Russia aggression towards Ukraine is a direct assault on New Zealand's non-nuclear security values, Professor Robert Patman says.
OUSA president Melissa Lama got married at 17 and completed an MBA last week. She talks to Bruce Munro about growing up too quickly, mental health struggles and a busy life.
New Zealand needs to step up as compromised super powers struggle to deal with global threats, Professor Robert Patman says.
A truly personal story lies behind Erica Newman’s ground-breaking research that is helping reshape family relations in New Zealand. Dr Newman talks about why Māori adoptees and their descendants need a law change and asks what it means for all of us to forge identities grounded in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Three out of four Kiwi kids see streaming as a viable career option. What does that sentence even mean!? Bruce Munro takes a deep dive in the swift-flowing online-video-communities river.
The threat of Russia invading Ukraine overshadows the other two dominant global issues of 2022, Professor Robert Patman tells Global Insight.
A professor brought to NZ to help eradicate both weasels and stoats is warning against repeating mistakes that made Otago ground-zero for the disastrous introduction of those invasive predators.
A professor brought to New Zealand to help eradicate both weasels and stoats is warning against repeating mistakes that made Otago ground-zero for the disastrous introduction of those invasive predators.
As 2021 draws to a close, NZ is facing some big challenges - but are we dealing with them in the right way, asks international expert Robert Patman.
A NZ-first Augmented Reality sea monster exhibition, in Dunedin, and Virtual Reality psychedelic experiences created in Queenstown are surprising and fascinating examples of how AR and VR are leading a global, Covid-accelerated, technology transformation.
At 74, engineer and international figure-skater Keith Dickson has built a helicopter fuelled by hydrogen-peroxide. Dickson gives Bruce Munro his take on the future of transport and Dunedin’s place in it.
A belief that Western countries have to engage with China lies behind NZ's position on government officials attending the Winter Olympics, Prof Robert Patman says.
The Waihopai spy base was built during a turbulent time in New Zealand politics. Not only were domestic divisions beginning to break out into the open, but the Lange Government’s anti-nuclear...
We need to talk about New Zealand’s spy agencies, says Andrew Little. But do we know enough to be able discuss our spies? Bruce Munro takes a look.
NZ produces enough food to feed 40 million but might not grow enough vegetables for its own population. Bruce Munro looks back on a time when 24 Chinese market gardens flourished on the fertile Taieri plains.
Inequality lies behind a surprise win by populist right-wing candidate Jose Katz in the first round of Chile's presidential elections, held last weekend.
Hope, fear and radio waves. On the eve of the 5G revolution, Bruce Munro gallops through a century of electromagnetic aspirations, conspiracies and often lamentable outcomes.
Nanaia Mahuta's first trip as Foreign Minister and Andrew Little's speech on national security reveal important developments in New Zealand's foreign policy, Professor Robert Patman says.
As the world gathers to accelerate climate action, economist Associate Prof Ralph Chapman tells Bruce Munro it’s almost too late.
The international community must negotiate with the Taliban to prevent a looming humanitarian crisis within Afghanistan and to prevent Isis-K violence in the region and beyond, Professor Robert Patman says.
