The land that belongs to the river

The land that belongs to the river

3 Oct 2025 | Our stories, Storytelling

3 October 2025 A collaboration between environmental politics researcher Ann Brower and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. He didn’t quite know what to wear to submit to parliament, so he wore a three-piece suit. Duncan was one of the three of us...
The ecosystem of software

The ecosystem of software

19 Sep 2025 | Our stories, Storytelling

19 September 2025 A collaboration between software researcher Nkiru Ede and illustrator Jean Donaldson. Edited by Jonathan Burgess. December 2021 was a busy month for security teams around the world. A zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, a seemingly harmless Java logging...

The blue coat and scientific hope

11 Sep 2025 | Our stories

11 September 2025 In an inaugural lecture, newly-minted professors often talk about their journey. But Te Pūnaha Matatini Co-Director Priscilla Wehi used hers to challenge us to reimagine who we are as New Zealanders, and how that relates to the work we do as...
What makes our backyards happy spaces for us and nature

What makes our backyards happy spaces for us and nature

8 Aug 2025 | Our stories

8 August 2025 Backyards can be refuges for nature, dens for children, sources of food and nourishment, and spaces of speculation on what might have gone on before and what may be happening out of sight. They can tie us to the rhythms of nature, give us space to relax...