NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is it time for an anti-corruption agency?Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Auckland University of Technology
Who has most access to the top? What 5 years of transport ministers’ diaries revealCaroline Shaw, University of Otago and Katherine Cullerton, The University of Queensland
How far can teenage Kiwi running star Sam Ruthe go? What science and history tell usDylan Hicks, Flinders University
League of their own: the NRL Indigenous All Stars vs Māori match is much more than a noveltyHoani Smith, Lincoln University, New Zealand; Dion Enari, UNITEC Institute of Technology, and Phil Borell, University of Canterbury
Is NZ defence and intelligence policy aligning with AUKUS in all but name?Nicola Macaulay, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Polls are snapshots, not predictions: how to read them critically this election yearGrant Duncan, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
This central Auckland cottage tells a remarkable tale of the city’s bicultural historyAhmed Uzair Aziz, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A major overhaul of NZ’s local government is underway – will it really fix what’s broken?Guy C. Charlton, University of New England
Sexualised deepfakes on X are a sign of things to come. NZ law is already way behindCassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury and Andrew Lensen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Trump is threatening more tariffs over access to critical minerals – will NZ be targeted?Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Trump’s Greenland grab is part of a new space race – and the stakes are getting higherAnna Marie Brennan, University of Waikato
Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacyRobert G. Patman, University of Otago
Jevon McSkimming sentencing: why a public inquiry into the police should be nextAnna Marie Brennan, University of Waikato
Empowerment and joy: NZ’s Special Olympics Summer Games remind us what sport is aboutTrudie Walters, Lincoln University, New Zealand and David McGillivray, University of the West of Scotland
After Scott Robertson, the All Blacks face a deeper question than who coaches nextHoani Smith, Lincoln University, New Zealand and Dion Enari, UNITEC Institute of Technology
