CONTINUING EDUCATION & COMMUNITY
My continuing education includes community debate and community development – largely through media commentaries. The list below is just a sampling of the media commentary I have provided.
Media commentaries
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). NZOC announces intentions to bid for 2034 Commonwealth Games. OneNews TVNZ. 19 April 2023. Lead items with Nicole Bremner.
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). Tarras Airport looms large on greenies radar. Newsroom. 10 April 2023. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/tarras-airport-looms-large-on-greenies-radar
Higham, J.E.S., & Houge Mackenzie (2023). Public-private partnership might be the key to survival of tourism. Newsroom. 4 April 2023. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/public-private-partnership-could-be-the-key-to-survival-of-tourism
Higham, J.E.S., Stobo, C. & Houge Mackenzie (2023). Tourism Policy School 23-24 March 2023.
State of tourism sector debated Otago Daily Times 25 March 2023. https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/state-tourism-sector-debated
New Tourism Minister grilled on Queenstown worker shortage Crux 24 March 2023. https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/new-tourism-minister-grilled-on-queenstown-worker-shortage/
Henare on STAPP, worker shortage and ‘reports to nowhere’. Tourism Ticker 24 March 2023.
Te Araroa Trail: Plans afoot to ensure walkers ‘feel a sense of place and belonging’. Radio New Zealand 26 March 2023. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486725/te-araroa-trail-plans-afoot-to-ensure-walkers-feel-a-sense-of-place-and-belonging
People key to tourism’s role in post-COVID recovery. The National Tribune. 28 March 2023.
https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/people-key-to-tourism-s-role-in-post-covid-recovery/
Focus on state of tourism in wake of COVID. Otago Daily Times. 4 March 2023
Tourism Policy School to look at key industry issues. Otago Daily Times, 13 March 2023. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/tourism-policy-school-look-key-industry-issues
Tourism Policy School back in person for its fifth year. The National Tribune. 3 March 2023.
https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/otago-tourism-policy-school-back-in-person-for-its-fifth-year/
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). The future of tourism and plane travel. The Platform. Interview with Michael Laws (13 March 2023). 38 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pygNETDMR9E
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). Wird Neuseeland bald unerschwinglich? (Will New Zealand soon become unaffordable?). Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (12 March 2023). https://www.faz.net/aktuell/reise/neuseeland-will-klimasteuer-fuer-touristen-urlaub-bald-unbezahlbar-18736388.html
Higham, J.E.S. (2023) and co-signatories (Distinguished Professors Salmond, McLaughlin, Professors Boston, Hayward, Hendy, Noy, Ratuva, Renwick, Huhana Smith, Wreford). Informed leaders launch and letter to decision makers. 26 January 2023. https://informedleaders.com
The Platform 25 Jan https://theplatform.kiwi/podcasts/episode/distinguished-professor-robert-mclachlan-on-the-tarras-airport
Stuff 26 Jan: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/131068359/say-no-to-planned-otago-airport-academics-urge
Crux 26 Jan https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/academic-heavy-hitters-want-tarras-airport-plans-shelved
Lakes Weekly 26 Jan https://lwb.co.nz/content/academics-against-tarras-airport-plans/
ODT 26 Jan https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/group-urges-shelving-tarras-airport-plan
Tourism Ticker 26 Jan https://www.tourismticker.com/2023/01/26/leading-academics-oppose-cials-tarras-airport-plan/ and response from CIAL here.
