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The movement to establish a Māori monarch emerged following colonisation to protect land ownership and to bring otherwise independent tribal communities together.
Tracing extinctions that happened centuries ago is difficult. But in New Zealand, the last place to be settled some 750 years ago, ancestral Māori oral traditions retain clues about lost species.
Stress and anxiety levels among academics are on the rise, and some of the blame lies with ideologies that expect scholars to be leaders.
Ratusan ribu orang di Lombok kehilangan rumah menyusul gempa bumi. Sebagian besar penderitaan ini bisa dicegah jika rumah-rumah dibangun tahan gempa.
Whether New Zealand achieves real change in the way it engages with Pacific nations depends on how the 'Pacific reset' funding boost is translated into action on the ground.
Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless following the Lombok earthquakes. Much of this suffering need not have happened if houses were constructed to better withstand shaking.
New Zealand could become the first country to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
New Zealand has decided to attempt an eradication of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, which means culling thousands of infected cattle.
The discovery of molecular rules that regulate the transfer of genetic material between bacteria could help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance.
All five experts said BMI is not ideal for determining the health of your weight.
A study investigating the psychological effects of loot boxes in video games shows that such mechanisms are similar to gambling.
A new study shows that workers exposed to solvents in the vehicle collision repair industry are at greater risk of adverse health effects than other blue-collar workers.
New Zealand has set itself a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, and a recent report by the Productivity Commission lays out how it could hit that target.
Health, housing and education get funding boosts in the fiscally conservative first budget delivered by New Zealand's coalition government.
New Zealand's finance minister Grant Robertson will take centre stage when he delivers the coalition government's first budget tomorrow.
New research shows that children who live in greener neighbourhoods are less likely to develop asthma, and that the more diverse the plant life is, the more they are protected.
We've all hear we should drink eight glasses of water per day, but where did that advice come from, and is it outdated?
Natural gas is touted as a “bridging fuel” to displace coal while moving to a low-carbon economy. In New Zealand, this is shortsighted and could lead to stranded assets and hold back renewables.
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Lecturer in Psychology, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, Massey University
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Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Molecular Bioscience, Massey University
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