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Outdated and imprecise: why it’s time we retired the term ‘race relations’

There’s a term that crops up whenever Aotearoa New Zealand’s political debates turn to the Treaty of Waitangi and its contemporary relevance: “race relations”.

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Heavy drinking in NZ is dropping – but not fast enough to stop the brutal legacy of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Rates of heavy drinking in Aotearoa New Zealand are starting to decline, matching trends seen in Europe. This may reflect greater awareness of the harm caused by alcohol, as well as financial pressures and the reduced affordability of alcohol products.

The Conversation

New Zealand’s conservative turn sounds chillingly familiar to Indigenous Australians. Here’s why the Māori fight is our fight

Every attack on treaty, land rights, language, culture and self-determination for Māori will give Australia’s politicians more justification for their actions, or lack thereof

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Banning social media for under-16s won’t help – teaching digital media literacy will

The astounding rise in social media use in the past few years is seeing policy responses come to a head, both internationally and in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Conversation

NZ’s government wants to kick-start a mining boom – but they’re unlikely to hit paydirt

Minister of Resources and of Regional Development Shane Jones has been busy boosting the prospects of an expanded mining and oil industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. A new mining policy is “long overdue”, he has said, and will counter the country’s “excessive levels of environmental protection”.

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Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity

Cities across Aotearoa New Zealand are trying to solve a housing crisis, with increasing residential density a key solution. But not everyone is happy about the resulting loss of natural habitats and biodiversity.

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New Zealanders are learning to live with COVID – but does that mean having to pay for protection ourselves?

I’m writing this with a dull ache in my left arm, sore from my third COVID booster. My second was in April when I also got a flu vaccination, which was funded by my employer. The arrival of the fifth wave of COVID in Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as…

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The NZ aviation industry is making bold climate claims – and risking anti-greenwashing litigation

On the same day last week that Air New Zealand announced the purchase of its first fully electric aircraft, Christchurch Airport announced it had reached “a new standard for decarbonisation”. On the face of it, great news for reducing aviation emissions in Aotearoa.

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Māori suicide rates remain too high – involving whānau more in coronial inquiries should be a priority

Rates of suicide in Aotearoa have remained stubbornly high, despite government efforts to address the issue through the suicide prevention strategy and action plan and other measures.

The Conversation

Restoring ecosystems to boost biodiversity is an urgent priority – our ‘Eco-index’ can guide the way

Biodiversity continues to decline globally, but nowhere is the loss more pronounced than in Aotearoa New Zealand, which has the highest proportion of threatened indigenous species in the world.

The Conversation

Book of the Week: Of course Māori got here first

A reissued 1938 classic smashes racist notions that Māori were not the first people to settle Aotearoa

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Indigenous reforestation is a Treaty right – and the right thing to do

Māori need the Government to urgently make better policy that will value native reforestation, argues Manu Caddie

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Yes to more social housing, but housing quality would be even better

Cooperative housing is in its infancy in Aotearoa, but if it were tweaked for social housing tenants it may help get them out of state housing and enable their home-ownership aspirations

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Long Read: The food lobby in Aotearoa

By Guyon Espiner: How the food industry throws its weight – and its money – around in sport, politics, nutrition, and education.

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New Zealand delights in Warriors’ NRL success after years of rugby league neglect

The flipside to the love fest around the team’s run to the finals is why it took so long for the game to realise its enormous potential in Aotearoa

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VOTE2023: Q&A with Winston Peters

The NZ First leader talks trade and constitutional arrangements, foreign affairs and export dependency, his 'anti-nonsense' stance on culture wars and the cost of living in Aotearoa.

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Expat NZ voters see the sky hasn't fallen back home

For overseas voters, the deciding issues won't be crime or the cost of living crisis. Distance gives us a perspective about the modern values NZ has embraced – yet risks casting aside.

The Conversation

Sustainability is often an afterthought in space exploration – that needs to change as the industry grows

Aotearoa New Zealand is the latest country to enter the expanding and competitive international space market.

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Reconfiguring the public-private partnership model to work for NZ infrastructure

Key to any pre-election conversations on large infrastructure projects in Aotearoa is a discussion on the important role of private financing, an open-minded evaluation of the public-private partnership model, and suggestions for how we might improve it | Content Partnership

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Haere rā football - you stole my heart

Spain are through to the FIFA Women’s World Cup final for the first time after a thriller last match in Aotearoa - the tournament’s success a revelation for Suzanne McFadden.

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Tell us: has your love of New Zealand birds turned you against cat ownership?

We’d like to hear from New Zealanders whose concern for native birdlife has made them reconsider the future of cats in Aotearoa

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Carole de Colville: Trailblazer for women TV presenters

Carole de Colville, one of the first women to work as a field reporter in national current affairs television in Aotearoa New Zealand, died recently in Australia. Her colleague and friend from that time, journalist Alison Parr, remembers her impact.

The Conversation

Curriculum changes must tackle the lifelong consequences of NZ’s alarming literacy and numeracy declines

Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills.

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Three directions our cities could take

Politicians need to reimagine our cities by reclaiming city centres and building strong urban communities for tenants instead of more suburban development, argue Dr David Jenkins and Eileen Corcoran.

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NZ music schools under threat: we need a better measure of their worth than money

Funding for the arts and tertiary education in Aotearoa New Zealand has long been insufficient. Run the two together, as is happening this year, and we find ourselves at a precarious junction.

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