Escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir border are a stark reminder that the subcontinent is one of the world’s likeliest nuclear flashpoints.
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New Zealand's terrorism law has never been prosecuted successfully since it was enacted nearly 20 years ago. So, why are prosecutors bringing a terrorism charge against the Christchurch shooter?
Officially, the number of migrants globally reached 258 million in 2017, increasing by 49% since 2000. But the lack of a clear definition of who is or isn't a migrant complicates the issue.
New Zealand is ethnically more diverse than most nations, but this cultural mix needs to be better reflected in movies and television productions.
While the "Christchurch Call" summit has made concrete progress, we need to keep up the pressure on social media companies to become more transparent and accountable.
A ceasefire and peace agreement in Afghanistan may mean that the Taliban would have to lose their "terrorist" classification and turn from despised outlaws to legitimate powerbrokers.
Ardern's coalition government promised to overhaul New Zealand's welfare system, but its response to a comprehensive report by an expert advisory group has been disappointing at best.
Last week's attempted removal of a newborn Māori baby from his family highlights the issue that indigenous children are much more likely to be taken into state care, in New Zealand and other countries.
New Zealand's government has released a bill that sets targets to bring long-lived greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050 and reduce emissions of the shorter-lived methane by 10% within a decade.
A Royal commission of inquiry has been set up to look into circumstances that led to the Christchurch mosque attacks. It will investigate intelligence services, it not the role of media.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Apocalypse now, and a director's cut version of the film classic premiered last week.
New Zealand's upcoming budget takes a well-being approach based on a suite of living standard indicators. But will this be different to what conservative governments elsewhere tried a decade ago?
Along with growing hostility towards journalists globally, the media climate in the Pacific has also been deteriorating.
The latest update on the environment highlights that New Zealand has the world's highest proportion of indigenous wildlife species either threatened or at risk of extinction.
New Zealand's largest general newspaper has launched a paywall this week, with likely repercussions for other media organisations and readers.
Built colonial heritage represents more than 80% of the sites on New Zealand’s national heritage list. This leaves some 700 years of Indigenous settlement significantly under-represented.
New Zealand's response to the Christchurch mosque attacks is seen as a new way of reacting to violent extremism. The challenge now is how to translate domestic cohesion into foreign policy.
The New Zealand government has set targets for reducing child poverty, but with hundreds of thousands of children living in poverty, this goal remains a challenge.
The Red Cross has released the name of a New Zealand nurse captured by ISIS in Syria more than five years ago in an appeal for help in finding her. But the move has caused a rift with the government.
All too often, researchers around the world act in competition when trying to answer research questions in an emergency situation, such as outbreaks of the flu. The UK is trialling a new approach.
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato
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Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
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Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
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Co-Director JMAD research center, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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Professor of Climate Change, Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Business Law, Victoria University of Wellington
