DJ Mills/ AFP/Getty ImagesAnother summer of extreme weather has destroyed and damaged homes, cut off communities and, in the most tragic cases, left families mourning their loved ones. It reminds us that New Zealand is one of the most natural-hazard-exposed countries on Earth. Severe weather is common, major cities sit
Noel Nesme/Pexels, CC BYIt is common to think of time as moving in only one direction – from point A, through point B, to point C. However, many Indigenous peoples – including Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand – experience time non-linearly. Rather than picturing time
Islands off the coast of Peru are home to millions of seabirds. Their droppings were an important fertiliser for Indigenous people in the Andes. Jo OsbornIn 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the
A _Maurolicus muelleri_ viewed under fluorescent light. Dr Wen Sung ChungThe deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near darkness, their eyes are
Kate Wieser/GettyCould a simple patch, inspired by the weight-loss drug Ozempic, really help you shed excess kilos without the pain and effort of an injection? Promotions of these Ozempic-style, weight-loss patches are popping up online, promising dramatic results with little evidence to back their claims. Personal recommendations for the patches
Pixabay, Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NCAustralian Trade Minister Don Farrell is in Brussels this week, trying to close a trade deal that has been nearly a decade in the making. The EU–Australia Free Trade Agreement is tantalisingly close, although EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has yet to confirm
Hydrogen is seeping from the seabed in Poison Bay in Fiordland. Department of Conservation, CC BY-NC-NDHydrogen is emerging as a critical part of the low-carbon transition for industries where electrification is not a straightforward solution. This includes the production of steel, fertiliser and methanol as well as long-haul
Ivan Stecko/Pexels, CC BY-SAFor decades, southern right whales have been celebrated as one of conservation’s success stories. Once driven to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, southern right whales slowly returned to Australian coastlines through the late 20th century. Their recovery reflected the power of international protection, marine ...
Angus Taylor has all the on-paper qualifications to be opposition leader. But there are big questions over how well he could do the job, when a miracle worker is needed to lift the struggling Liberal Party from its existential crisis. Taylor’s political story so far is regarded by many
Leadership aspirant Angus Taylor resigned from the shadow cabinet on Wednesday night, but when the Liberal Party will vote on the leadership remained up in the air. After a day of high tension in the party, Taylor went to Ley’s office to quit at about 7:15pm. But in the
Literary journal Meanjin has been resurrected. The 85-year-old journal will return to its origins in Brisbane, where it was founded in 1940 by editor Clem Christesen. Its new home is QUT, where the journal will complement the university’s creative writing program. It could be good timing for QUT to
Brig Bee/A Slightly Isolated Dog Master clown and French theatre guru Philippe Gaulier has passed away aged 82, but his influence will live on around the world – particularly in Aotearoa New Zealand. The performance style inspired by Gaulier can be traced throughout New Zealand theatre since the 1970s,
DJ Mills/ AFP/Getty ImagesAnother summer of extreme weather has destroyed and damaged homes, cut off communities and, in the most tragic cases, left families mourning their loved ones. It reminds us that New Zealand is one of the most natural-hazard-exposed countries on Earth. Severe weather is common, major cities sit
Noel Nesme/Pexels, CC BYIt is common to think of time as moving in only one direction – from point A, through point B, to point C. However, many Indigenous peoples – including Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand – experience time non-linearly. Rather than picturing time
Islands off the coast of Peru are home to millions of seabirds. Their droppings were an important fertiliser for Indigenous people in the Andes. Jo OsbornIn 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the
A _Maurolicus muelleri_ viewed under fluorescent light. Dr Wen Sung ChungThe deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near darkness, their eyes are
Kate Wieser/GettyCould a simple patch, inspired by the weight-loss drug Ozempic, really help you shed excess kilos without the pain and effort of an injection? Promotions of these Ozempic-style, weight-loss patches are popping up online, promising dramatic results with little evidence to back their claims. Personal recommendations for the patches
Pixabay, Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NCAustralian Trade Minister Don Farrell is in Brussels this week, trying to close a trade deal that has been nearly a decade in the making. The EU–Australia Free Trade Agreement is tantalisingly close, although EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has yet to confirm
Hydrogen is seeping from the seabed in Poison Bay in Fiordland. Department of Conservation, CC BY-NC-NDHydrogen is emerging as a critical part of the low-carbon transition for industries where electrification is not a straightforward solution. This includes the production of steel, fertiliser and methanol as well as long-haul
Ivan Stecko/Pexels, CC BY-SAFor decades, southern right whales have been celebrated as one of conservation’s success stories. Once driven to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, southern right whales slowly returned to Australian coastlines through the late 20th century. Their recovery reflected the power of international protection, marine ...
Angus Taylor has all the on-paper qualifications to be opposition leader. But there are big questions over how well he could do the job, when a miracle worker is needed to lift the struggling Liberal Party from its existential crisis. Taylor’s political story so far is regarded by many
Leadership aspirant Angus Taylor resigned from the shadow cabinet on Wednesday night, but when the Liberal Party will vote on the leadership remained up in the air. After a day of high tension in the party, Taylor went to Ley’s office to quit at about 7:15pm. But in the
Literary journal Meanjin has been resurrected. The 85-year-old journal will return to its origins in Brisbane, where it was founded in 1940 by editor Clem Christesen. Its new home is QUT, where the journal will complement the university’s creative writing program. It could be good timing for QUT to
Brig Bee/A Slightly Isolated Dog Master clown and French theatre guru Philippe Gaulier has passed away aged 82, but his influence will live on around the world – particularly in Aotearoa New Zealand. The performance style inspired by Gaulier can be traced throughout New Zealand theatre since the 1970s,
