Sarah Robson

Aug 31, 2023 | rnz.co.nz | Sarah Robson

Young women are throwing their disposable income at things that give them joy –and as receipts for the Barbie movie show, there's considerable economic power in that. Girl power is having a renaissance. In the United States, better-than-expected economic performance is being attributed to spending associated with the Barbie movie, as well as recent tours by pop superstars Taylor Swift and Beyonce.

Aug 22, 2023 | rnz.co.nz | Tom Kitchin |Sarah Robson

New Zealand has watched from afar as wildfires have claimed lives and land across the heatwave-stricken northern hemisphere this year. As summer approaches, are we thinking enough about the threat wildfires pose here? New Zealanders are still recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle. Wringing out the mud and silt from their socks, putting windswept lives back together. In the storm, orchards were swept away; roads were tumbled into rubble; lives were lost.

Aug 17, 2023 | msn.com | Sarah Robson

For households feeling the cost-of-living pinch, forking out for pricey home and contents policies is becoming harder to justify. But with devastating climate-induced disasters on the rise, can we afford to not afford insurance? Six months after the multi-billion-dollar devastation wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland anniversary weekend floods, there's another storm brewing.

Jun 22, 2023 | msn.com | Sarah Robson

The news that a patient's ethnicity would be factored into how fast they get elective surgery saw allegations of racism fly from both sides of the political spectrum The story that set the political tone for the week came out on Monday morning. Since February, Auckland hospitals had been using an algorithm to help determine patients' positions on the waitlist for non-urgent surgery. One of the weightings was priority for Māori and Pasifika patients.

Jun 22, 2023 | msn.com | Sarah Robson