New Zealand’s government has hailed a fossil fuel ban for KiwiSaver default funds as part of its commitment to addressing climate change – but there’s scant detail about what exactly the ban covers.
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Under the Paris Agreement, countries have registered plans to meet emissions reductions, but the current pledges, if fully realised, would take us to 2°C by the 2050s.
The draft New Zealand cannabis law proposes a ban on advertising, but includes no reference to marketing via social media, where most alcohol marketing now takes place.
With an overwhelming referendum result, Bougainville has just taken an important step to becoming an independent nation.
Yes, Jacinda Ardern is an intelligent, compassionate prime minister, but governing is difficult – and problems have inevitably arisen, or never gone away.
New Zealand is a net exporter of many fruit and vegetables. While climate-change induced food shortages are not an imminent risk, some crops may be affected by rising temperatures and extreme weather.
Waste-to-energy incineration has been raised as a solution to the global plastic waste problem, but the technology adds pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and encourages more waste production.
The British Psychological Society is calling for a language change, from ‘obese people’ to ‘people living with obesity’. But using the word obesity can reinforce rather than prevent stigma.
One in four New Zealanders are living with a disability. Non-disabled people think they know what disability “looks like”, and often how to help. And that can be a problem.
Teaching history is as much about facts and people as it is about contested narratives and disputed interpretations, which is why it’s time to make New Zealand history a compulsory subject at school.
The land occupation at Ihumātao, near Auckland’s airport, is reviving forms of protest common in the 1970s, now enhanced by new media and led by a new generation of Māorikeen to see grievances addressed.
Data from a workplace barometer study show more than a quarter of employees felt depressed often, a half said depression affected their lives and for 8% life was “very or extremely difficult”.
New Zealand has proposed new fuel standards, along with a consumer rebates for cleaner cars – paid for by higher costs for high-polluting cars – to cut its rising transport emissions.
Academics on casual contracts often feel vulnerable and of lower status than “permanent” staff members. They can minimise their exploitation as if it’s part of the authentic academic experience.
Cuba is offering a compelling example of how we can take care of each other during the climate crisis with its work training doctors on Kiribati, a nation that is being devastated by climate change.
New Zealand’s coalition government has to balance strong martial and pacifist traditions. But ageing equipment and climate change will require taxpayers to fund expensive upgrades for the military.
Ladybirds do not have tails because they have no backbones.
New analysis shows that if New Zealand replaced GDP with the Genuine Progress Indicator, which accounts for social and environmental costs, it would be only half as well off.
Under the New Zealand government’s well-being approach to the budget, funding that will help reduce emissions is linked with economic development and innovation.
New Zealand’s government has moved away from GDP as a sole indicator of prosperity to prioritise a suite of measures that track well-being.
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, Massey University
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Postgraduate Researcher, Massey University
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Dean's Chair in Management and Māori Business, Massey University
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Associate Professor and Senior Clinical Psychologist, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Massey University
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Research Officer, Riddet Institute, Massey University
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Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
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Research Assistant, Massey University
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Associate Professor of Communication, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University
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PhD candidate, College of Health, Massey University
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Massey University
