Growing hope
By Sarah Barnett in Uncategorized
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
Halting deforestation and re-establishing forests could be the world's best hope for reducing emissions.
Other people's words
By Joanne Black in Uncategorized
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
As more lines from Witi Ihimaera's new novel are identified as having come from other authors' works, an American academic says the University of Auckland has not done enough to investigate.
No excuse
By Rebecca Macfie in Uncategorized
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
Politicians must stop using business as an excuse for inaction on climate change.
Breaking news
By Diana Wichtel in Uncategorized
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
In the 40 years since the first national television news broadcast, we've gone from BBC-style bulletins to stylised, melodramatic packages designed to make news more "accessible".Are we better off?
From the heart
By Veronika Meduna in Uncategorized
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
Peter Hunter's world-renowned work in developing computer models of human organs has earned him New Zealand's most prestigious science prize.
'I sell, therefore I am'
By Sally Blundell in Uncategorized
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
When Peter McLeavey began as an art dealer in 1966, he "thought I'd ring Toss and Colin and get them to send down a few paintings and see what happened". Forty years later, his
This is it
By Sarah Barnett in Commentary
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
Are our attempts at limiting global warming a case of too little, too late? Scientists paint a dismal picture of a future in which fire, famine and flood are commonplace.
Scheming behaviour
in Editorial
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
Our poorly thought-out emissions trading scheme does nothing to enhance our reputation.
Ahead by a nose
By David Hill in Inbox
Issue 3629 28th Nov 2009
On a clear night, we can see a reminder of one of the most brilliant astronomers of the pre-telescope age.