How 280,000 volunteer-planted trees transformed New Zealand’s Tiritiri Matangi from a degraded island into a conservation sanctuary
Rangitoto framed – Tiritiri Matangi Island Off the coast of Auckland, in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, lies an…
The coastal brownouts quietly suffocating NZ’s marine life
It’s called a brownout event, and it’s pretty bad, but probably not quite in the way you’re thinking.…
NZ cities can’t see the forest or the trees
Our cities are losing their greenery, even as research continues to find that mature trees are crucial to…
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…
Greenwashed AI environmental reports judged more credible than the real thing
When ChatGPT first hit universities, two academics at the University of Auckland’s Business School decided they might as…
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…
How to recycle a house
It was warm and humid on the morning of January 27, 2023, in Auckland, the kind of weather…
A super idea: mandatory saving for retirement
Opinion: New Zealand’s rapidly ageing population is putting increasing pressure on the Government’s budget, with threats of large…
Junk Food Designed To Make Us Eat More, Study Finds
Monday, 11 May 2026, 3:08 pmPress Release: University of Auckland Ultraprocessed foods are designed and marketed in ways…
Junk Food Designed To Make Us Eat More, Study Finds
Monday, 11 May 2026, 3:04 pmPress Release: University of Auckland Ultraprocessed foods are designed and marketed in ways…
Anne Salmond: Freedom for whom?
In New Zealand at present, a range of well funded think tanks and other groups fly the flag…
NZ needs to learn blunt lessons of business failure
Comment: New Zealand is closing businesses faster than it is learning from their failure. March 2026 was the…