Central App 26 Jan https://centralapp.nz/news/news/professors-say-no-to-proposed-airport-in-tarras?id=63d1c48275f6030113397c37
NZ Herald 26 Jan https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/no-fly-zone-opposition-grows-to-international-airport-planned-for-tarras-in-central-otago/ME6RWBX5Q5CQBKRAK4HXZ3FBOY/
Scoop 26 Jan https://community.scoop.co.nz/2023/01/leading-professors-say-no-to-new-airport-at-tarras/
Reddit (RNZ) 26 Jan https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/10lkcmz/tarras_airport_proposal_faces_more_opposition_as/
The Bharat Express News, 26 Jan https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/the-tarras-airport-proposal-is-meeting-more-opposition-now-that-leading-academics-are-writing-an-open-letter/
NewsBeezer 26 Jan https://newsbeezer.com/newzealand/say-no-to-planned-otago-airport-scientists-demand/
Omny FM (repeat of Hosking Breakfrast) 27 Jan https://omny.fm/shows/the-mike-hosking-breakfast/james-higham-otago-university-tourism-expert-says
RNZ Morning Report 27 Jan https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018875281/academics-write-to-politicians-business-on-tarras-airport-plan
Player FM, repeat of Morning Report, 27 Jan https://player.fm/series/morning-report-2517556/academics-write-to-politicians-business-on-tarras-airport-plan
Wanaka App 27 Jan https://wanakaapp.nz/news/news/professors-say-no-to-proposed-airport-in-tarras?id=63d234d475f603011339c197
The Spinoff (Bulletin) 27 Jan https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/27-01-2023/prime-minister-youve-got-mail
Newstalk ZB Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/james-higham-otago-university-tourism-expert-says-tarras/id1596683362?i=1000596795862
ODT 27 January https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-south-today/group-urges-chch-airport-shelve-tarras-plan
ODT 28 January https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/mayor-stays-out-airport-debate
Tarras Community Website https://www.tarras.org.nz/airport.html
REX podcast channel 31 January. https://omny.fm/shows/rural-exchange/tarras-airport-fallout-james-higham-prof-of-sustai
And also a mention from Professor Tim Jackson (University of Surrey) on his RNZ interview https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018875451from (19 mins onwards)
Newsroom 13 February. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/tarras-airport-we-shall-not-be-mooved#c-7970
Christchurch City Council Public Forum. Professors James Higham (Otago), Ilan Noy (Victoria University Wellington) and Bronwyn Hayward (Canterbury) 15 February 2023 (from 28m 30s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3c5_APr2ik
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). The French government’s ‘green conditions’ for Air France bailout: Lessons for Aotearoa New Zealand. TVNZ Breakfast with Jenny-May Coffin. 23 January 2023.
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). ‘Green conditions’ for airline bailout packages. Radio New Zealand. The Panel with Wallace Chapman. 16 January 2023. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thepanel/audio/2018874026/the-pre-panel-with-david-cormack-and-cas-carter
Higham, J.E.S. (2023). The case for banning some of New Zealand’s shortest flights. Stuff. 13 January 2023. https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/130949767/the-case-for-banning-some-of-new-zealands-shortest-flights
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Aviation and hydrogen. TV3 Newshub. 23 October 2022.
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Are airline offsetting schemes all they’re cracked up to be? Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan. Radio New Zealand 12 September 2022. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018858378/are-airline-offsetting-schemes-all-they-re-cracked-up-to-be
Flaherty, S. (2022). Tourism students cultivate carbon neutral course. Otago Bulletin. 31 August 2022. https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago0232955.html
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Re-opening the marine border to cruise. Breakfast TV interview with Melissa Stokes (with Kevin O’Sullivan, Cruise New Zealand). 29 July 2022.
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Tourism expert calls to scrutinize cruise ships’ emissions. Carbon News. Article by Liz Kivi. 29 July 2022. https://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyID=25411
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). The reduced carbon footprint of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Inside Carbon News (USA). 16 July 2022. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072022/warming-trends-the-tokyo-olympics-reduce-carbon-footprint-a-fin-whale-feeding-frenzy-and-the-tech-guru-whos-trying-to-bring-back-the-woolly-mammoth/
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). The Detail. All aboard? New Zealand’s cruise ship comeback. Stuff and Radio New Zealand. 24 May 2022. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/the-detail/300595742/the-detail-all-aboard-new-zealands-cruise-ship-comeback
Higham, J.E.S. (2022). Without stricter conditions, New Zealand should be in no hurry to reopen its border to cruise ships. The Conversation. 22 April 2022. https://theconversation.com/without-stricter-conditions-nz-should-be-in-no-hurry-to-reopen-its-border-to-cruise-ships-181607
Landa-Mata, I., Hopkins, D. Farstad, E., Higham, J.E.S. & Steen Jacobsen, J.K. (2021). When You Holiday at Home Is It Really a Holiday? Tourism Geographic. 11 November, 2021.
