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Consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’

1 November 2023

Changes are needed to a range of laws, including copyright law, to enshrine the consumer’s ‘right to repair,’ writes Alex Sims.
Study explores Airbnb and crime in Auckland suburbs

30 October 2023

A study examining house prices, Airbnb prevalence and crime has found that the more Airbnbs a suburb has, the more property-related crime there is.
Velocity named academic initiative of the year

27 October 2023

Velocity, which offers opportunities from start-up competitions to incubation labs, has again proved its talent winning a Global Entrepreneurship Network award.
New thinking needed to take NZ forward

27 October 2023

The new coalition’s primary challenge is not to engineer faster growth, but a higher quality of growth than under the previous National Government, writes Robert MacCulloch.
Researcher to share insight into Tongan textiles

20 October 2023

Billie Lythberg has travelled the world researching Pacific barkcloths, and this month, she’s giving a free talk about ngatu, Tongan barkcloths.
Six ventures score slice of $100k

20 October 2023

The Velocity $100k Challenge has helped start-ups find success on a global stage, and this year, six ventures scored a kick-start that could see ideas burgeon into businesses.
Lost in translation? Not for these researchers

16 October 2023

Academics transformed complex studies into relatable reads as part of the 2023 Aotearoa Business and Economics Research Translation Competition.
Unraveling the implications of AI in policing

16 October 2023

Aotearoa must follow Europe’s lead and enact regulation to ensure police use of AI doesn’t cause more problems than it solves, writes Alex Sims.
Finding balance and enjoying the blues

11 October 2023

From serving tables to serving up innovation on a global stage, Blues Award-winner Luke Davis is turning challenges into triumphs.
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your job?

27 September 2023

Despite being over-educated, workers who undergo on-the-job training are less likely to quit, according to a University of Auckland study.
Google's monopoly and the price of inertia

27 September 2023

Opinion: Google knows that when confronted with a search engine that comes as a default, most of us won’t expend the mental energy to seek out a new search engine, writes Ananish Chaudhuri.
To hold our politicians to account, we need to understand what they’re promising

21 September 2023

The US Congressional Budget Office scores each party’s economic policies. Ananish Chaudhuri asks why we don’t have something similar.

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