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When landslides or glaciers bring rocks to the surface, cosmic rays bombard them, smashing common atoms into rarer forms and acting as a chronometer of the changing Earth.
Key education policy decisions in the early 2000s have not produced the desired results. But broad bipartisan agreement is now needed to give children and teachers the greatest chance of success.
The common triplefin is helping marine scientists understand the negative effects of ‘skyglow’ on coastal fish, which are already more exposed to microplastics, chemicals and noise pollution.
Neurodivergent employees can have specific needs. Inclusion in the workplace means businesses and employers need to consider differences that may not be visible to outsiders.
Geoengineering proposals to cool the ocean would indeed reduce ice loss from West Antarctica’s glaciers, but not enough to stop sea-level rise or allow the ice sheet to regrow.
The Commerce Commission says New Zealand’s banking sector is uncompetitive. But in the rush to fix the problem, regulators need to ensure they don’t introduce risk and instability into the system.
Plans to cut respite care funding has been met with widespread condemnation. But to understand why it is such an issue, it is important to understand the battle for support in the first place.
A century before the Dune films became new classics of the genre, Fritz Lang was making epic fantasies that redefined cinema.
Responses to our qualitative survey suggested artificial intelligence was at play. The results were woeful, and researchers will need to work harder to prevent contaminated outcomes.
New research comparing the geology of southern Africa with the deep seafloor near New Zealand challenges conventional views of how the planet behaved when it was very young.
National’s tax policies have been tweaked since the election, thanks to coalition agreements with NZ First and ACT. But the plan for tax cuts seems to have survived, to the benefit of core supporters.
Calls for the Fair News Digital Bargaining Bill to be fast-tracked are misguided. A better solution would be a straight levy on digital advertising to fund public interest news production.
An estimated 13 trillion litres of ice has already been lost from glaciers in New Zealand’s Southern Alps since 1978. Several are now approaching extinction.
Consumer NZ’s case against Z Energy under the Fair Trading Act may be a sign of things to come. But new legislation would be a cleaner way to regulate fossil fuel advertising.
Care and protection residences are meant to help children with nowhere else to go. Instead, official reports show those kids are experiencing increased serious physical, sexual or emotional harm.
The recent Port Hills fires highlight the increasing wildfire risks caused by climate change. Reducing the threat is going to take a shift in strategy, investment and community engagement.
Just 1% of politics education in New Zealand is focused on the Māori dimension, new research has found. How can the country discuss Te Tiriti o Waitangi when very few understand it?
If Māori did not explicitly cede sovereignty in 1840, neither did they fully retain it. If sovereignty is already being shared, where does Te Tiriti o Waitangi sit within our unwritten constitution?
Photogrammetry, a technique where 3D information is extracted from photographs, is reducing the guesswork in counting – and understanding – the world below the ocean surface.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research Fellow, School of Health, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, School of English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Postgraduate in Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Sociology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Geochemistry, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Accounting and Capital, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Glaciology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
