It’s time to give Labor’s first term a scorecard – have we actually seen any transformative vision?
This week’s budget was Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third and – for practical purposes – final for the current ...
Popeyes battle shows how big businesses protect their trademarks – even when they have no plans to come to NZ
Robert Gauthier/Getty ImagesAt first sight, the battle between a Manawatū fish-and-chip shop and a Louisiana-based chicken jo...
The budget couldn’t include every ‘good idea’ but not boosting JobSeeker and the Youth Allowance were obvious misses
Victoria Labadie/ShutterstockThe government says the budget will help people doing it tough. But it has also opted not to increase...
The budget is full of good news, but good news isn’t the same as good management
This year’s budget has “something for everyone”, with very little in the way of cuts and no new taxes.It’s...
By not lip-syncing Amy Winehouse’s songs, actress Marisa Abela confronts impossible expectations in ‘Back to Black’
Actress Marisa Abela and actor Eddie Marsan film a scene for the Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back to Black' in London.Neil Mockford/GC I...
Wars cause widespread pollution and environmental damage − here’s how to address it in peace accords
Fragments of Russian shells piled at a farm in the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine. Volodymyr Tarasov /Ukrinform/F…
Budget 2024: Chalmers fights inflation, will it be enough for a rate cut?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised an “inflation-fighting and future-making budget” and he has delivered by int…
Chalmers is bitten by the giveaway bug in a budget that contains good news for almost everyone
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been bitten by the giveaway bug. This budget contains not only the well-foreshadowed tax cut…
‘Dancing’ raisins − a simple kitchen experiment reveals how objects can extract energy from their environment and come to life
Surface bubble growth can lift objects upward against gravity.Saverio SpagnolieScientific discovery doesn’t always…
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
Educator Mary McLeod Bethune regularly wrote of her travels abroad.Robert Abbott Sengstacke via Getty ImagesWhen I first…
Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis − a neurobiologist explains how research on alcohol use disorder has shifted
Since Amy Winehouse's death in 2011, professionals have learned a great deal more about alcohol use disorder.Kevin Mazur…
Why do people hate people?
Biases against certain groups of people can escalate into acts of violence if left unchecked.Paul Taylor/Stone via Getty…
The price of rebuilding Ukraine goes up each day − but shirking the bill will cost even more
More than two years of war have left swaths of Ukraine in ruins.Pierre Crom/Getty ImagesU.S. military assistance is fina…
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
Public water shortages have left people scrambling for alternatives on many of the islands, including Cuba.Yamil Lage/AF…
Where did money come from?
Wolfilser/ShutterstockThis article is part one of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we…
I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza
Aid trucks loaded with supplies wait in Arish, Egypt, after a border crossing with Gaza was closed on May 8, 2024. Ali M…
A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
One of war photographer Robert Capa's images shows a wave of troops arriving on the Normandy beaches on D-Day.Robert Cap…