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Kia ora: how Māori borrowings shape New Zealand English

  • Written by: Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato
imageBorrowings from the indigenous Māori language are so common that visitors to New Zealand are greeted in Māori as soon as they arrive.Sinead Leahy, CC BY-SA

New Zealand English is one of the youngest dialects of English. It exhibits a number of unique features and the use of words from the indigenous Māori language is probably the...

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Parents of teenage daughters more likely to divorce: study

  • Written by: Jan Kabatek, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
imageSeems harmless?Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Sullen exchanges and broken curfews are part of life for parents of teenagers, but could this period also be a stress-test for parents’ marriages?

Our new data analysis finds parents with daughters are slightly more likely to separate than those with sons, but only during the teenage years....

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To avoid crisis, the gas market needs a steady steer, not an emergency swerve

  • Written by: Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University

Rising gas costs are “the single biggest factor in the current rise in electricity prices”.

What is most noteworthy about this statement is not the fact that it is true, but that it was made by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, many of whose party colleagues remain convinced that renewable energy is the real bogeyman.


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When a 'good death' was often painful: euthanasia through the ages

  • Written by: Caitlin Mahar, Adjunct Research Fellow (History), Swinburne University of Technology
imageDetail from a statue of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus (15th-century Slovenia). For many centuries, the pain that could accompany dying was seen as punishment for sin and ultimately redemptive.

Today, a primary goal of both movements aimed at care of the dying – palliative care and euthanasia – is to eliminate suffering....

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  1. How the government and One Nation may use media reforms to clip the ABC's wings
  2. Mounting housing stress underscores need for expert council to guide wayward policymaking
  3. Bad teeth? Here's when you can and can't blame your parents
  4. Turnbull loses 20th successive Newspoll, 54-46, but Yes to SSM support falls
  5. Yes case's SMS campaign was not invasive
  6. Sex and spirit: the many faces of ecstasy
  7. Don't be distracted by an SMS in the same-sex marriage survey debate
  8. Why US sports stars are taking a knee against Trump
  9. The rise of the corporate campus
  10. UK gene editing breakthrough could land an Aussie in jail for 15 years: here's why our laws need to catch up
  11. ATM fees may be gone but what will replace them?
  12. Collecting satellite data Australia wants: a new direction for Earth observation
  13. Cassie Sainsbury's trial by media
  14. How TV weather presenters can improve public understanding of climate change
  15. The insufferable film mother! revives tired hysterical stereotypes
  16. Cognitive ability plays a role in attitudes to equal rights for same-sex couples
  17. Baffled by baseload? Dumbfounded by dispatchables? Here's a glossary of the energy debate
  18. The economic reasons why Australia needs a stronger space industry
  19. Privatised land title offices can harness new technologies to provide a better service
  20. When life is coming to a close: three common myths about dying
  21. Waiting: rediscovering boredom in the age of the smartphone
  22. Mind-reading technology should not be used to solve crime
  23. Tax base eroded by backdoor deregulation of Australia's labour market and jump in foreign contract workers
  24. New law finally gives voice to the Yarra River's traditional owners
  25. Big gas shortage looming, but government stays hand on export controls
  26. Yes, Australia will have a space agency. What does this mean? Experts respond
  27. Introverts think they won't like being leaders but they are capable
  28. Courageous quests: Keats, art and refugees
  29. In historic cases, punishment alone is not always the best response to violent crime
  30. No, depression won't literally break your heart (but have a heart check anyway)
  31. Not taking the piss: why it’s important to examine how we teach and test physics to reduce gender bias
  32. Attitudes to same-sex marriage have many psychological roots, and they can change
  33. Taking sides: sport organisations and the same-sex debate
  34. Labor widens Newspoll gap as marriage vote tightens
  35. The off-topic Conversation #137
  36. Curious Kids: How can you tell if your cat is happy and likes you?
  37. Trash or treasure? A lot of space debris is junk, but some is precious heritage
  38. Bitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investor
  39. Mansplaining Australian cities – we can do something about that
  40. I've always wondered: can animals be left- and right-pawed?
  41. My favourite album: David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs
  42. New Zealand votes for conservatism and the status quo
  43. NZ First to hold balance of power after election
  44. Can two clean energy targets break the deadlock of energy and climate policy?
  45. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the same-sex marriage postal campaign
  46. Explainer: what are mitochondria and how did we come to have them?
  47. Is BHP really about to split from the Minerals Council's hive mind?
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