A collaboration between complex systems researcher Anna Matheson and illustrator Hanna Breurkes. Edited by Anna Brown. Imagine you’re watching a river flow through a beautiful valley. At first glance, ...

A collaboration between researchers Richard Arnold, April Boland, Zoë Brown and Rebecca Priestley and illustrator Hanna Breurkes. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. It’s 2025, and in Aotearoa New Zealand ...

A collaboration between science system researcher Brittany Bennenbroek and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. Deep in the heart of Aotearoa, a mighty kauri forest once stood.

Governments like to boast that “data-driven” policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect statistics, set targets and adjust strategies to suit. But while data can be ...

A collaboration between network scientist Dion O’Neale, modeller and analyst Emily Harvey, and illustrator Hanna Breurkes. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. One day in 1967, strange letters began arriving ...

A collaboration between PhD candidate Kristin Wilson and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. If you travel south from Aotearoa New Zealand, you will eventually hit the landmass ...

I slowly open my groggy eyes to see my six-year-old daughter staring at me with a look of concern on her face. It’s 6am on a Monday morning, and I’m not ready for this. But it is kind of my job. And ...

The New Zealand Government’s decision to restructure the Marsden Fund and Catalyst Fund is more than a simple budgetary adjustment – it is a pivotal moment. This decision comes in the context of ...

This is the final post in our series on complexity. We’ve explored some of the ways that studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world, how this is relevant to all ...

Written by Te Pūnaha Matatini PhD candidate Michael Miller. Just four years ago, experts warned te reo Māori was on a “pathway towards extinction” unless resources were put into teaching young Māori.

In certain areas of Australia, millions of sterile male fruit flies rain from the skies every two weeks. These Queensland fruit flies are reared to the peak of health in a special facility, then ...

A collaboration between doctoral researcher Laura Kranz and Illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. You’ve probably had to study for a test or exam at some point in your life. When ...