Guest Work

Featured image: Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change

Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change

Guest Author • Dec 01, 2020

Rona Carroll, University of Otago Demand for healthcare for transgender people is on the rise in New Zealand but training for health professionals to develop basic competencies is lagging behind. There is little teaching on gender and sexuality at either of New Zealand’s medical schools. It’s partly due to lack of time, but also lack of confidence … Read More

Featured image: Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their ‘natural character’. But is that enough?

Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their ‘natural character’. But is that enough?

Guest Author • Nov 27, 2020

Shaun Rosier, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand has more than 1,100 registered quarries. Some of these mined sites are small, rural operations, but a significant number are large and complex, and within a city’s urban boundaries. As part of the resource consent application for a mining project, quarry operators are usually issued with a … Read More

Featured image: 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ

5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ

Guest Author • Nov 26, 2020

James Higham, University of Otago and Hazel Tucker, University of Otago Raise your hand if you’ve ever travelled for weeks or months as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE, enjoyed chance encounters and experienced the generosity of strangers. And did those … Read More

Featured image: ‘Courageous’ investment means innovation stays in NZ, not sold off overseas

‘Courageous’ investment means innovation stays in NZ, not sold off overseas

Guest Author • Nov 24, 2020

Jessica C Lai, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Jesse Pirini, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand is in an economic recession and the government is trying to spend its way through it with direct investment to boost the economy and jobs. At the same time, the Reserve Bank of New … Read More

Featured image: SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone

Guest Author • Nov 22, 2020

Samantha Lawler, University of Regina I walk outside my rural Saskatchewan house before dawn and look up, expecting to have my breath taken away by the sheer number of stars overhead. I’m a professional astronomer, but I still appreciate naked-eye stargazing as much as an eager child. This is the first place I’ve lived that’s dark enough to easily see … Read More

Featured image: Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry

Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry

Guest Author • Nov 17, 2020

Hyejune Park and Cosette Marie Joyner Armstrong, Oklahoma State University A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years – from US$28 billion in 2019 to US$80 billion in 2029 – in a U.S. Read More

Featured image: New data privacy rules are coming in NZ — businesses and other organisations will have to lift their games

New data privacy rules are coming in NZ — businesses and other organisations will have to lift their games

Guest Author • Nov 17, 2020

Anca C. Yallop, Auckland University of Technology Most people these days are aware that what they share online is both valuable and vulnerable. Data privacy has become a major concern for consumers and corporations alike. The issue will come to a head when New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 comes into force on December 1. The legislation replaces and updates … Read More

Featured image: New cyclone forecasts: why impacts should be the focus of hazardous weather warnings

New cyclone forecasts: why impacts should be the focus of hazardous weather warnings

Guest Author • Nov 11, 2020

Sally Potter, GNS Science November 12 marks the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Bhola, the deadliest weather event on modern record. When this storm made landfall over Bangladesh, it coincided with a lunar high tide. The subsequent storm surge killed at least 300,000 people. This month also marks the start of the cyclone season in the Pacific. The outlook … Read More