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Photo by Jacky Zeng on Unsplash Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University It’s a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the...
Sep 20, 2023 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Red imported fire ant. Photo by Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC0 1.0 Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. Invasive species are costing us billions of dollars, but what can be done about it?...
Sep 5, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Andy Sheppard, CSIRO; Melodie McGeoch, La Trobe University; Philip Hulme, Lincoln University, New Zealand, and Phill Cassey, University of Adelaide Photo by Jens Rademacher on Unsplash Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions...
Apr 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Ocean Image Bank / Naja Bertolt Jensen, CC BY-NC Yolanda Lee Waters, The University of Queensland and Angela Dean, The University of Queensland Climate change, pollution and overfishing are just a few problems that need addressing to maintain a healthy blue planet....
Sep 1, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
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...
Oct 7, 2019 | Arts & Culture
In this history masterclass series, three historians – Paul Taillon, Malcolm Campbell, and Linda Bryder – come together from different specialist areas in the history discipline to address the role of populism as a historical force. In this series, you will hear about...
Oct 5, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Tracey Barnett Tracey Barnett analyses why Australia refused New Zealand’s offer to take in 150 refugees detained on the Pacific island of Nauru. Physically healthy children lay limp, catatonic, eyes closed, unresponsive, their bodies floppy when moved. It’s...