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Elon Musk and Donald Trump walking together

Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?

Chris Ogden, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

NZ governments enjoy an ‘executive paradise’ – a longer parliamentary term won’t change that

Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Interior of parliamentary debating chamber
False economies: the evidence shows higher speed limits don’t make financial sense

Timothy Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Expressway with 110 speed sign
A Chinese own goal? How war games in the Tasman Sea could push NZ closer to AUKUS

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato

A Chinese own goal? How war games in the Tasman Sea could push NZ closer to AUKUS
Deepfakes can ruin lives and livelihoods – would owning the ‘rights’ to our own faces and voices help?

Graeme Austin, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Jane C Ginsburg, Columbia University

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Online violence and misogyny are still on the rise – NZ needs a tougher response

Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury

America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Robert G. Patman, University of Otago

Zelensky and Trump arguing in Oval Office
NZ governments enjoy an ‘executive paradise’ – a longer parliamentary term won’t change that

Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Interior of parliamentary debating chamber
The threat of 3D-printed ‘ghost guns’ is growing, but NZ is yet to act on these 3 big legal gaps

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato

man holding a 3D-printed pistol
NZ depends on the rules-based world Trump is dismantling – why the silence?

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato

NZ depends on the rules-based world Trump is dismantling – why the silence?

With a ‘tradwife’ starring in Married at First Sight, a nostalgic vision of womanhood takes centre stage

Christina Vogels, Auckland University of Technology

Woman in the laundry holds a basin with dirty clothes.
As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’

Chris Ogden, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’
‘A relentlessly dull world’ – the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons

Christine McCarthy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

‘A relentlessly dull world’ – the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons
24 years of life lost: people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study

Belinda Borell, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University and Jose S. Romeo, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

24 years of life lost: people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study

The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy

The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy

Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, University of Canterbury

David Seymour says Kiwis are too squeamish about privatisation – history shows why they lost the appetite

David Seymour says Kiwis are too squeamish about privatisation – history shows why they lost the appetite

Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University