Cover Chemical brothers by David Fisher
A major operation reveals the methamphetamine trade has extended into almost every part of New Zealand life, with gangs now joining forces.Feature The meth mess by Mary Jane Boland
How did we get into it – and what do we do now?Feature Out on the streets by Gabrielle Maxwell
New Zealand’s prison population has risen 71% in the past eight years under Labour, and law and order is set to be a hot election topic. But is our crime rate as alarming as portrayed? Criminologist Gabrielle Maxwell looks at the facts.Feature Gay wrongs? by Mary Jane Boland
Education Minister Chris Carter is supporting a new scholarship that bans applications from “straight” schoolchildren.Feature A Doubtful future by Kerrie Waterworth
What’s killing Doubtful Sound’s bottlenose dolphins? Is it too much ecotourism or the fresh-water discharges from Manapouri Power Station?Feature End of the oil junkies by Ben Naparstek
Reducing our dependence on oil is important for the environment and for global security, says US writer and Middle East specialist Thomas Friedman.Feature - Upfront Shamubeel Eaqub by Joanne Black
The dramatic events on Wall Street and their reach around the globe make this a fascinating time to be an economist, so long as you keep your job, says Goldman Sachs JBWere economist Shamubeel Eaqub. “No one is immune.” At 13, he moved with his family from Bangladesh to New Zealand, later studying economics at Lincoln University. He says the current turmoil is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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