Disrupting the currents causing health inequality

29 May 2025 | Our stories, Storytelling

29 May 2025 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, the river seems peaceful, carrying water gently...

The view beyond your valley

5 May 2025 | Our stories, Storytelling

5 May 2025 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 there are a growing number of people who believe that the...

The forest of discovery: Government research organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand

23 Apr 2025 | Our stories, Storytelling

23 April 2025 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. These ancient trees represented the pursuit of knowledge,...

Yes, data can produce better policy – but it’s no substitute for real-world experience

7 Apr 2025 | Our stories

7 April 2025   Anna Matheson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington 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...

Your friends probably have more friends than you do

10 Mar 2025 | Our stories, Storytelling

10 March 2025 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 in letterboxes in Omaha, Nebraska. The letters had the...

PhD scholarship on measuring the impact of lake health interventions

4 Mar 2025 | Our stories, Te Pūnaha Matatini Scholarships

Image: Te Roto o Wairewa by Billie Ihaka. 4 March 2025 Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship to study the health of shallow coastal lakes in Aotearoa, currently in a state of decline driven by environmental factors and human activity. A number of...