TY  - BOOK
TI  - The big questions: what is New Zealand's future?
SN  - 0143772376
AV  - HC665 .B44 2018
U1  - 303.4993 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New Zealand
PB  - Penguin
KW  - Twenty-first century
KW  - Forecasts
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; What will climate change do to our economy / Rod Oram -- Can we solve the housing crisis? / Leonie Freeman -- Can politicians still handle open debate? / Tim Watkin -- Can the healthcare system be mended? / Felicity Goodyear-Smith -- Is New Zealand the best place to be a child? / Andrew Becroft -- Are the arts fundamental to our society / Peter O'Connor -- What skills will our children need in the digital future? / Stuart McNaughton -- Who looks like a 'Kiwi'?; who sounds like a 'Kiwi'? / Golriz Ghahraman -- Will my job be taken by a robot? / David Brougham, Jarrod Haar and Yumiko Olliver-Gray -- Can recognition of Māori law achieve greater national unity? / Jacinta Ruru -- Why are women still waiting 100 years on? / Theresa Gattung -- Do we need more prisons? / Jarrod Gilbert -- Is this the future for our city streets? / Patrick Reynolds -- Can we learn to live with our world? / Anne Salmond
N2  - "New Zealand is at a crossroads. People are increasingly concerned about where we are headed. Can we improve our appalling statistics on poverty and violence? What about work - will we all be replaced by robots? Will our children (let alone our grandchildren) be able to afford to buy a house? Can we clean up our rivers? This book looks at many aspects of our lives and our nation. Experts in their fields writeabout the challenges that face us and the opportunities we have to make changes for the better"--Publisher information
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