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Afghanistan has been a gravy train for private security companies, but their local employees now find themselves in a dangerous no-man’s-land.
Children can give and refuse consent to be vaccinated, so parents and health workers need to be clear about the law.
A 70-year-old Cold War-era treaty among the three nations is finding renewed importance in response to the global rise of Chinese power and influence.
How we read messages is as important as what we write when it comes to happy workplace relations – especially in lockdowns or when working from home.
New Zealand has an ethical obligation to acknowledge its role in creating the crisis in Afghanistan and to increase its refugee intake to save as many as possible.
New Zealanders are worried about autonomous weapons. But military alliances with the US and Australia, and potential economic gains from local robotics research, mean NZ won’t yet take a tough stand.
As more genomes are sequenced, it will become clearer when and how the Delta variant slipped through the New Zealand border. The greater the diversity in genomes, the older and larger the outbreak.
As New Zealand enters another lockdown after detecting a single COVID case, it’s time to consider whether stringent zero COVID strategies are feasible in the long term.
Models show at least 60% of the population would need to use the COVID-19 tracer app to have enough data to control an outbreak without a lockdown – but only about 10% of New Zealand adults scan in.
With no diplomatic presence and chaos on the ground, even locating those Afghans eligible to come to New Zealand will be extremely difficult.
New Zealand has been free of COVID-19 community infection since February, but a single confirmed case in Auckland has seen the government again adopt the ‘go hard, go early’ approach.
To reduce pressure on cities and the environment, drivers should face a charge that reflects the actual costs of clogged roads, air pollution, climate change, injury and death.
The death of the former Olympic cyclist reinforces the need for a fundamental cultural shift in the priorities and value systems of high-performance sport.
The Drug and Substance Checking Bill currently moving through parliament marks another milestone in New Zealand’s shift away from criminalisation and towards harm reduction.
The challenges of containing inevitable outbreaks once borders reopen should not be underestimated. That’s why elimination remains the guiding principle and mass vaccination the imperative.
Fears that concerned parents might fall foul of a new law banning gay conversion practices are not borne out by the strict definitions in the bill before parliament.
Research shows even human resources students who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace would be unlikely to report it. So how do company’s make real change?
It’s potentially the biggest change to welfare since ACC and would favour those on higher pay – so why does the public know so little about it?
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Visiting Scholar in Politics, City, University of London
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of History, University of Canterbury
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