The New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Covid-19 pandemic report highlights that the pandemic’s consequences are prolonged and multidimensional.
Dr Jess Stubbing writes that recent comments on alcohol and mental health fly in the face of research and the perspectives of those with lived experience.
The rise of authoritarianism, populism, and extremism threatens to erode the values of democracy and the norms of political decency. The influence of vested interests in politics weakens the voice of ordinary citizens and prevents...