Higham, J.E.S. (2021). He Mātai Take: MBIE case studies of research, science and innovation in action https://researchscienceinnovation.nz/case-studies/
Higham, J.E.S. (2021). Musk v Bezos v Branson… v humanity. Newsroom. 20 July 2021. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/musk-v-bezos-v-branson-v-humanity
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Bubble trouble: Survey shows concern over return of international tourists. Stuff. 9 April 2021 https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300273478/bubble-trouble-survey-shows-concern-about-return-of-international-tourists
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Inclusive tourism reflects who we are. Otago Daily Times. 24 November 2020. p.30 https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/otago-daily-times/20201125/282484301313822
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Tourism professor calls for backpackers to return post-Covid. Radio New Zealand The Panel with Karen Hay. 24 November 2020. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thepanel/audio/2018774176/tourism-professor-calls-for-backpackers-to-return-post-covid
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Should we ban backpackers or cruise ships? Radio New Zealand interview with Corin Dann. 24 November 2020. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018774104/tourism-reset-should-focus-on-cruise-ships-not-backpackers-expert
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for New Zealand. The Conversation. 24 November 2020. https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-why-banishing-backpackers-and-targeting-wealthy-tourists-would-be-a-mistake-for-nz-150639
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Climate researchers are universities’ most frequent flyers. Stuff. 23 November 2020. https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/123392866/climate-researchers-are-universities-most-frequent-flyers
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Will travellers trash or treasure the planet after the pandemic? CNN Travel. 4 September 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/pandemic-travel-environment-impact/index.html
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Tarras International Airport: Genius of madness? Otago Daily Times The Mix 8 August 2020 https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/tarras-international-airport-genius-or-madness
Klöwer et al. (2020). Altmetric Score 1146: https://www.altmetric.com/details/85822821
Physics.org: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-carbon-footprint.html
Nature Briefing: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02131-9
Grist: https://grist.org/climate/a-scientist-wanted-us-to-stop-flying-just-not-like-this/
University of Oxford research news (22 July 2020):
https://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/0727-reducing-carbon-footprint-travel-post-covid-19.html
University of Otago research news (22 July 2020):
https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago740482.html
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul short-stay tourism: Regional travel bubbles are the future. https://theconversation.com/the-sun-is-setting-on-unsustainable-long-haul-short-stay-tourism-regional-travel-bubbles-are-the-future-140926. Read 33,508 times (8 July 2020)
Higgins-Desbiolles, F. & Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Why a trans-Tasman travel bubble makes a lot of sense for Australia and New Zealand. The Conversation 6 May 2020. https://theconversation.com/why-a-trans-tasman-travel-bubble-makes-a-lot-of-sense-for-australia-and-new-zealand-137878 Read 35,243 times (8 July 2020)
Articles in The Conversation have now been read 101,364 times (8 July 2020).
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). The COVID-19 business recovery. TV3 The Project. 24 April 2020.
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Cutting emissions key to tourism rebuild. Otago Daily Times Op-Ed. 7 July 2020. https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/cutting-tourism-emissions-key-rebuild
Science Media Centre: Expert Q&A (7 July 2020). https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2020/07/07/the-future-of-nz-borders-expert-qa/
Higham, J.E.S. (2020).The sun is setting on unsustainable long-haul short-stay tourism. Stuff (2 July 2020). https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/green-travel/122014052/the-sun-is-setting-on-unsustainable-longhaul-shortstay-tourism
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). ABC Radio Canberra interview with Adam Shirley (2 July 2020). Travel bubbles and the tourism recovery https://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). ABC Radio Sydney interview with Cassie McCullagh (9 July 2020). Rebuilding tourism https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). ABC Podcast. Big Ideas with Paul Barclay. The Trans-Tasman Bubble proposal.
