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Te Papa Ako o Tai Tonga: a kāinga for all of us

21 February 2020

A dawn blessing last Thursday marked the start of a new era for the University of Auckland with the opening of its own South Auckland campus in central Manukau.
A close look at the superannuation problem

20 February 2020

Opinion: The pressures on the state budget of a rapidly ageing population must be acknowledged and treated holistically, write Susan St John and Claire Dale.
Period poverty contributing to inequity

20 February 2020

New research has shown that a significant number of New Zealand teenagers are missing school because they cannot afford menstrual products, contributing to inequity in New Zealand.
We are taking our place in science

18 February 2020

Opinion: No matter how you measure it, science remains systematically biased against women – and ethnically diverse women even more so, writes Dr Hinemoa Elder.
No-brainer: New Zealand’s top female neuroscientists on why we need more women in science

18 February 2020

Every secondary school student in New Zealand will have access to a book debunking gender stereotypes in science thanks to Brain Research New Zealand and a best selling science writer.
The profits of porn: how can we keep children safer?

17 February 2020

Governments have backed away from regulating the powerful online porn industry, which puts the onus on the individual to stay safe, says Dr Caroline Keen.
Double jeopardy or double advantage? Ethnic women in New Zealand politics

13 February 2020

Where are all the ethnic women leaders in the stories we tell ourselves about Aotearoa New Zealand, past and present?
The Coronavirus and the search for scapegoats

13 February 2020

Opinion: During times of crisis, people look for scapegoats to blame for their problems, and a surge in racist, anti-Chinese sentiments is currently sweeping social media, writes Robert Bartholomew.
Creative toolbox helps teachers and children after Australian bush fires

11 February 2020

University of Auckland professors lead a trans-Tasman collaboration providing tools for teachers to guide children following the Australian bush fire disaster.
Anti-Chinese racism its own dangerous contagion

7 February 2020

Opinion: Fear of a coronavirus epidemic has contributed to racist incidents across New Zealand. David Tokiharu Mayeda looks at this new spin on an old story.
Coronavirus fake news echoes century-old polio fears

6 February 2020

Opinion: Confusion, xenophobia and claims made in fake news stories about coronavirus have parallels with another epidemic disease a century ago: polio, writes Heather Battles.
Coronavirus a global ‘misinfodemic’

5 February 2020

Opinion: An unprecedented flow of coronavirus information is reaching almost every community on earth, writes Helen Petousis-Harris. Much true, but also much is false.

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