
NZ has a $2.5b building defect problem. Will self-certification make it better or worse?
Building defects and rework silently drain millions from construction budgets. Catching those mistakes earlier could be key to faster builds and cheaper homes.
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Building defects and rework silently drain millions from construction budgets. Catching those mistakes earlier could be key to faster builds and cheaper homes.

ISIS’ extremist tenets often appeal to second-generation Muslim immigrants in Europe and the US.

NZ has ruled out an outright ban on crypto ATMs. Overseas experience suggests targeted safeguards could protect users from fraudsters.

When we are mis- or disinformed, it is difficult to act with autonomy. We may make decisions that do not align with our beliefs, even when we seem to be acting voluntarily.

In Canada, tens of millions of birds are killed annually by crashing into glass on buildings.

When AI renders antiquity, it’s not reaching back into history, it’s reaching for the average of every image ever made about it.

International law doesn’t require refugee camps, making them a policy choice rather than a legal obligation.

For some people caught in conflict zones, remaining is the choice they feel they can live with.

Today’s tradwives rework the ideals of the early 20th-century German housewives’ movement.

Maybe think of small talk as a technology: a human invention for accomplishing social goals.

Passed down through generations, refugee memories morph through the different stages of trauma, from silence to a reawakening.

Many autocrats rig elections to stay in power. Nicaragua’s longtime president has gone one step further.