Too many children live with material hardship, and those in households with disabled people are severely hard-hit, the Child Poverty Coalition says

Official documents reveal how political obsession with attendance targets replaced basic public health science... and why our kids are paying the price.

People living with disabilities or through poverty and racism develop deep practical knowledge of how institutions function. They should be seen as experts.

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The Transport Minister, Chris Bishop, has confirmed that the Total Mobility subsidy is being cut from 75% down to 65%.

Comment from Victoria University: In 2022 NZ’s Long Covid response showed promise, but it’s hard to justify our business-as-usual approach now

By Dr Huhana Hickey MNZM

They're a game-changer in terms of reducing waste, but only a handful of contradictory studies have been done on their safety.

A lawsuit against Meta and Google avoided the issue of liability for content and focused on allegations that social media platforms themselves are harmful by design.

Benefits and challenges of integrating lived experience in higher education. Volume 45, Issue 2 of Higher Education Research & Development

This page presents a summary of data from questions about COVID-19 and long COVID added to the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) in 2024/25.

The length of the green signal on pedestrian crossings assumes that people can walk at a speed of 1.2 m/s. Scientists find that very few older people can walk that fast.

Alice Wong has passed away and the disability community has lost a leader. I lost a mentor and a friend. The Disabled Ginger wouldn't exist without Alice and everything she taught me.

Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse

Ngā mihi nui, thank you very much, to family, friends, and colleagues who have read and responded to this piece over the last three years. Ngā mihi nui to the students of SCIS 314 whose feedback an…

The Government will consolidate decision-making for New Zealand's science research funding as part of its new science system strategy. Research Funding New Zealand will be a new independent board that...

New Zealanders download Cochrane Library health reviews daily. Restricting access is a step back to when medical knowledge was held tightly by professionals.

“Children have a human right to a quality education that equips them for effective participation in a strong democracy — not one that simply shapes them into cogs for the economic machine.”  — Catheri...

“We will no longer be tasked with local service design and delivery. Instead, our job will be to ‘engage’ and ’advise’. These changes take us from active partners to passive recipients.”  — Louisa Wal...

Bookmark Kāpiti celebrates the people, stories and places of Kāpiti. 9 and 10 August 2025

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

Analysis: Post-infection syndromes like Long Covid are nothing new – but pandemic-scale waves of a novel virus exposed just how ill-prepared we are to handle them.

Yes. You do. It might even be you. Let's take a look at why people don't realize, or can't admit, that they're dealing with Long Covid.

Does the associate minister of health know that sex and gender are two different things? Her letter suggests no.