Kate Hannah

Guest writer

Kate Hannah is a cultural historian at Te Pūnaha Matatini – an Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for Complex Systems and Networks. She is leading a research project investigating disinformation and Covid-19.

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22nd September, 2021

How to talk to loved ones who are vaccine hesitant

Approach the conversation not with anger and frustration, but with patience, respect and aroha.

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7th September, 2020

Counting and Countering the infodemic: a deep dive into Covid-19 disinformation

A new project has been studying the vectors and volume of false stories that wrap around the Covid crisis in NZ. Here's what they learned.

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22nd August, 2019

Enough is enough. NZ universities need to reckon with rife sexual misconduct

Countless stories from women who have a right to be safe on campus still go unanswered.

Kyle Chapman (left) and Vaughan Tocker of the Right Wing Resistance Movement. Mr Chapman left after a falling out with the group. (Photo: RNZ /Supplied)

30th March, 2019

Don’t be fooled, far right groups have not been silenced

A former leader of NZ's far right communities says groups have closed up shop, but we must interrogate their claims and listen to the voices they try to speak over.

Antique engraving illustration: scientific experiment on electricity and condensation

Is this pale, male, stale Royal Society line-up some kind of historical re-enactment?

The speakers assembled to mark The Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150th anniversary sends a dismal message about the reality of the organisation's stated commitment to diversity, writes Kate Hannah

Hidden Figures

22nd January, 2017

Hidden Figures: Doing science ‘backwards, in high heels’

A new film depicting the extraordinary contribution of African-American women at Nasa during the space race offers a powerful and timely reminder of the contributions to science of people whose stories are too often hidden from view, writes Kate Hannah

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13th December, 2016

In 2016, the Massey chancellor says women vets are worth ‘two fifths’ of men. And we wonder why too few women are in science

Chris Kelly, the Chancellor of Massey University, says that women are less valuable veterinarians because they tend to leave the profession once they get married and have a family. That's precisely the sort of outdated thinking that is hampering women in STEM subjects of all kinds, says Kate Hannah.