Are food delivery services good for your health?
By Rajshri Roy On-off lockdowns and social distancing has seen demand for food delivery services soar. Dr Rajshri Roy asks that we examine the impact of such services on our exposure to unhealthy foods and dietary intake. Online food deliveries have been growing in...
What lessons can we learn from the COVID pandemic?
By Sir Peter Gluckman Societal cohesion, mental health, wellbeing, and even democracy may all be at stake if lessons are not learned quickly from this pandemic, writes Sir Peter Gluckman. The rapid development of multiple Covid vaccines has been a triumph of science....
How can we rethink ‘race’ in Aotearoa?
By Dame Anne Salmond A new column from Dame Anne Salmond challenges the legalistic, one side up against the other approach to race relations and the Treaty of Waitangi of the past 40 years. Racist thinking runs deep. As Jess Berentson-Shaw observed in ‘Why Anti-Racism...
How should we remember the Korean War?
By Stephen Hoadley Stephen Hoadley cautions New Zealanders to take into account the security risks – and the economic opportunities – presented by the fragile inter-Korean armistice, and to be aware of the shifting power balances of the East Asian region....
What is the future of Māori-Pakeha relations?
By Dame Anne Salmond Instead of seeing Māori ways as an either/or with existing thinking about the world and its governance, Dame Anne Salmond argues it’s time to bring them together for new institutional forms of order for Aotearoa-New Zealand. For more than...
Is cyber security a people problem?
By Gehan Gunasekara In an age where personal information is the new oil, chief privacy officers in companies should be as important as chief financial officers. Gehan Gunasekara explains the human dimension to cyber vulnerabilities – and how we can keep safe. ...
How can we increase electric vehicle usage?
By Grant Covic, Nick Long & Doug Wilson Wireless charging stations set in the pavement for vehicles to park over are closer than you think, for both cars and heavy transport vehicles. Urgent action is needed to increase the ease of owning and operating electric...
Are banks days numbered?
By Alex Sims The growth of crypto is confounding critics and forcing central banks like New Zealand’s Reserve Bank to investigate their own digital currencies. Last weekend saw Miami host the Bitcoin 2021 conference. While we don’t know the exact numbers of...
What are the effects of long COVID?
By Victor Dieriks Dr Victor Dieriks draws attention to Covid’s potential risks of long-term, life-changing neuropsychiatric disorders should we not run a successful vaccination campaign. New evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic paints a grim picture of the...Subscribe by Email
Completely spam free, opt out any time.
This form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
