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Covid cautious or Covid cavalier?

New AUT research shows half of Kiwi employees have at least a moderate level of “office anxiety” - concerns about returning to the workplace.

Judy McGregor made a Dame Companion

Dame Judy McGregor has “lifted the voices and improved the lives of women, children and older people around the world”.

Emissions reduction plan lacks strategy

The newly released Emissions Reduction Plan was supposed to get real about urgent climate action – and it partially achieves this, but only partially.

Treat public health like transport

The pandemic might have revealed the importance of robust public health infrastructure, but we still have trouble grasping the vital need to invest in it.

How NZ can reduce emissions faster

This week’s IPCC follow-up report on climate mitigation confirms the transition to net zero is underway, however inadequately.

Can big oil help save the planet?

Culpability for past actions aside, there might be a way we can use the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change.

Avoid an Auckland business bonfire

Deep into a delta lockdown, businesses in New Zealand’s biggest city urgently need a new form of support, writes Richard Meade.

Consider the costs of long COVID

Governments easing pandemic restrictions need to consider the cost of long COVID, writes Richard Meade.

NZ's climate change efforts

All the plans and strategies in the world to lower our emissions are of no practical worth unless someone invests in the outcomes.

Covid-19 stimulus a lost opportunity

Did the NZ government embrace the call to "build back better" by directing COVID-19 stimulus towards a low-emission economy?