Opinion

Professor Basil Sharp discusses why oil and gas should be part of our energy supply in the future alonside carbon-freindly alternatives  >>

Professor Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-chancellor of The University of Auckland, asks what kind of university system does New Zealand want?  >>

Dr Peter Adams discusses the history of the expansion of gambling in NZ and the lack of public consultation along the way.  >>

Former Premier of South Australia Mike Rann, from the Department of Political Studies, implores us to remember what ties NZ and Australia together.  >>

Should the government place a moratorium on fracking? or should it take a more measured approach? asks Associate Professor Rosalind Archer  >>

Why making health insurance compulsory may not be good for us  >>

How do we perceive young women in our society who consciously choose not to have children? Does it make many of us feel uncomfortable? One of our academics has been exploring this issue.  >>

Women may appear to have cracked the glass ceiling, yet all is not equal in the world of politics and business.  >>

State owned enterprises at first glance look like ordinary companies incorporated under the Companies Act 1993. But lurking in the SOE Act are provisions that make them different animals altogether…ones that needs to be treated with utter care, res  >>

Assoc Professor Gehan Gunasekara of the Business School's Department of Commercial Law argues that ever-increasing mining of our personal information is at least an invidious as illegal file-sharing  >>

The University of Auckland Business School Dean, Professor Greg Whittred, looks at the economic issues facing New Zealand in 2012 and beyond.  >>

Sociology PhD student Darrell Turner says naked swimmers on beaches are an easy target for those with their own hang-ups  >>

Does it exist, what is its raison d'être - and do the answers lie in the stars?  >>

Associate Professor Nicola Gavey discusses pornography consumption.  >>

China has been marginalised in the US-led Apec agenda, writes Jane Kelsey.  >>

Associate Professor of Political Studies Raymond Miller discusses the impact of MMP on parliament and possible outcomes of the referendum.  >>

Sociologist Dr Campbell Jones talks about the motivations for the Occupy Wall St demonstrations taking place across New Zealand.  >>

The "invisible hand" of the market has failed to deliver prosperity and happiness in New Zealand, writes anthropologist and author Dame Anne Salmond.  >>

Dr Steve Matthewman from Sociology talks about the lessons from The Rena oil spill and the need to treat all technologies as a disaster waiting to happen.  >>

Dr Campbell Jones from Sociology discusses the defence of advertising in the moments before kick-off during the rugby world cup as "commercial reality".  >>