Carbon footprint calculation is a murky science. What to do, when you’ve done everything that you can, and it still might not be enough? Answer: hug a tree
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In defence of Barry and the NBR
Bloggers have been pecking at NBR publisher Barry Colman after his very public swipe at online media. Thing is, in many ways he's right.
Read MoreDown to earth: the sustainability diaries
Today is the start of a new spectator sport for Pundit readers – watching me fall flat on my face in the dirt, in pursuit of sustainability
Read MoreBarlow: an appeal for justice
It’s too early to say whether the Privy Council’s Barlow decision marks a tectonic shift in the law governing criminal appeals—or a minor refinement—but it does offer much-needed reassurance about appellate courts’ willingness to do justice
Read MoreHeard the one about the Olympian and the brothel-keeper?
...Turns out he's one and the same man. So does the Olympic committee have the track record to act as the moral guardians of sport?
Read MoreThe wrong way to take on the Baby Boomers
Bernard Hickey is right to rail against the inter-generational transfer of wealth that hies in this year's Budget, but there's no need to throw the bathwater out with the baby boomers
Read MoreThe throwaway cellphone
Disposable technology--a waste of time and resources, not to mention a major pain in the posterior
Read MoreBain's Travails; or it's not over even when it's over
You might think a jury's "not guilty" verdict finally puts a matter to rest but David Bain is discovering that it can be just the beginning
Read MoreThe Greatest Show in Town's Final Curtain
David Bain's retrial is now in the hands of the jury. Their verdict will bring down the curtain on a superb piece of legal theatre
Read MoreUndomestic goddess
The unexpected downside to staying at home with a baby: endless ruddy cleaning
Read MoreRubbish as art
Why do museum and gallery directors give space to rubbish masquerading as art? Because it suits the establishment
Read MoreA new home for the Hillary house
In which I rescue the government from its dilemma over what to do with the Hillary homestead and help rejuvenate the Auckland waterfront, all in one go
Read MoreWell, there goes the neighbourhood
The government is to give the Auckland suburb of Tamaki an extreme makeover, but is it all good news for the folks who live there, or band-aid politics?
Read MoreThe frugal elitist
When the going gets tough, the tough go to the mall and drink coffee
Read MoreTrust the media. No, really
An attempt to promote an old-fashioned idea: that being a journalist is a good thing
Read MoreThere's no escaping the swine flu
Obama now has to deal with plague and pestilence to add to his 100 days of crises, and swine flu is proving no complacent little piggy
Read MoreBirding at Lake Papaitonga
An hour or so north of Wellington, Buller Road runs west off SH1 to the birdwatching sanctuary at Lake Papaitonga
Read MoreCelebrating New Zealand science books
The Royal Society of New Zealand recently announced five finalists for their inaugural Science Book Prize
Read MoreHarold Wellman, who moved the Southern Alps
Scientists planning to drill deep into the Alpine Fault to understand more about faults and earthquakes can thank Harold Wellman for discovering the fault nearly 70 years ago
Read MoreBombs and boffins
For a nuclear-free country, New Zealand has a surprisingly rich and interesting nuclear history
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