Catalyst Kōrero with quantum physicist Professor David Hutchinson, December 1 The semiconductor industry – your computer, your phone, your TV, all communication – is underpinned by quantum physics developed during the first quantum revolution, from the 1950s to 1970s. The second quantum revolution is happening now, says quantum physicist Otago University Professor David Hutchinson.  And […]

Catalyst Kōrero with former Human Rights Watch global CEO Kenneth Roth, February 23 Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Congo, China – human rights are being trampled across the globe, in the face of global instability and rising right wing extremism, pitting the powerless against the powerful. But Kenneth Roth, nicknamed the Godfather of human rights after nearly […]

Catalyst Kōrero with historian Dr Mike Stevens, March 2 More than 140 years after the first formal Ngāi Tahu statement of grievance against the Crown, the Waitangi Tribunal found the iwi “had suffered grave injustices” and was “entitled to very substantial redress”. In this Catalyst Kōrero, Mike Stevens, a professional historian and Director of the […]