With Covid-19 currently dominating the political agenda, the Government faces the challenge of keeping a steady eye on the ball on other key issues facing Aotearoa in 2022. Professor Philippa Howden-Capman is one of the University of Otago researchers invited to analyse the year ahead in politics, climate change, housing, and the child protection system in part two of a three-part series on what 2022 might bring for Aotearoa.