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

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

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

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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

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
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

Builder framing a house.
Resignation of PM’s press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment

Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury

mobile phone recording something

Just the ticket? The problem with local body candidates aligning with national political parties

Julienne Molineaux, Auckland University of Technology

Party rosettes and voting paper
In her memoir, Jacinda Ardern shows a ‘different kind of power’ is possible – but also has its limits

Grant Duncan, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Jacinda Ardern sitting with hands clasped at a public event
‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve

Devon Polaschek, University of Waikato and Simon Davies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’ – why successful rehab for prisoners on remand will be hard to achieve
Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts

Carwyn Jones, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

David Seymour holding documents walking in parliament

Sihouette of female cleaner pushing trolley

The pay equity puzzle: can we compare effort, skill and risk between different industries?

Gemma Piercy, University of Waikato; Bill Cochrane, University of Waikato, and Suzette Dyer, University of Waikato

A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power

A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power

Stephen Winter, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau