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New Zealand’s tax system might be in need of updating, but Revenue Minister David Parker’s new tax legislation is unnecessarily complicated at a time when we most need clarity.
Incremental and pragmatic, New Zealand’s fifth Wellbeing Budget tries to balance cost-of-living support with huge long-term investment challenges – all without frightening the inflation horses.
Making further dents in child poverty will mean implementing bold support for those families being left behind. This week’s budget already feels like a lost opportunity.
Has greater awareness of mental health issues also caused more people to interpret milder forms of distress as something worse? Better understanding of mental health disorder in general might help.
New Zealand has criminalised cartel behaviour. But by offering leniency to whistleblowers, the new rules are undermined.
Over a decade of protest led to the banning of fuel exploration in New Zealand waters. As this extract from a new book explains, that ‘win’ is still precarious and may depend on the election result.
Health outcomes continue to be influenced by geography, with local communities having to plug gaps in services. The health reforms offer a chance to strengthen local networks to respond better.
Diagnosis is more than the medical process of identifying an illness. It’s a social agreement about what counts as disease and a storytelling tool to make sense of dysfunction.
New Zealand came very close to having an independent sentencing council to help set sentencing guidelines for crimes. For the sake of consistency, it might be time to revive the idea.
One key difference between kaitiakitanga and conservation is that the former considers people as part of the environment, while the latter manages nature as if people were separate from it.
Climate change is adding energy to the atmosphere and the oceans. This in turn fuels more intense storms and heavy rainfall.
In this extract from the new book Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand, the authors examine the ideological origins of the Christchurch massacres nearly four years ago.
Should the country go into debt or raise taxes to pay for disaster recovery? The best solutions might not be the most politically attractive – and that’s a problem.
Aotearoa’s arts and cultural sector remains on an emergency footing following the last three years of pandemic disruption.
Flood and cyclone damage shows why turning Auckland and other urban parts of New Zealand into ‘sponge cities’ is the right idea. But overseas experience from China and beyond shows it won’t be cheap.
National electricity grids are vulnerable to extreme weather events and can leave entire regions without power. Microgrids can deliver better energy security in a warming world.
As part of its target to cut emissions, New Zealand aims for a 20% reduction in driving by 2035, mainly through better urban planning and travel options. Why doesn’t the plan mention intercity rail?
The death of the government’s public media project is a significant policy failure. But all might not be lost – at no real extra cost.
If decision makers don’t have up-to-date information about urban water use and demand, any policies they design are unlikely to deliver for communities or the environment.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, School of English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Postgraduate in Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research Fellow, Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Accounting and Capital, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Glaciology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
