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Tom Phillips inquiry: one family’s tragedy now a chance to reform NZ’s child protection system

Tom Phillips inquiry: one family’s tragedy now a chance to reform NZ’s child protection system

Anna Marie Brennan, University of Waikato

Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences

Alexander Plum, Auckland University of Technology

Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences
Growing, going, gone: latest numbers show NZ now at risk of population stagnation

Paul Spoonley, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Growing, going, gone: latest numbers show NZ now at risk of population stagnation
‘Leadership is morality magnified’ – what police must learn from the McSkimming scandal

Michael Macaulay, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

‘Leadership is morality magnified’ – what police must learn from the McSkimming scandal
What is happening with the government’s contentious review of the Waitangi Tribunal?

Carwyn Jones, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

What is happening with the government’s contentious review of the Waitangi Tribunal?

The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here – and it’s brown

The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here – and it’s brown

Phil Borell, University of Canterbury and Dion Enari, UNITEC Institute of Technology

Pro-cycling crashes can be bad, but evidence suggests slower bikes aren’t the answer

Dylan A Mordaunt, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Pro-cycling crashes can be bad, but evidence suggests slower bikes aren’t the answer
Polls and trolls: is violent online abuse turning women off local politics?

Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury

Polls and trolls: is violent online abuse turning women off local politics?
A landmark conviction for war crimes in Sudan shows the wheels of global justice do turn – albeit slowly

Myra Williamson, Auckland University of Technology

A landmark conviction for war crimes in Sudan shows the wheels of global justice do turn – albeit slowly
Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage

Jeffrey McNeill, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage

Who wrote the cabinet paper recommending NZ not recognise a Palestinian state?

Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University and Chris Eichbaum, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Who wrote the cabinet paper recommending NZ not recognise a Palestinian state?
What Trump’s Gaza peace plan means for NZ’s stance on Palestinian statehood

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at podium.
By not recognising a Palestinian state, NZ puts its own hard-won reputation on the line

Robert G. Patman, University of Otago

By not recognising a Palestinian state, NZ puts its own hard-won reputation on the line
Why a proposed law to criminalise protests near homes is too vague to do much good

Kris Gledhill, Auckland University of Technology

Loudhailer in someone's hand

‘Soviet-era Stasi’ or defender of media freedoms? The battle for the Broadcasting Standards Authority

‘Soviet-era Stasi’ or defender of media freedoms? The battle for the Broadcasting Standards Authority

Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Kate Sheppard’s kitchen: an old recipe sheds new light on the feminist pioneer’s life

Kate Sheppard’s kitchen: an old recipe sheds new light on the feminist pioneer’s life

Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury