Shaun Hendy

Guest writer

Shaun Hendy is chief scientist at Toha.

The Employment Court has ordered the University of Auckland to pay Siouxsie Wiles $20,000 in damages

The Siouxsie Wiles judgment should be a wake-up call for New Zealand’s universities

'The fact she had to take her university to court to force it to take her concerns seriously should trigger some serious soul-searching.'

By Shaun Hendy | 10th July, 2024

Image: Tina Tiller

A critical error in a report on lockdown timing risks undermining future decisions

And now that error has itself been transmitted in the media and into the election campaign.

By Shaun Hendy | 10th August, 2020

A playground cordoned off due to the lockdown on March 26, 2020 in Auckland (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Covid-19: The maths that explains why we’re locking down

The statistical modelling we're working on in NZ to help us understand how diseases spread.

By Shaun Hendy | 26th March, 2020

The views aren’t bad, either. Photo: Denisbin/Flickr

One big idea to transform travel in New Zealand

Our universities have a shocking record on emissions. If they band together, however, they could make a massive difference.

By Shaun Hendy | 16th December, 2019

Mike Joy of Massey University

Why is NZ’s environmental regulator trying to muzzle scientist Mike Joy?

The Environmental Protection Authority CEO's complaint to Massey University sparked a disciplinary process, yet the agency seems disinclined to speak out on climate change denial.

By Shaun Hendy | 14th March, 2018

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 21: Demonstrators carrying banners and placards take part in the Women’s March next to the Eiffel Tower on the Parvis des Droits de l’Homme on January 21, 2017 in Paris, France. The Women’s March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for Women’s Rights to be recognized around the world as Human Rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents. (Photo by Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Today I will march for science. And this is the speech that I’m not going to give

I’m taking part because I am part of a global community and because Trump’s actions affect us all. And I want New Zealand’s politicians to understand this, too, writes Shaun Hendy.

By Shaun Hendy | 22nd April, 2017

The Waikato River in full flight. Photo: Colin Bush / EyeEm

Are New Zealand’s scientific experts really dead – or just resting?

The row over Jacqueline Rowarth’s strange suggestion that the Waikato River is one of the world’s five cleanest reveals a need for more scientists to be heard in public, not fewer, writes Shaun Hendy.

By Shaun Hendy | 4th November, 2016