David Seymour’s is putting through changes to our Overseas Investment Act to make it easier for foreigners and the uber wealthy to buy NZ’s sensitive land and assets.

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Jones, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney AsiaVision/Getty Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices ...

Australia’s intelligence agencies are increasingly centre-stage as cyber threats, foreign interference, grey-zone competition and the prospect of Indo-Pacific conflict reshape our national security.

New Zealand’s MethaneSAT, launched with fanfare in March 2024 to tackle methane emissions, has become a troubling case study in corporate overreach and government opacity. The satellite’s abrupt ...

There are always limits to growth, because we have a finite land base and a mostly finite resource base. Sunlight being an ...

There are more fault lines emerging in the coalition, once again over climate change. Public consultation closed a week ago on a proposal for a “Sustainable Finance Taxonomy.” Simply, it is described ...

I did my own research”? No. You didn’t. You can’t! You can do your own observations. But you need to be aware of the many reasons including confirmation bias, small sampl ...

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other ...

China is not a passive bystander to US aggression. It is a fully engaged global actor: one that builds artificial islands in contested waters, bankrolls infrastructure across three continents, ...

This September, Britain will rename Strategic Command as the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) following emphasis on the cyber and electromagnetic (CyberEM) domain within the Strategic ...

It is a classic example of Bumper Sticker politics.

Watching the Texas floods, and then the two back to back Tasman District floods, I’ve been wondering if we’re getting closer to the point where New Zealand will start to prioritise climate action as ...