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Foulden Maar is one of only two sites in New Zealand that preserve fossils showing ecological interactions and features such as eyes, skin, stomach contents and original colour patterns.
The effect of NZ’s abysmal literacy and numeracy rates can be seen in employment, health and justice outcomes. Education policy must address improving in these basic skills.
Our new research found up to 20% of bacteria in wild foods were resistant to a common antibiotic drug. Some samples had resistance to last-resort antibiotics, prescribed when other drugs have failed.
Big donors are already pouring millions into New Zealand’s 2023 election. But new proposals could make it harder for large donations to translate into political influence in future.
Consumers’ main concerns regarding farm monitoring are food safety, animal welfare and water quality. Many would like to see Māori values and land practices incorporated.
Microplastic pollution in lakes could affect the food web, all the way to people fishing and harvesting mussels, as well as sources of drinking water.
The latest NATO summit has put the spotlight on the global reach of the regional alliance.
Climate change is relentless and largely predictable, but it is influenced by natural variability. This means the largest temperature rise usually comes at the end of an El Niño event.
The country’s creative and critical music culture will be substantially diminished if the university funding crisis hits any harder.
Our new genomic research finally solves a 150 years of scientific mystery about the unusual and ancient pygmy right whale.
According to international data, almost three times as many people die at work in New Zealand than in the UK, which has a similar risk-management framework for work safety.
We know students learn science concepts better when their learning is embedded in real-world issues. But teachers are currently not well prepared to teach science in this way.
A new book about an old political leader asks what New Zealand has lost in the past five decades – and what it might yet regain.
Athletics New Zealand joins a long list of sports bodies dealing with abuse of female athletes. But systemic reform is taking far too long.
Despite the claims of landlords and politicians, there is no economic consensus against rent controls. A more nuanced debate would help, given the scale of New Zealand’s housing affordability problem.
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.
Previous changes to Australian citizenship rules for Kiwis went against the history and the spirit of intertwined trans-Tasman connections. The new rules put things back on track at last.
Despite a ‘damning’ report, the alternative education system still works wonders with students outside the mainstream. What it needs is more money and commitment.
New Zealand is falling well behind Australia in its economic relationship with India. Catching up will require significant political engagement.
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