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Researchers Unite To Advance Space Technology
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 2:08 pm | University of Auckland
As part of the research efforts, the University of Auckland is teaming up with the University of South Australia to develop a system for managing an international network of optical ground stations. More >>
Pacific Alumni Celebrate Together In Sāmoa
Friday, 12 July 2024, 3:15 pm | University of Auckland
Engineers, doctors, nurses, creative entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and academic researchers had travelled from villages across Sāmoa, the Pacific and Aotearoa, New Zealand. The alumni event, previously held annually, had been postponed for the ... More >>
Auckland Law School Launches First Pacific Law Week
Thursday, 11 July 2024, 2:38 pm | University of Auckland
Fostering an inclusive community at Auckland Law School where Moana Oceania peoples (students, staff and others) feel valued, respected, and empowered, is one of the main aims of the Pacific Law Week. More >>
CRI And University Work Together To Train Scientists Of The Future
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 10:05 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland and Plant & Food Research have confirmed their commitment to ensuring science capability is embedded in the primary sector workforce, with the signing of a new agreement to continue the Joint Graduate School in Plant and ... More >>
Cyclone Risks For Pacific Island Hospitals Modelled In University Of Auckland-led Project
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 11:29 am | University of Auckland
Cyclone and extreme weather risks for individual hospitals across Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Tonga are being modelled in a study led out of Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. More >>
Kiwi Drivers Ready To Embrace Wireless EV Technology
Monday, 24 June 2024, 11:52 am | University of Auckland
A survey of 1150 existing and prospective electric vehicle (EV) drivers shows that although people have concerns about the safety and charging cost of dynamic wireless charging, it's viewed positively overall. More >>
Value Of Disclosing Donor Conception Studied
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 3:59 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers are set to find out how many parents are telling children who were conceived through sperm or egg donors. More >>
Gender And Entrepreneurship: Why Women Quit
Monday, 10 June 2024, 12:05 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers Dr Janine Swail (University of Auckland) and Dr Susan Marlow (University of Nottingham) undertook in-depth interviews with 16 female founders in the UK and discovered that all of the participants left their businesses due to personal reasons ... More >>
University Of Auckland Climbs In QS World University Rankings
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 9:34 am | University of Auckland
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland continues to climb in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR), achieving its highest result in more than a decade. More >>
Scientists Zero In On Gene Linked To Motor Neuron Disease
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 1:22 pm | University of Auckland
Brain tissue samples from around the world have helped University of Auckland scientists to zero in on an extremely rare genetic mutation causing motor neuron disease. More >>
Business Masters Ranks No. 3 In World
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 12:02 pm | University of Auckland
A Business School offering has secured a top spot in the prestigious QS International Trade Rankings. More >>
Pacific Researchers In UN Panel Discussion On Pacific Health Crisis
Friday, 24 May 2024, 9:34 am | University of Auckland
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Renowned Pacific academics, in collaboration with Oxfam in the Pacific, are attending the 4th UN International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Antigua & Barbuda from 27-30 May. More >>
Overcoming Challenges Pays Off For Pacific Masters Graduate Veronika Ruby Iloilo
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 7:23 pm | University of Auckland
The Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Masters graduate wrote her thesis about the performative nature of political apologies. More >>
Older Māori Have Lower Rates Of ACC Cover, Research Shows
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 4:50 pm | University of Auckland
The new research out of Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland looks at five years of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) data (2014 to 2018) from two regions, Bay of Plenty and Lakes Taupō and Rotorua. More >>
Pacific Academic Makes Big Hits Like Late Sporting Great Father
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:39 pm | University of Auckland
Uperesa (Pago Pago, Fagatogo, Puapua, and Billings, Montana) said her award-winning book Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game (2022) captures an important part of social life that she didn’t see reflected in any of the (very ... More >>
New Job Takes Masters Graduate Home
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 2:50 pm | University of Auckland
Haddon graduated from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland on 14 May with a Masters of Urban Planning (Professional) receiving first class honours. More >>
Singing Researchers Investigate Cross-Cultural Patterns In Music, Language
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 6:37 am | University of Auckland
Seventy-five researchers from 46 countries recorded themselves performing traditional music and speaking in their own languages in a novel experiment investigating cross-cultural differences and similarities. More >>
AI Has Multiple Uses In Surgery, Research Finds
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 11:00 am | University of Auckland
A group of researchers led by surgery researcher Dr Chris Varghese at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has just had an article on artificial intelligence in surgery published in leading journal, Nature Medicine. More >>
Passing Of The Baton – Pacific Masters Graduate Admitted To Bar
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 4:26 pm | University of Auckland
Sabrina Salome Wright crossed the stage to receive her Master of Arts degree in Pacific Studies only days after being admitted to the bar. Just two weeks ago Wright (Luatuanu'u, Leusoali'i, Salelologa, Gataivai and Tufutafoe) was in Sāmoa for the ... More >>
Tongan Volcanic Eruption Spurs Research On Kids’ PTSD
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 4:17 pm | University of Auckland
Dr Patelisio Na’a Patelisio own post-traumatic stress following the large eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai inspired his masters research on PTSD in Pacific children. More >>
