This paper investigates the effect of interpersonal and institutional trust on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in New Zealand. The findings clearly show that higher trust correlates with lower vaccine hesitancy. By understanding how trust affects vaccine choices, it will be possible to build more effective public health campaigns in the future.

Climate change appears to be increasing the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, negatively affecting communities as well as posing long-term sustainability challenges to insurance (risk transfer) mechanisms.

Climate change will increasingly create severe risks for New Zealand’s coastal housing stock.