Conservation Amendment Bill exposes lack of independent oversight
Comment: I have spent more than two decades working with the Conservation Act from multiple perspectives: as a…
Why satellites should be in our orbit
Comment: Did you check the weather this morning? Use Google Maps to get somewhere? Watch television, take public…
How one graph could revolutionise environmental funding
MPs scrutinising the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Thursday briefly found the tables reversed, when the environmental…
Willis claims win as just 0.5 percent opt out of higher KiwiSaver contributions
Just 0.5 percent of New Zealand workers actively contributing to their KiwiSaver scheme have chosen to opt out…
Methane is the climate menace we’re ignoring
Comment: The thing about methane is that it offers a way to slow global heating. Making substantial emissions…
AI is guzzling energy, and you’re using it – whether or not you realise
Every time we switch on Netflix we are contributing to the enormous consumption of water, land and electricity…
Great southern data centre: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Analysis: As tech entrepreneur Rémi Galasso tells it, he was having dinner with “a very famous New Zealand minister”…
‘Unsustainable situation’ drives senior lab scientist out of NZ hospitals
Opinion: Terry Taylor has worked as a medical scientist in Dunedin Hospital’s pathology laboratory for 33 years. He…
Elon Musk’s $1.8 trillion SpaceX listing is no longer about space
Analysis: SpaceX is expected to complete the largest initial public offering in history, with investors forecast to value…
Middle East conflict will ‘likely disrupt’ NZ’s supply of medicines
New Zealand’s supply of generic medicines is vulnerable to disruption as a result of shipping restrictions through the…
Disabled people are experts in our own lives – listen to us
Comment: The release of the Window on Disability report by Te Tāhū Hauora, the Health Quality and Safety…
There’s value in AI, but not in replacing us
Comment: Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT, recently laid out his vision for the future of AI. “We…