But the city still does well in work-life balance.
Category: Society
‘We must come to see that the end we seek is a society that is at peace with itself.’
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights leader
Society is made up of groups with different practices, traditions, customs and attitudes. Issues of inequality, criminality, race, gender and class demand an empathetic and nuanced, but critical examination. Parliament and the courts are the final arbiters.
Society
NZ moves away from nanny-state smoking laws
What’s the balance between public health and personal liberty?
Society
A call to remove gender ideology from Relationship and Sexuality guide
There is no one right way to be a boy or a girl.
Society
NZ Initiative discuss classroom streaming
Is streaming an issue? Or when it’s done poorly?
NZ News Essentials
Debate over New Zealand’s school principal selection criteria
School principal criteria aims for group think based on previous government’s philosophy.
Society
Academics call for reforms to halt university decline
Save NZ higher education from inward-looking mediocrity.
Society
Sir Roger Douglas on reviving NZ’s future
Some imagination is needed…
Society
Lord Jonathan Sumption’s speech on the challenges to free speech
In today’s world, societal pressure to conform is more of a threat to free speech than the state.
Society
Diane Coyle’s call for improved expert communication amidst rising populism
Experts need to listen more and lecture less.
Society
Embracing AI could eliminate all human errors, but is that good?
Could a complete embrace of AI allow students time for more ‘creative’ pursuits?
