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Why Vanuatu Should Brace For Even More Aftershocks After This Week’s Deadly Quakes: A Seismologist Explains
Friday, 20 December 2024, 5:35 pm | The Conversation
Since Vanuatu’s first earthquake was at a magnitude over 7, we would expect to see more aftershocks to come, at declining strengths and frequency – in a pattern that can last weeks to months. More >>
News Bargaining Incentive: The Latest Move In The Government’s ‘Four-dimensional Chess’ Battle With Meta
Friday, 13 December 2024, 1:46 pm | The Conversation
The government has been playing ‘four-dimensional chess’ to work out how to drag big tech back to the bargaining table with news publishers. So, will this new scheme work? More >>
Forgotten Histories: What Fetal And Baby Remains In Medical Collections Tell Us About Inequality
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:20 pm | The Conversation
Our new analysis of the skeletal remains and records of babies in a NZ museum collection shows they were largely born to unmarried mothers or lower-class families. More >>
NZ’s Gas Shortage Was Not Caused By The Offshore Exploration Ban – But It Was Still A Flawed Policy
Monday, 2 December 2024, 8:28 pm | The Conversation
The Emissions Trading Scheme would have been a better tool to reshape the energy market and cut emissions than an outright ban – and most new exploration had largely dried up already. More >>
COP29: ‘Climate Finance’ For The Pacific Is Mostly Loans, Saddling Small Island Nations With More Debt
Monday, 25 November 2024, 8:59 am | The Conversation
The real beneficiaries of climate finance for small island nations are private contractors brought in to build resilient infrastructure. There are now calls for a fairer money dispersal system. More >>
Trump’s Tariffs Are Nothing New – NZ’s Real Problem Is The Failing Free Trade System Itself
Friday, 15 November 2024, 1:57 pm | The Conversation
The US and others have been shifting the rules of the global free trade system for years. New Zealand can’t ignore the risks much longer. More >>
Not The Time To Share: NZ Needs To Rethink Multi-Bed Hospital Rooms
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 6:38 pm | The Conversation
Multi-patient rooms are the status quo for hospitals in New Zealand. But this breaches best practice for healthcare and infection control protocols, as well as the rights of vulnerable patients. More >>
NZ Must Step Up To Protect Its Own Oceans To Match International Commitments Made At Commonwealth Leaders’ Meeting
Monday, 4 November 2024, 8:28 pm | The Conversation
New Zealand’s track record in domestic marine protection is woeful and its proposal to resume oil and gas licensing offshore has been criticised by Pacific island states. More >>
New data on violence against LGBTQ+ people makes ‘grim reading’ – and undermines NZ’s inclusive reputation
Sunday, 3 November 2024, 9:36 pm | The Conversation
For the first time in New Zealand, violence against members fo the LGBTQ+ community has been quantified. The data reveal higher levels of crime and violence than against other New Zealanders. More >>
Where’s The Harm In That? How We Think About Workplace Hazards Hampers The Application Of Health And Safety Law
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 4:03 pm | The Conversation
New Zealand’s health and safety law covers mental health. But new research shows how little it is understood by those in management positions – leaving workers vulnerable. More >>
2023 Election Study: What Voters Really Wanted, And Why The Coalition’s Mandate Could Be Fragile
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:16 pm | The Conversation
The National-led coalition has a challenging mandate to govern, given voter expectations and surprisingly high levels of satisfaction with the outgoing Labour Party. More >>
Majority Of NZ Researchers See Māori Indigenous Knowledge As Relevant To Their Work – But There Is A Gender Divide
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:24 pm | The Conversation
A policy that encourages engagement with Māori communities has made non-Māori researchers more open to consider mātauranga Māori as an equivalent, although different, knowledge framework. More >>
What Can The US Teach NZ About Gun Control? More Than You Might Expect
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 3:01 pm | The Conversation
It might seem surprising, but a liberal gun ownership culture can produce sensible legal safeguards. With firearms regulation in the spotlight, New Zealand can learn from US experience. More >>
The Best Government Money Can Buy? How New Zealanders Feel About Political Party Funding
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 7:53 pm | The Conversation
A near majority of people are concerned government is unduly influenced by ‘big interests’. But party funding laws are complex and overdue for reform. More >>
NZ Is Encouraging The Use Of AI – But It’s Largely Outsourcing The Risks And Societal Costs
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 2:58 pm | The Conversation
Artificial intelligence is energy hungry and has an ever-expanding carbon footprint. Embracing the technology will make it harder for New Zealand to meet its climate targets. More >>
Preventing Falls: Google Street View Offers A Quick Way To Assess Risks For Older New Zealanders
Saturday, 19 October 2024, 8:24 pm | The Conversation
Going for a walk can be beneficial for older people but there are risks. A new tool uses Google Street View to identify footpath hazards that could cause falls. More >>
Winston Peters’ $100 Billion Infrastructure Fund Is The Right Idea. Politics-as-usual Is The Problem
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 6:54 pm | The Conversation
The proposed Future Fund is right on the money given New Zealand’s needs. But the three-year electoral cycle and lack of cross-party agreement could see it become just another political football. More >>
Two Decades After Decriminalisation, NZ’s Sex Workers Still Need Protection From Discrimination
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 6:43 pm | The Conversation
New Zealand decriminalised sex work in 2003. But according to new research, it risks falling behind other countries unless lingering difficulties for sex workers are addressed. More >>
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Group For Its Efforts To Free The World Of Nuclear Weapons
Saturday, 12 October 2024, 7:53 pm | The Conversation
The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear group, Nihon Hidankyo. More >>
Clues Left By The Alpine Fault’s Last Big Quake Reveal Its Direction, Helping NZ Prepare For The Inevitable Next Rupture
Friday, 11 October 2024, 7:05 pm | The Conversation
New research shows the last big earthquake on the Alpine Fault ran from south to north. With a 75% chance of another rupture in the next 50 years, this improves how we can forecast its impact. More >>
