Prof Robert Patman believes the strengthening of Kingitanga will focus the government’s attention on its commitment to the Pacific and challenge it to do more to champion the rights of indigenous people worldwide.
No-one really knows how many hundreds of thousands of people could end up with schizophrenia because of the Covid-19 global pandemic.
Prof Ping Liu is excited by her research suggesting a possible cure for the looming spectre of Covid-induced maternal infection schizophrenia.
Ukraine's counter-invasion of Russia could cause an attempted overthrow of Vladimir Putin, Prof Robert Patman tells Global Insight.
A century ago, Shanghai was the thrumming hub of jazz in Asia. Bruce Munro recently spent time there searching for the 2024 incarnations of swing, bebop and all that jazz.
There will be less pressure for New Zealand to ‘‘take orders’’ from the United States if Kamala Harris is the next president, Prof Robert Patman says.
The meteoric pace of change in China proves the value of the sort of personal relationships fostered by the Dunedin-Shanghai sister city relationship, Silver Fern Farms leaders say.
The Dunedin-Shanghai sister-city relationship turns 30 this year. Why does one of the world’s largest municipalities have special affection for our small city? Bruce Munro travels to Shanghai, and talks to former Dunedin mayor Peter Chin.
Karoline Bjune is a direct descendant of one of the Norwegian whalers who set up base on Rakiura-Stewart Island 100 years ago. Living in Tønsberg, she talks to Bruce Munro about visiting Paterson’s Inlet whalers’ base.
Similarities between Claudia Sheinbaum and former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggest Mexico’s first female president could have a big impact on the world stage, Prof Robert Patman tells Global Insight.
The writings of a man once disdained by academics are now lauded for helping southern Māori rebuild lost knowledge and mana. Bruce Munro looks at the legacy of Herries Beattie.
The state of emergency in New Caledonia presents a considerable challenge for NZ's foreign policy efforts in the Pacific, international relations expert Prof Robert Patman says.
Four decades after Tapanui flu, the ME/CFS community is marking international awareness day with a call to urgently address research and treatment needs.
It’s been four decades since reports emerged of a mysterious, fatiguing illness afflicting dozens of people in West Otago.
China's ‘‘dictatorship’’ can be contained more effectively by defeating Russia’s ‘‘barbaric’’ invasion of Ukraine than by joining Aukus, Professor Robert Patman tells Global Insight.
It takes some searching, but the legacy of Rakiura-Stewart Island’s Norwegian whalers runs deeper than even their descendants realise, writes Bruce Munro.
Allowing representatives of Myanmar’s violent junta to attend an important Asia leaders’ meeting in NZ could signal the govt's willing to back down on values like human rights, Prof Robert Patman warns.
Five years after the deadly March 15 Christchurch mosque attacks we need to do more to counter the spread of hate and division, at home and in places like Gaza, Prof Robert Patman says.
Lee Tamahori’s new feature film The Convert thrusts viewers into 1830s Aotearoa-New Zealand; a Māori world dominated by tribal warfare.
