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Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand's COVID-19 recovery

  • Written by: Tahu Kukutai, Professor of Demography, University of Waikato
Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand's COVID-19 recoveryGreg Ward/Shutterstock

As schools and businesses reopen and attention shifts to the longer-term repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that Māori be involved in decision making more equitably than has so far happened.

The failure to include Māori in strategy discussions throughout the pandemic has already been roundly...

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Australia doesn't need more anti-terror laws that aren't necessary – or even used

  • Written by: Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Australia doesn't need more anti-terror laws that aren't necessary – or even usedMick Tsikas/AAP

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has introduced a new bill that will amend the controversial questioning and detention powers held by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

While some changes are welcome, others are a cause for concern. One major change is that the legislation will allow ASIO officers to...

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why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth

  • Written by: Glenn Banks, Professor of Geography and Head of School, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growthThomas La Mela/Shutterstockwhy we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growthCC BY-ND

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz

Almost every threat to modern humanity can be traced...

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  1. China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes around
  2. Australia must outperform to come out even from COVID-19
  3. Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers
  4. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws
  5. Why is the Australian government letting universities suffer?
  6. Democracy 2025 - Political trust in times of COVID-19 with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
  7. Could blood thinners be a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19? Here's what the science says and what it means for you
  8. These young Queenslanders are taking on Clive Palmer's coal company and making history for human rights
  9. Climate change threatens Antarctic krill and the sea life that depends on it
  10. Coronavirus anti-vaxxers aren’t a huge threat yet. How do we keep it that way?
  11. how history might read Morrison's coronavirus leadership
  12. Fang Fang's Wuhan diaries are a personal account of shared memory
  13. Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?
  14. The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly
  15. Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?
  16. Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own
  17. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  18. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  19. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  20. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  21. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  22. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
  23. International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia's movie trove isn't even online
  24. Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
  25. Economists back social distancing 34-9 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  26. Self-employed Australians' hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees
  27. Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
  28. Supermarkets claim to have our health at heart. But their marketing tactics push junk foods
  29. The trade-offs 'smart city' apps like COVIDSafe ask us to make go well beyond privacy
  30. The 'hospital in the home' revolution has been stalled by COVID-19. But it's still a good idea
  31. Experts are back in fashion – now more than ever we need to question them
  32. Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic
  33. The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more
  34. Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring
  35. The costs of the shutdown are overestimated -- they're outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit
  36. Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?
  37. The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus
  38. 70% of people surveyed said they'd download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?
  39. why astronomy matters in times of crisis
  40. reasons to get with online choirs
  41. Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese's 'vision statement'
  42. More than 70% of academics at some universities are casuals. They're losing work and are cut out of JobKeeper
  43. 'Best of' sport lists are filling the live sport vacuum, but women take the sidelines once again
  44. New Zealand's COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day
  45. voices from the bush – how lockdown affects remote Indigenous communities differently
  46. new research to map violence in the forgotten conflict in West Papua
  47. Yes, carbon emissions fell during COVID-19. But it's the shift away from coal that really matters
  48. rules are also signals, which is why easing social distancing is such a problem
  49. 92% of Australians don't know the difference between viral and bacterial infections
  50. it doesn't end when housing aid projects finish

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