
NZ parties want to make rooftop solar more affordable. We found cost isn’t everything
Both major parties want to boost household solar. But new research suggests wider uptake also depends on policy certainty, design and long-term returns.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

Both major parties want to boost household solar. But new research suggests wider uptake also depends on policy certainty, design and long-term returns.

Using government developed criteria for marketing to kids, none of the child-targeted cereals examined would be permitted to be advertised to children, and 96 per cent surpassed sugar thresholds.

Researchers found that some bodies of water have become highly acidic within only a few years.

Reform needs to address liscencing regulation, curriculum frameworks, standards of practice for early childhood educators and post-secondary preparation.

The language of burnout turns up in agricultural records from more than 200 years ago, long before the term entered popular use.

A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.

Studying the mineral olivine in kimberlite sheds some light on diamond origins.

Republicans hold both chambers and publicly back the president’s signature bill that would curtail mail-in voting and enforce strict voter ID laws. Here, a public policy and politics scholar explains why it still isn’t law.

As Manchester reinvents itself as an internationally recognised cultural city, Burnham’s politics are evolving with it. The relationship has never been one-way.

Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal is a distraction from a defence effort that had finally seemed to put Ukraine on the front foot.

The former mayor made a name for himself outside the city with his record on transport.

Spain’s passing triangles did more than create space: they forced France into making constant choices.