(C) The Conversation This unaltered story was originally published on TheConversation.com/us [1] License: Creative Commons - CC BY-ND 4.0 Attributions/No Derivities[2] ---------------- Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington on The Conversation By: ['Allan Brent', 'Danielle Shanahan', 'Dougal Sutherland', 'Dr Dean Knight', 'Giacomo Lichtner', 'Huw Joseph Horgan', 'Judy Lawrence', 'Lisa Marriott', 'Marnie Lloydd', 'Matthew Hall'] Date: 2022-04-04 04:24:19+00:00 April 4, 2022 With COVID cases still in the thousands, why are some so keen to ditch the things that kept New Zealand safe? The public health mandates are relaxing, but a number of New Zealanders are going further, ditching masks despite the ongoing pandemic. What is driving the rush back to ‘normal’? March 18, 2022 Dengan mengamati cangkang, kita tahu bahwa laut menyimpan jauh lebih banyak karbon dibanding hutan Cangkang plankton menyerap karbon ke dasar laut ketika mereka mati. Proses ini memiliki nilai penyimpanan karbon tertinggi, dan bisa meningkat saat dunia menghangat, sebagaimana terjadi di masa lalu. AAP March 18, 2022 There is little to stop New Zealanders leaving to fight in Ukraine – but few legal protections if they do As the number of volunteers for Ukraine’s International Legion rises to a reported 20,000 from over 50 countries, is it lawful for New Zealanders to join the fight? GettyImages March 16, 2022 The Groundswell protest claimed regulation and taxes are unfair to farmers – the economic numbers tell a different story Farmers from the Groundswell movement want more concessions from the government but the environmental and economic cost might be more than New Zealand can afford. Shutterstock/crbellette March 14, 2022 How New Zealand’s review of ecologically important land could open the door to more mining on conservation land Efforts to fast-track a review of stewardship land could result in more mining access to conservation land as the governments wants to prioritise land where mining applications have already been made. Shutterstock March 11, 2022 Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won’t be easy – and time is running out Despite years of consultation and planning, the government’s announcement of a new ‘public media entity’ raises more questions than it answers. Getty Images March 3, 2022 How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system? Taking MIQ to court was meant to be something of a reckoning for New Zealand’s contentious border control policy. In the end it may be only a footnote to the bigger story. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images February 28, 2022 IPCC report: this decade is critical for adapting to inevitable climate change impacts and rising costs As the impacts and costs of climate change increase over time, New Zealand’s financial systems could become less stable and the government less able to support those affected. GettyImages February 24, 2022 The NZ anti-vax movement’s exploitation of Holocaust imagery is part of a long and sorry history Political activists on both the left and right have long appropriated the rhetoric and symbolism of Nazism and the Holocaust, a tactic usually based on ignorance and false equivalence. February 13, 2022 Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet Tiny seashells draw carbon to the ocean floor when they die. This is the most significant geological process of carbon storage today, and it might increase in a warmer world, as it did in the past. February 10, 2022 Exploring Antarctica’s hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise Researchers have surveyed an Antarctic under-ice river for the first time directly, and their observations support the idea that such sub-glacial rivers form estuaries as they flow into the ocean. Kyodo via AP Images February 9, 2022 Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer Technical brilliance is one thing. Musicality another. Here is our pick of the skaters who combine the two. Shutterstock February 3, 2022 Why do we love the great outdoors? New research shows part of the answer is in our genes Our feelings about nature depend on lots of factors, but a new study shows our genes are one of the most important. Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock January 26, 2022 Eavesdropping on nature: why Africa needs more bioacoustics research There is plenty of work to do to ensure that other species, geographical areas and ecosystems across Africa are better understood through bioacoustics. Valerio Micaroni January 17, 2022 Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future Sponges are ancient marine animals and have already shown robustness against stresses from climate change. New research now shows they can also tolerate low-oxygen conditions. GettyImages December 16, 2021 Imperial loot in a small-town gallery in New Zealand? The curious case of Gore’s ‘Benin bronzes’ Items on display at the Eastern Southland Gallery in New Zealand’s South Island open a window on the complex world of art repatriation. Shutterstock December 12, 2021 Over 300,000 New Zealanders owe more than they own – is this a problem? The number of New Zealanders with ‘negative net wealth’ is large and growing – reflecting widening economic inequality that remains an urgent political priority. [END] [1] URL: https://theconversation.com/institutions/te-herenga-waka-victoria-university-of-wellington-1200 [2] URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ TheConversation via Magical Fish Gopher New Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/theconversation/