The Conversation
We know that spending time in nature is good for physical and mental well-being, but social inequality means not everyone has easy access to parks, gardens and woodland.
Byline Times
How Wales’ nature-led smallholdings came of age during the COVID-19 crisis and point to a new way of living in a planet under threat
RNZ
A community project is bringing vibrancy to some of the Northern Taranaki town's blank walls.
The Conversation
A crowd can exhilarate the ephemeral power within us. Whether a packed stadium or a mosh pit, crowds brought us together in ways that were more than physical.
Newsroom
With the necessary social and financial infrastructure and support, housing cooperatives have serious, practical potential for providing secure and affordable housing in NZ, writes Mark Southcombe.
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Our personalities are shaped by our experiences and social interactions, so how might the months spent isolated from friends, family and colleagues have altered us?
Newshub
The wearing of facemasks in shops in the UK will soon become mandatory
The mayor of Portugal's capital city plans to pay apartment owners to rent to local residents at affordable prices.
The Spinoff
As Aucklanders reluctantly adjust to the inconvenient practice of water conservation, a drought-savvy Northlander shares the tips and temperament needed to get through the dry times. Auckland’s water shortage was recently reported on The Project, and viewers were earnestly exhorted to fill their
The Spinoff
Let's not allow the focus on big-budget infrastructure projects to detract from the vital role public transport will play in revitalising our cities in a post-Covid world, says Greg Pollock. The recent match between the Blues and the Hurricanes was one of the world’s first major post-lockdown spo
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How the power of parents and their communities can be harnessed to better support families with young children.
The Spinoff
They might sound like the same thing, but light rail is quite different from light metro – the system that transport minister Phil Twyford now favours for Auckland. Katy Wakefield and Emma McInnes of Women in Urbanism explain why the metro option is a poor substitute for LRT. Transport is a fe
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How councils have used data and digital during the COVID-19 crisis
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CNA
Social media amplifies the reach and range of actions available to well-organised and networked political actors, whatever their intentions, says ...
Grist
Business is booming for farmers who plant on man-made islands.
RNZ
Justice Minister Andrew Little is committed to reviewing the legal aid threshold in the Family Court if re-elected.
RNZ
A group of small tourism operators in Waitomo has banded together to launch its own website promoting the area.
the Guardian
The virus has shown us how much we need each other, says author Maeve Higgins
Newsroom
While lockdown was difficult for everyone, it highlighted how much we rely on schools and early childhood education to enable work in the paid economy.
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Reporters Without Borders has ranked New Zealand in the top 10 for media freedom out of 180 countries.
Grist
From bike protests to staggered commute times, here’s how things might (literally) go in the future.
The Spinoff
Auckland will soon be receiving an additional 75 million litres of water per day from the Waikato River as an interim measure to help ease the worst water shortage in 25 years. A Ngāti Whātua historian says this sharing of resources between Tāmaki Makaurau and Waikato goes back a very long way. Fo
Newsroom
Following Newsroom’s investigation into the country’s child protection agency, Māori leaders are again calling for the dismissal of its chief executive, and the children’s minister.
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The death of an individual can have a powerful effect on our emotions, but as numbers rise so does our indifference. Why?
