When reports of strikes, air defences and warnings around Iran appear, the world’s energy market looks first to one narrow waterway. Recent regional escala
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China’s AI-and-telecom plan is really about control of the next digital layer
China’s latest push to integrate artificial intelligence with the information and communications sector, reported by Xinhua , should not be read as another
The Rangitata rail bridge inquiry shows infrastructure risk is often quiet until it is not
A bridge can look ordinary until a failure reveals how much depends on it. The RNZ report on the TAIC findings into the Rangitata rail bridge collapse matt
New Zealand’s carbon-credit bill is a fiscal warning, not just a climate footnote
A climate target can look abstract until it becomes a line in the public accounts. That is the significance of RNZ’s report on Treasury advice that New Zea
New Zealand cannot fix housing by treating density as a culture war
Opinion: New Zealand’s density debate has become too emotional and too dishonest. One side talks as if every townhouse is an attack on neighbourhood life.
The Red Sea shipping shock is becoming a long test of globalisation’s hidden routes
Globalisation depends on routes most consumers never see. The Red Sea is one of them. When ships avoid the area because of attacks, security risk or insura
The next climate warning will not arrive as one disaster. It will arrive as many small failures at once
Climate change is often imagined as a single dramatic event: a flood, a wildfire, a storm surge. The more dangerous reality is quieter. Climate risk increa
China’s space embryo experiment is a small biological test with large political and scientific implications
China’s latest space-station biology research sounds narrow: mouse embryos developing in orbit. But the experiment sits inside one of the biggest unanswere
New Zealand’s foreign-policy squeeze is becoming harder to hide
New Zealand’s independent foreign policy has always required balance. It works best when Wellington can cooperate with partners without looking captured by
Auckland’s density retreat is not just a planning story. It is a housing supply warning
Auckland’s debate over housing intensification can sound technical: planning maps, height limits, qualifying matters, infrastructure constraints. But benea