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Albert Wendt appointed to The Order of New Zealand
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 4:17 pm | University of Auckland
Albert Wendt (āiga Sa-Tuaopepe of Lefaga and āiga Sa-Patu of Vaiala), Emeritus Professor of English at The University of Auckland and acclaimed writer, painter and poet, has been made a member of the Order of New Zealand in this year’s Queen’s ... More >>
New Ombudsman Values Academic Links
Friday, 31 May 2013, 4:07 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland Law Professor Ron Paterson begins his five year term as Ombudsman on 4 June 2013, and looks forward to maintaining close relations with the Law School. More >>
New Ombudsman Values Academic Links
Friday, 31 May 2013, 10:33 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland Law Professor Ron Paterson begins his five year term as Ombudsman on 4 June 2013, and looks forward to maintaining close relations with the Law School. More >>
Student Film Selected For International Film Festival
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 4:34 pm | University of Auckland
Blind Mice, a short film by University of Auckland Film Television and Media Studies graduate Walter Lawry, has been chosen to screen at a prestigious film festival in Israel. CILECT Panorama at the 15th Tel Aviv Student Film Festival (19 to 24 June) ... More >>
Student film selected for prestigious film festival
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 12:01 pm | University of Auckland
Student film selected for prestigious international film festival Blind Mice, a short film by University of Auckland Film Television and Media Studies graduate Walter Lawry, has been chosen to screen at a prestigious film festival in Israel. CILECT ... More >>
Award For ‘inventive and joyful’ Building
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 10:09 am | University of Auckland
The School of Music building at The University of Auckland has been acknowledged in the New Zealand Architecture Awards 2013. Built in the early 1980s on a small site and a tight budget by Hill Manning Mitchell Architects, it has been awarded ... More >>
Songwriter finds her voice
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 1:29 pm | University of Auckland
First-year School of Music student Eden Roberts hasn’t always been a singer. The young songwriter and recent X Factor finalist only started singing when, at 16, she developed a repetitive strain injury from playing the guitar. More >>
The social production of risk and disaster – public lecture
Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:29 am | University of Auckland
While disasters are commonly framed as acts of God or acts of nature, newer formulations emphasise that disasters are socially produced. This is the topic of a public lecture to be delivered by visiting Hood Fellow Professor Kathleen Tierney from the University ... More >>
The Education of Ming Ming wins top University film award
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 1:10 pm | University of Auckland
Film Television and Media Studies graduate Beyond Wen has won the annual Images and Sound ‘Geoff Evans Memorial Prize for Excellence in Screen Production’. More >>
Food in Schools for our future
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 6:22 pm | University of Auckland
An animation to raise awareness about the issue of child poverty in NZ, and the need for food in schools programmes, has just been released by an educational research project at The University of Auckland. More >>
Gifted violinist wins Graduation Gala Concerto Competition
Friday, 10 May 2013, 3:15 pm | University of Auckland
Violinist Shauno Isomura was awarded the top prize at Thursday night’s University of Auckland Graduation Gala Concerto Competition. Shauno, a Bachelor of Music student at the School of Music, performed a moving rendition of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto ... More >>
6461 Graduating Next Week
Friday, 3 May 2013, 11:21 am | University of Auckland
Some 6461 graduands will receive a total of 7072 qualifications at ten ceremonies spread over three days (6, 8, 10 May). These include 128 doctorates. More >>
Top Doctoral Theses Awarded Vice-Chancellor’s Prize
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 11:34 am | University of Auckland
The five top University of Auckland PhD theses for 2012 will be presented at the University’s ‘Celebrating Research Excellence’ function to be held today 5-7pm at the marquee on Old Government House lawn. More >>
Research Excellence Rewarded
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 4:32 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland will reveal some of its most exciting research and celebrate the achievements of its top researchers at the Research Excellence awards function to be held in the Marquee at Old Government House from 5-7pm on 1 May. More >>
From the South Pacific to the Beijing Dance Academy
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 2:21 pm | University of Auckland
Five Dance Studies students from The University of Auckland spent their summer holidays teaching and researching dance in communities across New Zealand and Tonga. They then presented their research in China’s leading dance institution, The Beijing ... More >>
Highlighting Housing Intensification Issues
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 1:02 pm | University of Auckland
A new report looking at aspects of housing intensification in Auckland highlights the issues with compact development. More >>
University of Auckland filmmaker challenges NZ’s role in Afghanistan
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:18 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland’s Professor Annie Goldson has co-directed and produced He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan, a documentary which explores New Zealand’s military engagement in Afghanistan. It is due to screen on Maori Television on the ... More >>
Fostering architectural and planning debate
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 11:17 am | University of Auckland
Award-winning architects, artists and designers feature in the annual Communiqué lecture series hosted by the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland. This year’s series is run in tandem with the 5th Auckland Triennial, ... More >>
University of Auckland is New Zealand’s research powerhouse
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 1:28 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading research institution, according to the latest government assessment. Results released today from the 2012 Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) quality evaluation carried out by the Tertiary Education Commission ... More >>
Rangitoto research prompts rethink of Auckland volcanoes
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 9:49 am | University of Auckland
University of Auckland scientists have discovered that Rangitoto erupted not once or twice as previously believed, but multiple times over a period of 1,000 years, prompting a rethink of how Auckland volcanoes may behave in the future. More >>
