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American Born Chinese is a recent addition to stories of young people who grapple with what it means to be successful.
When is a dictatorship not a dictatorship? When you’re a New Zealand prime minister and you’re due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, that’s when.
Marine sediments are the world’s largest store of carbon, and fiords in particular are a massive sink. But New Zealand doesn’t even have an oceans policy to develop blue carbon climate policy.
It may be half-a-world away, but the war in Ukraine is escalating geopolitical tensions everywhere – including between China and the US, with major implications for New Zealand foreign policy.
The argument that private healthcare relieves pressure on the public system is misleading. Private care profits from failures of the public system and patients’ desperation for timely treatment.
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.
Educators have expressed concern about ChatGPT but it could be a tool to help stressed and time-poor students.
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.
Meski meningkatkan pemantauan dan pengawasan itu penting, mengurangi ukuran pasar gelap mana pun bisa dibilang merupakan respons terkuat terhadap ancaman yang dituduhkan.
Tobacco companies claim denicotinisation and lower availability of tobacco could lead to illicit trade, but several studies show problems with the way the industry uses data to support such claims.
In an age of antibiotics and scientific reason, we like to think we’re more rational than our forebears. But the early history of conspiracy theories suggests some behaviours persist through time.
China’s global ambitions are real but they should not be over-hyped. New Zealand’s strategic interests lie outside any direct participation in AUKUS.
Ecological damage, risk of nuclear accident and the economic fallout from war all affect countries well beyond the conflict zone. How should the world deal with these borderless threats?
It’s likely Canberra is open to discussions with Wellington about investing in the AUKUS alliance. Can New Zealand keep hedging its bets on China and the US?
Nine in ten of all deaths in New Zealand are caused by non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Better use of research evidence could save lives and healthcare dollars.
About a third of women and 9% of men who participate in the long-running Dunedin Study reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact before age 16. For many, this has a life-long impact.
While the cut in tobacco retail outlets may help people planning to quit and prevent youth uptake, those who have smoked for a long time may sacrifice other necessities to continue smoking.
New Zealand’s initial elimination approach to COVID has significantly decreased the risk of hospitalisation and death. Now we need to find the right mix of measures to limit infection and reinfection.
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Professor of Marine Science, University of Otago
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Teaching Fellow in Music, University of Otago
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Professor of History, University of Otago
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Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of Hauora Māori, University of Otago
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PhD candidate in Politics, University of Otago
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Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology, University of Otago
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Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago
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Honarary Professor in Environmental Genomics, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of International Politics and Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (Christchurch), University of Otago
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Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing , University of Otago
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Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago
