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'De-extinction': Scientists are investing in Jurassic Park-like tech - but is it ethical?
A new Jurassic World movie is right around the corner, taking us back to the world where dinosaurs have been brought back from the dead.
But what has…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Growth or austerity? Unpacking Budget 2025 and what it means for you
The coalition Government has unveiled its second Budget.
Over 20 billion dollars in savings has been found over the next four years, more than half f…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Budget 2025: What you need to know
Officially dubbed the “Growth Budget” - unofficially, the “no BS Budget” - Finance Minister Nicola Willis has unveiled where New Zealand's dollars ar…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The new challenges hitting NZ's education sector - from AI in exams to rising mental health concerns
Society is always under pressure to keep up – given the world around us is in a constant state of change.
Our education sector is no different.
Educa…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Who is Jevon McSkimming and why has the former deputy Police Commissioner quit his job?
Only a few weeks after he had reportedly been in contention for the country’s top police job, deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming was suspend…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
How dictators fall: Inside the vulnerabilities of tyrannical regimes and how people fight back
Adolf Hitler. Joseph Stalin. Benito Mussolini. Pol Pot. Saddam Hussein.
Apart from being some of the most famous dictators in human history, they all…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
C-bombs, consequences and ‘chaos’: Unpacking an ‘unprecedented’ week of politics
New Zealand’s Parliament is a ‘house of chaos’.
At least that’s how our own deputy Prime Minister has described the debating chamber.
The C-Bomb was …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
A.C. Grayling on culture wars and the age-old cycle of ‘cancellation’
The ‘war on wokeness’ may feel like a new phenomenon, but in fact, it’s been around for centuries.
People have been ‘cancelled’, in one way or anothe…
11 months ago
How fair is it for countries to blame immigration for their issues?
If you’ve looked at headlines around the world lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking that immigration is the root of all our problems.
Perhaps the m…
11 months ago
Measles case sparks outbreak fears - how worried should we be?
New Zealand’s on high alert – after an Auckland ferry worker tested positive for measles.
They were infectious while on board a number of Fullers360 …
11 months ago