Athletics New Zealand joins a long list of sports bodies dealing with abuse of female athletes. But systemic reform is taking far too long.
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The successful Australia-New Zealand bid for the Women’s World Cup made much of the tournament’s potential to build the game for girls and young women. History suggests this is easier said than done.
With a visit to NATO in July, and a decision due on joining the AUKUS security pact, Chris Hipkins’ visit to China has been well timed to avoid any further provocations.
With a focus on ships and cargo, we are missing the opportunity to prevent pests that ride in on the wind. It is time to invest in addressing the biosecurity threats before they arrive.
Pressure for more housing often runs up against a desire to preserve urban heritage areas. International best practice offers ways to navigate the impasse.
What does it mean to say, ‘I have spoken my truth’? Can the truth really be relative – and how can we have reasoned debates if it is?
Referees would need to be superhuman to be immune to the risk of bias – maybe that’s something all sports fans could agree on.
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.
The 2023 budget is unlikely to do the one thing our health system needs: provide the funding for a new medical school to meet our growing need for locally trained doctors.
While there is more than a decade of research into the negative effects of social media, a new study shows how women are taking control of their own online spaces to create more positive experiences.
To meet New Zealand’s target of a net-zero carbon economy by 2050, industrial heat process will have to change. Here are the four main options.
The 2022 parliament protests were unprecedented, but something similar could still happen again. What lessons can be drawn from the recent report into police handling of the event?
Businesses’ profit-seeking is an easy scapegoat for inflation. But a recent report from Treasury challenges this assumption.
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.
Extreme weather events are complex – and working out exactly how much damage climate change caused is a tricky task.
Innovative materials and modular buildings offer New Zealand a way to build back better after Cyclone Gabrielle. But to do this, we need to develop the framework to support the new approach.
The deportation of children during war goes to the heart of important and far-reaching human rights conventions. But bringing perpetrators to justice will be a long and complex process.
Breaking the cycle of poverty for future generations requires talking about it with children now, and helping them understand the causes of economic inequality.
The National Party’s new curriculum policy proposes reforms, when there are already several underway. What schools and teachers really need is more funding and less change.
There’s plenty of research supporting lowering the voting age to 16. Public debate and the law just need to catch up.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Waikato
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Research Fellow, University of Waikato
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Waikato
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Research Fellow in Restoration Ecology, University of Waikato
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Teaching Fellow in Economics, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer, Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato
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Research Fellow, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
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Social Scientist, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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PhD candidate/ Lawyer, University of Waikato
