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Sir Peter Gluckman on global Covid mapping panel
18 February 2021
A University of Auckland scientist is a key member of a new international panel mapping future Covid-19 scenarios.
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Pacific nations should ‘stay with the trouble’
18 February 2021
Opinion: The Pacific Islands Forum leadership rift will not be the death knell for Pacific regionalism as long as nations keep talking, writes Yvonne Underhill-Sem.
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Lessons from lockdown: what could we do better?
9 February 2021
The 49 days of national lockdown in 2020 created stressful dilemmas between public compliance and personal responsibilities, a new study has found.
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In praise of the humanities and the values they impart
2 February 2021
Professor Tom Bishop shares his love of Shakespeare and gives a standing ovation to the humanities and to his students.
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Whakaari film to get international audience
28 January 2021
A New Zealand documentary about the deadly eruption of Whakaari/White Island on 9 December 2019 has been picked up for global distribution.
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US democracy will survive Trump: The case for optimism
21 January 2021
Opinion: There are grounds for optimism after the guardrails of American democracy held firm through to Joe Biden's inauguration as President, writes Stephen Hoadley.
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Toothless nuclear treaty can still bite
21 January 2021
Opinion: Nuclear weapons states and their allies risk reputational ruin if they flout the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, writes Carolina Panico.
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Child poverty and hospitalisation study gets surprising result
14 January 2021
Changes in income and movement in and out of poverty over time are only weakly associated with higher rates of child hospitalisation in New Zealand, according to a new University of Auckland study.
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Manage mental health early for better overall health and longer life: study
14 January 2021
Poor mental health earlier in life leads to poor physical health in later life, according to a new study.
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White rage and the Capitol rampage
11 January 2021
Opinion: If BLM protesters acted as Trump supporters did last week, the number of dead, injured and arrested would have been incredibly high, writes Neal Curtis.
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Anne Salmond: Trump no aberration
8 January 2021
Opinion: In a winner-takes-all world, Donald Trump is not an aberration - he is the epitome of the cost-benefit calculating individual, writes Dame Anne Salmond.
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NZ and the world’s largest free trade zone
17 December 2020
Opinion: Manqing Cheng explains the political and economic implications to New Zealand of signing up to the RCEP, the world’s largest free trade zone.
