Bruce Munro

    Death unleashed

    Stoats and weasels were first introduced to New Zealand in the 1880s, here at Bushey Park, a...

    Death unleashed

    A professor brought to NZ to help eradicate both weasels and stoats is warning against repeating mistakes that made Otago ground-zero for the disastrous introduction of those invasive predators.

    Death unleashed

    Stoats and weasels were first introduced to New Zealand in the 1880s, here at Bushey Park, a...

    Death unleashed

    A professor brought to New Zealand to help eradicate both weasels and stoats is warning against repeating mistakes that made Otago ground-zero for the disastrous introduction of those invasive predators.

    Nukes, spies and a loan

    David Lange champions New Zealand's nuclear-free policy at the Oxford Union Debate, March 1, 1985...

    Nukes, spies and a loan

    The Waihopai spy base was built during a turbulent time in New Zealand politics. Not only were domestic divisions beginning to break out into the open, but the Lange Government’s anti-nuclear...

    Spying on whom?

    The Government Communications Security Bureau satellite communications interception station at...

    Spying on whom?

    We need to talk about New Zealand’s spy agencies, says Andrew Little. But do we know enough to be able discuss our spies? Bruce Munro takes a look.

    Making waves

    Prof Robert Jack. Photo: Supplied

    Making waves

    Hope, fear and radio waves. On the eve of the 5G revolution, Bruce Munro gallops through a century of electromagnetic aspirations, conspiracies and often lamentable outcomes.

    Last best chance

    Ocean Rebellion activists dressed as Boris Johnson and ‘‘Oil head’’ set fire to the sail of a...

    Last best chance

    As the world gathers to accelerate climate action, economist Associate Prof Ralph Chapman tells Bruce Munro it’s almost too late.

    Fair's fair

    Supermarket workers, many on or earning little more than the minimum wage, have worked through...

    Fair's fair

    Fair pay would be a good start. But if you still can’t afford to buy a home, something else needs to change, for the sake of everyone’s future. As Labour Day weekend is celebrated around the country, Bruce Munro takes a look.

    Chasing a cure

    Toby Robins, of Dunedin, who died of Burkitt’s lymphoma on January 9, 2019, is featured in a new...

    Chasing a cure

    Toby Robins helped researchers working on a radical new cure for cancer, but died doing so. His is one of two Otago tales in a documentary about the tremendous promise of Car-T cell therapy. Bruce Munro talks to filmmaker Annie Goldson and to Toby’s parents, Carolyn and Ben.

    For peat's sake

    Peat wetlands store the partially decomposed remains of ancient plants, locking away the carbon....

    For peat's sake

    Peat is not only an excellent seed germinating material but one of the planet’s great climate stabilisers. In a world struggling to tackle climate change that is a problem, writes Bruce Munro.