Even a short walk in nature can relieve mental fatigue and anxiety. With most of us living in cities, we need urban parks more than ever to take care of our well-being during the pandemic.
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Three major earthquakes, including one magnitude 8.1 shake, ruptured along the Tonga Kermadec subduction zone, the longest such system on Earth.
The adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to experience. Puberty is is the time brain networks are hardwired around milestone events. We should help teenagers make meaning of the pandemic.
Young fish need to find food to grow, but avoid being eaten themselves. That dance for survival is linked to moonlight, which has implications for fisheries management everywhere.
The Climate Change Commission releases New Zealand’s first comprehensive plan to cut emissions, calling on the government to “pick up the pace”.
A new measure of average weather days in New Zealand puts the temperature on the rise, again.
As the eradication of polio and the successful rollout of AIDS treatments have shown in the past, global cooperation in the face of COVID-19 is possible.
Once paid, tax becomes the property of the government. Pretending otherwise undermines the basic principles of the social contract.
The damage to once highly regarded brand names might be severe.
Our work is often so closely tied to our sense of who we are, many of us struggle to switch off on holidays. But it’s never too late to hide the laptop.
Given long-term forecasts for growing urban populations and an increasingly variable climate, local authorities will have to think about how best to encourage people to conserve water.
A new study suggests the Commerce Commission needs to get tougher with New Zealand businesses over their general terms and conditions.
The recently signed RCEP trade agreement encourages even closer ties with China, but this puts New Zealand’s long-term interests at risk.
Extreme heatwaves aren’t systematically monitored in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This leads to unnecessary and premature deaths which are often unrecorded.
The remediation of a quarried landscape usually focuses on ecological restoration. But if we turned mined sites into public spaces, it might change how we think about the environment.
Innovation means creating and capturing value from new things. And it’s better for the Kiwi economy if investment in that innovation grows local industries and creates jobs.
L’analyse cycle de vie des emballages alimentaires omet souvent l’impact et la toxicité éventuelle des fuites de plastique dans l’environnement. Ce qui donne aux plastiques un avantage injustifié.
The funding, procurement, storage and distribution of a vaccine present huge challenges to all governments, including New Zealand’s.
Our landmark new report examined the evidence (or lack thereof) behind certain interventions, but applying it to individual children and families requires a tailored approach.
Like Brexit in the UK, cannabis reform in New Zealand fell into an age gap — given time, a second referendum would probably succeed.
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Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Forensic Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer | School of Government, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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PhD Candidate in Forensic Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Informatics and Chair in Complexity Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Visiting Scholar, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
