Liz Minchin Veronika Meduna Wes Mountain The Conversation New Zealand will spend NZ$12.1 billion to support businesses, increase benefits for seniors and low-income families, pay people who can’t work because of self-isolation, and boost virus testing and intensive care capacity. The NZ government’s new
Regina Scheyvens Massey University New Zealand’s border restrictions will come with significant job and business losses in the tourism sector, both at home and in the Pacific. But the new travel rules are absolutely necessary to protect the health of New Zealanders and people right across Pacific Islands, because
Ina Skosana The Conversation The global crisis triggered by the spread of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, continues to take fresh and dramatic turns, causing havoc in dozens of countries around the world. Stock markets remain volatile, having recording historic collapses in share prices. As the disease continued to
This is part five of a series of articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 * Part one: The Truth about Mates &
Terry Dunleavy Terry Dunleavy MBE, a writer from Takapuna, is a fourth-generation New Zealander. Yesterday provided a footnote to recent discussions of how we Kiwis should celebrate our nationhood. Most of us are split personalities, one part of us linked to this land in which we were born, the
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The team spent yesterday afternoon working through the Government’s COVID-19 response package. A couple of the staff are in self-isolation, so we’ve well and truly rehearsed using the virtual technology in preparing this article and our media commentary.
Sunanda Creagh The Conversation What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leading virus and vaccine experts. Today’s podcast episode features Professor Michael Wallach and Dr Lisa Sedger – both from
George It might be considered a minor issue, but I see this as yet another example of a clumsy and regrettably familiar response by our Government when announcing the closing of our borders. On Saturday it was announced by our PM that our borders were to be closed at midnight
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union This is an article I never thought I would write, but in a paper just released the Taxpayers’ Union we are calling on the Government to massively increase expenditure. This is to combat what may be the largest economic shock to New
This is part four of a series of articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 * Part one: The Truth about Mates &
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George Now that the PM has introduced the “toughest border controls in the world” it can’t go unnoticed that the only people who won’t be bearing the financial impact of these decisions are those who are making these decisions. I would guarantee that the PM’s $10,000
This is part three of a series of articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 * Part one: The Truth about Mates &
Joe Burton University of Waikato It didn’t take long for a terrorist to show how hard it is to prevent violent extremist content being shared online. Within six months of the attacks at two Christchurch mosques on March 15 last year, which were live streamed on Facebook, a far-
Shamim Homayun Australian National University On March 15 last year, I lost a close friend in the Christchurch attacks. When Haji-Daoud Nabi greeted a stranger at the door of the Al Noor mosque with “hello brother”, he was shot dead – one of 51 people killed. I met Haji-Daoud
Juliana Carvalho Juliana Carvalho was born in 1981 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. When she was 19, a spinal cord inflammation left her in a wheelchair. Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she turned this life-changing event into an amazing opportunity for growth and development. She is best described as