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). Creating a trans-Tasman bubble. UQ Global Leadership Series. Zoom panel webinar. UQ Alumni Relations and Engagement (22 July 2020).
https://alumni.uq.edu.au/article/2020/07/what-expect-trans-tasman-travel-bubble
Higham, J.E.S. (2020). How pandemics end. Aspen Institute (Queenstown) Zoom seminar series. Invited discussant.
Higgins-Desbiolles, F. & Higham, J.E.S. (2019). Lessons to learned from White Island. The Conversation (16 December 2019) https://theconversation.com/call-for-clearer-risk-information-for-tourists-following-whakaari-white-island-tragedy-128772. Reprinted by national media 17 December 2019. Newsroom 19 December: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/@ideasroom/2019/12/19/955242/hard-questions-for-adventure-tourism
Higham, J.E.S. (2019). Get Frank interview. Invited interview on sustainable tourism (Queenstown, 3 November 2019). https://frankfilm.co.nz/changing-south-2019/tourism/
Markham, F., Young, M., Reis, A. & Higham, J.E.S. (2018). Why our carbon-emission policy responses don’t work on air travel. The Conversation (3 July 2018). http://theconversation.com/why-our-carbon-emission-policies-dont-work-on-air-travel-99019
Higham, J.E.S. (2018). Is it worth paying for a carbon offsets next time you fly? Interview with ABC Australia. 11 April 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-04-11/carbon-offsets-worth-buying-air-travel-tourism-emissions/9638466
Higham, J.E.S. (2017). Celebrating 50 years of the Otago Peninsula Trust (1967-2016). Interview with Sophie Barker. Otago Access Radio. 19 July 2017.
Young, M., Markham, F., Higham, J.E.S. & Jenkins, J. (2017). ‘Your flight is cancelled’: Why a post-aeroplane society is more feasible than it sounds. The Conversation (12 January 2017). https://theconversation.com/life-in-a-post-flying-australia-and-why-it-might-actually-be-ok-70388
Higham, J.E.S. (2016). Why dolphins are losing sleep of the coast of Hawaii. Science Magazine. Science report by Sukee Bennett. 1 December 2016, 1.00pm (EST).
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/why-dolphins-are-losing-sleep-coast-hawaii
Higham, J.E.S. (2016). Climate change, aviation emissions and the ‘fllyers’ dilemma’: Progress towards ICAO 38th General Assembly (September 2016). The Pulse (U.S. public radio program and podcast), Philadelphia, U.S.A. (21 July 2016). Available on iTunes. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/thepulse/item/95452–flying-creates-a-dilemma-for-travelers-concerned-about-climate-change
Peeters, P., Higham, J.E.S., Cohen, S.A. & Gössling, S. (2016). Aviation emissions are rising – and industry solutions are just technological myths. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/aviation-emissions-are-rising-and-industry-solutions-are-just-technological-myths-56032 (10 March 2016)
Higham. J.E.S. (2016). Aviation losing emissions battle, says academic. Carbon News. 8 March 2016. http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=9608
Young, M., Reis, A., Markham, F. & Higham, J.E.S. (2014). Three ways to feel less guilty about frequent flying. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/three-ways-to-feel-less-guilty-about-frequent-flying-30374 (12 September 2014).
Higham, J.E.S. (2016). Radio New Zealand. Sunday Morning. Technology myths stalling climate aviation policy. 12 March 2016. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/201792986/james-higham-the-mythical-solutions-to-aviation-emissions
Higham, J.E.S. (2015). Sustainable holidaying. Ecoliving in Action with Maureen Howard. Access Radio, Dunedin. 27 November 2015.
Higham, J.E.S. (2014). Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) science programme. Ockham’s Razor Talk. Sustainable whalewatching. Broadcast 24 July 2014. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/whale-watching-tourism/5615588
- TVNZ Breakfast. Captive wildlife and conservation (7 June 2018)
- Newstalk ZB. Minister releases Fiordland monorail report (31 October 2013).
- TVNZ Breakfast. Reaction to application decline for Milford Tunnel (18 July 2013)
- TVNZ Breakfast. Protest against Maui dolphin species protection measures (17 February 2012)