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Gangs are going global and so is the illegal gun trade – NZ can do more to fight it

Gangs are going global and so is the illegal gun trade – NZ can do more to fight it

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato

Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision

Timothy Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision
Why has a bill to relax foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?

Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Why has a bill to relax foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?
Thinking of trekking to Everest Base Camp? Don’t leave home without this expert advice

Heike Schanzel, Auckland University of Technology and Michal Apollo, University of Silesia in Katowice

Thinking of trekking to Everest Base Camp? Don’t leave home without this expert advice
NZ will soon have no real interisland rail-ferry link – why are we so bad at infrastructure planning?

Timothy Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Interislander ferry docked in port

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Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?

Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?

Garritt C. Van Dyk, University of Waikato

Beyond playgrounds: how less structured city spaces can nurture children’s creativity and independence

Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Auckland University of Technology and Gregor H. Mews, University of the Sunshine Coast

Beyond playgrounds: how less structured city spaces can nurture children’s creativity and independence
Stable public housing in the first year of life boosts children’s wellbeing years down the track – new research

Jaimie Monk, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Public housing in New Zealand.
Whose story is being told – and why? Four questions museum visitors should ask themselves these school holidays

Olli Hellmann, University of Waikato

Person stands in front of paintings on a red wall at Te Papa, Wellington.
Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online

Kevin Veale, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Portrait of politician David Seymour against a black background.

Data gaps and demographic change: the end of the NZ census will create big blind spots

Paul Spoonley, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Data gaps and demographic change: the end of the NZ census will create big blind spots
Scrapping the national census raises data sovereignty and surveillance fears for Māori

Lara Greaves, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Ella Pēpi Tarapa-Dewes, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Kiri West, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Larissa Renfrew, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Stylised outline map of NZ, coloured yellow, against a background representing binary computer code
Kicked out for coming out: more than half of LGBTIQ+ flatmates face discrimination for their identity

Brodie Fraser, University of Otago and Mary Buchanan, University of Otago

cropped image of a bedroom with the legs of two men visible and pride flag in the background.
As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block

Robert G. Patman, University of Otago

As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block

Builder framing a house.

Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis

Timothy Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

mobile phone recording something

Resignation of PM’s press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment

Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury