Virage à droite en Nouvelle-ZélandeDes milliers de manifestants ont défilé début décembre dans les rues d’Auckland ou de Wellington pour défendre les droits des Maoris: leur remise en cause figure au programme du nouveau gouvernement, sans doute le plus conservateur de l’histoire né Jan 01 24January 01, 2024Article at Le Monde Diplomatique
How NZ’s new deal with Nasa could pave the way for moon miningThe American-led Artemis Accords, signed this week by New Zealand, make a lot of the right noises. But they could lead to a more privatised, US-dominated future of space exploitation – and lunar mining. That’s a problem, writes Ollie Neas. After… Jun 03 21June 03, 2021Article at The Spinoff
Utopia Lab: Abolish prison as we know it. Seriously. New Zealand has one of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world. Around 9000 people are in prison at any one time. That’s just under 200 prisoners per 100,000 people, compared to somewhere between the 30 and 60 in the Nordic countries.… Jun 01 21June 01, 2021Article at North & South Magazine
Utopia Lab: Borrow more money! For more than 15 years, New Zealand households have carried more debt than they earn in income. Our total private debt — mostly in mortgages — is now one and a half times national income. But when it comes to the government’s finances, pressure to… Apr 12 21April 12, 2021Article at North & South Magazine
Utopia Lab: Bring back the glory days of rail In the 1920s, you could get almost anywhere by train. But a hundred years later, there is just one inter-regional commuter rail service in the entire country, between Palmerston North and Wellington. The few other intercity services are targeted at… Mar 15 21March 15, 2021Article at North & South Magazine
Utopia Lab: Bring dental into the public health system – One in three New Zealanders live with untreated tooth decay. – 32,000 children and 274,000 adults had teeth extracted in 2019 due to decay, an abscess, infection or gum disease. – Around 7000 children each year require dental treatment in hospital… Feb 01 21February 01, 2021Article at North & South Magazine
Utopia Lab: Big milk's big muscles New Zealand is the world’s largest dairy exporter after the European Union. Over the last 30 years, industrial scale irrigation and a 670 per cent jump in the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser has increased the intensity of the way we farm. It… Dec 01 20December 01, 2020Article at North & South Magazine
Utopia Lab: Better roads not better people Nearly every day, someone dies on New Zealand’s roads and another seven are seriously injured. New Zealand ranks 29th out of 33 OECD countries for road deaths, with a death rate of 7.9 deaths per 100,000 people. In Norway, the rate is just 2. And… Nov 01 20November 01, 2020Article at North & South Magazine
Policy Local: 10 things we learned from surveying thousands of local election candidatesBoomers versus zoomers, the great uncontested swathes, and what makes Greymouth special. Policy Local was made possible thanks to Google News Initiative, Meredith Connell, Spinoff Members and Jenny Sutton. With the votes now counted for the local… Oct 25 19October 25, 2019Article at The Spinoff
Rocket Lab just launched another payload for the US military. It’s time we talked about itThe Kiwi success story is working for an agency that developed stealth aircraft and the scheme to bombard Vietnam with Agent Orange. After weather delays and problems with a dodgy video transmitter, Rocket Lab finally launched its first mission of… Mar 29 19March 29, 2019Article at The Spinoff
What NZ First voters really want and four other blinding insights from the Policy dataThe election campaign saw more 120,000 visits to Policy, our tool for comparing parties’ positions, leaving behind an incredible trove of user data. So what can it tell us about the big coalition questions? The Policy team get out their… Oct 09 17October 09, 2017Article at The Spinoff
Don’t vote based on policy, say the people who created PolicySince the Policy tool launched on the Spinoff last month, its creators have watched people arrive by the tens of thousands to learn about the parties’ positions. What lessons have they drawn? There’s a right way and a wrong way to think about… Sep 20 17September 20, 2017Article at The Spinoff
