The coronavirus crisis has given experts and specialists worldwide a lot of power. As countries like New Zealand begin to recover, we need to question that power more than ever.
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This 2020 budget is not the pivot to a green rebuild many had hoped for. But its short-term focus on caring for people’s health leaves the door open to stronger climate action down the track.
Since the lockdown went into effect, new signs responding to the government’s directions have been noticeably visible, created by both the government and private businesses.
The 2020 “Rebuilding Together” budget rightly targets a looming unemployment crisis, but just how bad that will be remains uncertain.
NZ$4.3 billion will go some way to patch up long-standing cracks in New Zealand’s health system. But COVID-19 has shown NZ’s regional approach to health isn’t good enough against a nationwide threat.
Jacinda Ardern has won global admiration for her personal style. But how will Kiwis judge her government at the ballot-box in September this year – just as unemployment is expected to peak?
New Zealanders and struggling media companies are paying the price for an unwillingness to tax the tech giants’ local profits.
Earth’s has gone through major climate changes in the past. They happened on time scales of millions of years and triggered mass extinctions. Our emissions are changing the climate much faster.
New Zealand’s 2020 “pandemic budget” should shift spending priorities towards a flexible and targeted approach to economic recovery.
New Zealand’s 2020 budget must not only provide economic hope, it must balance the very different ideologies and aspirations of two earlier historic budgets.
Sports have been out of action during the coronavirus lockdown, but the recovery period is a chance to redefine sporting success beyond winning and profit margins.
Legal challenges to New Zealand’s strict early lockdown rules will test how far a government can go in a public health emergency.
Despite World Health Organisation warnings that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of severe complications of COVID-19, alcohol was sold as an essential item during New Zealand’s lockdown.
Australia and New Zealand have well and truly ‘flattened the curve’, and there is now a real chance we could eliminate coronavirus in both countries. But what does elimination actually mean?
Previous shocks show that smart spending and building public confidence are crucial to the speed and shape of economic recovery.
While some authoritarian governments have won early praise, research shows that democratic countries with a balance of power between central and regional bodies are best able to succeed.
Talks about creating a trans-Tasman bubble have focused on kick-starting short-term economic activity through tourism. But Australia and NZ could also increase manufacturing and trade integration.
Food choices make a difference to the climate impact of our diet. Every step towards eating a more plant-based diet results in lower emissions, better population health and reduced healthcare costs.
Australia and New Zealand are talking about quarantine-free travel between their two countries. What would it mean and how would it work?
While Pacific communities need robust public health reporting, local media face harassment and arrest while covering the crisis.
Principales colaboradores
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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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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University
