Today in the Reef

Articles on place-based wellbeing, civic intelligence, and environmental evidence in Aotearoa New Zealand.

26 January 2026Analysis1 min read

Evidence Quality in Fast-Track Decision Making: The Waitaha Case

Examining how evidence quality frameworks apply to fast-track consenting processes in Aotearoa - lessons from the Waitaha case.

23 January 2026Analysis2 min read

How the Digital Reef metaphor extends beyond infrastructure to the emergent benefits of community data collaboration.

15 January 2026Analysis1 min read

Tracing how recreation has been progressively sidelined in NZ resource management law - and what that means for communities.

14 January 2026Update1 min read

A light-hearted experiment in cross-model communication that reveals how AI systems interpret civic infrastructure concepts.