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Planning students engage with Te Hana community
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 12:40 pm | Auckland University
Four community-based planning projects will be presented by third-year students from The University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning to the small North Auckland community of Te Hana this week. More >>
Global Financial Expert Takes Up Auckland Chair
Friday, 28 May 2010, 10:35 am | Auckland University
Global Financial Expert takes up The University of Auckland Business School BNZ Chair of Finance More >>
Auckland researcher wins Zonta Science Award
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 4:42 pm | Auckland University
University of Auckland molecular biologist Dr Julie Lim was presented with the 2010 Zonta Science Award in Wellington last night. More >>
Engineers focuses on local communities
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 7:57 pm | Auckland University
Engineers Without Borders New Zealand (EWBNZ) has made a commitment to focus their aid efforts on kiwi communities this year, at their official 2010 launch event at the University of Auckland’s School of Engineering this evening. More >>
Overseas Universities Luring Kiwi Students
Saturday, 6 March 2010, 11:35 am | Auckland University
“The low cost university system that our children access today risks becoming the poor quality system that our grandchildren desert tomorrow,” says the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Auckland, Professor Stuart McCutcheon. More >>
Doctors say Maori will suffer from ETS
Friday, 20 November 2009, 1:00 pm | Auckland University
A Maori senior doctor, who leads health professionals for climate action, says that iwi have every right to expect that hard-won treaty settlements should be honoured and not devalued – but we need to find a better way. Dr Rhys Jones, Ngati Kahungunu, ... More >>
Book sheds light on life and work of Len Lye
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:23 am | Auckland University
With this bold statement, uttered in 1964, Len Lye (1901-1980) left little doubt that he would hold an integral place in New Zealand’s artistic landscape. Today, the filmmaker, kinetic sculptor, painter, photographer and writer is recognised as ... More >>
Comprehensive health recommendations published
Monday, 19 October 2009, 12:30 pm | Auckland University
Comprehensive recommendations to improve food security and increase physical activity have been made by a University of Auckland-led research consortium. They include introducing a Smart Card to subsidise healthy food, helping people to access their ... More >>
Graduates Out In Force
Monday, 5 October 2009, 12:18 pm | Auckland University
Central Auckland will come alive with the colour and celebration of The University of Auckland’s Spring Graduation tomorrow (6 October). Some 2515 students will receive a total of 2750 qualifications at four ceremonies in the Aotea Centre. There will ... More >>
Hungarian President Lecturing On Sustainability
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 3:16 pm | Auckland University
The President of Hungary is visiting The University of Auckland to give a public lecture on environmental responsibility this coming Friday 25 September (11.15am-12noon, OGGB4, Level O, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road). His Excellency Mr László ... More >>
Drilling Earthquakes For Love And Energy
Monday, 14 September 2009, 1:24 pm | Auckland University
The connection between geothermal energy production and minor earthquakes will be explored in the first public lecture in New Zealand by Professor Peter Malin. Professor Malin is director of the Institute of Earth Sciences and Engineering (IESE) at The ... More >>
Car-seat inserts could save babies’ lives
Monday, 14 September 2009, 10:19 am | Auckland University
New research indicates that placing a foam plastic insert in standard car-seats and capsules reduces ‘stop breathing’ episodes for premature and full-term babies. Researchers from the University of Auckland have found placing an insert in infant ... More >>
Famed Japanese architect to give public lecture
Monday, 7 September 2009, 5:00 pm | Auckland University
The architect famed for using cardboard tubes to create houses for disaster victims will deliver a public lecture as part of a University of Auckland architecture series. More >>
Black Panther To Give Second Lecture In Auckland
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 10:44 am | Auckland University
Due to popular demand Emory Douglas, the former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, will deliver a second public lecture this month at The University of Auckland. Emory Douglas is visiting New Zealand as the Elam International Artist ... More >>
New Zealand Children at High Risk of Measles
Friday, 31 July 2009, 2:25 pm | Auckland University
Low immunisation rates in New Zealand mean that nearly 70,000 New Zealand children under 5 are at risk of catching the highly infectious illness, measles. Our immunisation rates are amongst the lowest for any developed country, according to Dr Nikki Turner ... More >>
Pacific people spread from Taiwan
Friday, 23 January 2009, 10:20 am | Auckland University
New research into language evolution suggests most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan around 5,200 years ago. More >>
Uni receives funding for neurological research
Monday, 15 December 2008, 2:15 pm | Auckland University
The University of Auckland has received $667,960 from the Neurological Foundation to further research into brain disorders and disease. More >>
New Chancellor for University of Auckland
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 2:44 pm | Auckland University
Roger France, a prominent chartered accountant and company director, has been elected Chancellor of The University of Auckland. More >>
Study delivers warning for beachgoers this summer
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 5:22 pm | Auckland University
A quarter of New Zealand children are not adequately supervised at the beach, according to new research from The University of Auckland, WaterSafe Auckland and Surf Life Saving New Zealand More >>
Rhodes Scholar from University of Auckland
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 3:41 pm | Auckland University
A political studies graduate from The University of Auckland keenly interested in global justice and migration from developing countries has gained a coveted Rhodes Scholarship for 2009. More >>
