Articles by Martin Berka, The Conversation
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World
The success of Iceland's 'four-day week' trial greatly overstated
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 11:55AMBy Anthony Veal for The Conversation It almost seems too good to be true: a major trial in Iceland shows that cutting the...
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Health
The Conversation: Why NZ is more vulnerable to a new Covid outbreak than ever before
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 2:06PMHealth authorities have raised the COVID-19 alert to level 2 for Wellington, from 6pm today until midnight on Sunday, after...
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Health
Auckland Uni professor: My experiences show Covid lab-leak hypothesis is plausible
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 8:57PMAt the conclusion of the G7 summit, leaders called for a fresh and transparent investigation to determine how the COVID-19...
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Health
Equal access - not hesitancy - real challenge in vaccinating Māori and Pacific people
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 1:54PMReports of potentially higher rates of vaccine hesitancy among Māori and Pacific populations have seen the government target...
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Health
Could a simple pill beat COVID-19? Pfizer is giving it a go
Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 2:14PMWhile the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer is trialling a pill to treat COVID-19. It...
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Video
Martin Devlin: The Crusaders are a national treasure
Monday, 24 May 2021, 2:07PMThe Australian rugby teams are rubbish. Someone has to say it, may as well be me. But let's park that for a minute because...
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Audio
Martin Devlin: Crusaders likely to keep winning streak alive against Australia
Monday, 10 May 2021, 1:26PMWhat did we learn from another whopping weekend of sport? First up for all the football kids: how not to take a penalty...
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Science
How worried you should be about the giant piece of space junk hurtling towards Earth
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 9:39PMA large piece of space debris, possibly weighing several tonnes, is currently on an uncontrolled reentry phase (that’s space...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Great Scott podium finish another historic day for Kiwi Motorsport
Monday, 3 May 2021, 1:44PMSo much fantastic sport to celebrate from across the weekend, starting with Motorsport and a brilliant 1-2 Kiwi finish at...
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Lifestyle
Phar Lap and RWC finals: NZ's most popular conspiracy theories revealed
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 8:44PMThe Apollo moon landings were faked, Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone to assassinate JFK, governments are hiding the existence...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Eden Park hosting concerts a victory for common sense
Friday, 23 April 2021, 12:11PMEden Park is set to rock this weekend with 50,000 excited punters ready to roar on their favourites - only this time there...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Good riddance to the idiotic Super League
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 12:31PMDing dong the witch is dead. For now anyway. Goodbye Super League and good riddance to your arrogant and idiotic plans for...
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Video
Martin Devlin: What we learned from Chiefs, Ko and Warriors wins
Monday, 19 April 2021, 3:15PMWhat we learned from another wild sporting weekend: The Chiefs are for real. No-one, and that is not a single person on planet...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Professional golfers filling out their own score cards is totally unnecessary
Friday, 16 April 2021, 1:16PMThe most ridiculous thing in world sport right now pertains to golf, professional golf, and this continued insistence that...
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Video
Martin Devlin: It's become too confusing keeping up with NZ cricket TV rights
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 12:23PMSo who has the New Zealand television rights to the ICC World Cricket Test Championship? The answer, right now, is no-one...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Chiefs are the success story of Super Rugby Aotearoa
Monday, 12 April 2021, 2:04PMWhat did we learn from another demanding weekend of sport? The Warriors are still the Warriors. As frustrating, exasperating...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Why The Masters is such a special golf tournament
Friday, 9 April 2021, 11:37AMThe Masters is the best golf tournament in the world. It's like playing a round in the Botanic Gardens. The scenery incredible,...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Black Caps need better opponents
Monday, 29 March 2021, 2:54PMWhat we learned from another weekend of sport:The Warriors can attack and score tries! After last week where the effort was...
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Video
Martin Devlin: The Halberg Awards got it wrong - again
Friday, 26 March 2021, 1:53PMThe Halberg Awards got it wrong. Again. Both in overall athlete(s) of the decade and most memorable moment. No disrespect...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Sevu Reece's try-scoring celebration was brilliant
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 1:41PMThank you Reiko Ioane! Thank you for responding in the only way I'd hoped you would. Something I thought wasn't worth debating...
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Opinion
Martin Devlin: Robinson, SVG and Crusaders dominate fantastic weekend of sport
Monday, 22 March 2021, 1:12PMWhat did we learn from another fantastic weekend of sport? First up, snow sports! Alice Robinson continuing the recent success...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Crusaders vs Blues clash will be intriguing to watch
Friday, 19 March 2021, 1:15PMThe most important domestic rugby match of the season thus far, the most anticipated, the most intriguing. I’m talking Blues...
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Video
Martin Devlin: The America's Cup is still New Zealand's Cup!
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 1:55PMThe America's Cup is STILL New Zealand's Cup. As those immortal words of PJ Montgomery re-rang around the viaduct basin last...
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Video
Martin Devlin: Crusaders are a national rugby treasure
Monday, 15 March 2021, 3:12PMFour big things we learned from the weekend’s sport. The Crusaders are a national rugby treasure. What would SRA be without...