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Brands Leverage Covid-19 Lockdown To Market Unhealthy Food, Drinks
Monday, 8 March 2021, 9:27 am | University of Auckland
Companies selling snacks and fast food leveraged Aotearoa’s first pandemic lockdown to market their unhealthy products to New Zealanders, a University of Auckland study shows. Social media posts from 14 of 20 of the nation’s biggest food and drink ... More >>
University Of Auckland And Penn State Unite On International Summit
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 1:23 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is partnering with Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to host the Times Higher Education (THE) Innovation & Impact Summit focusing on the value of international research and collaboration. ‘Cultivating ... More >>
Covid No Damper On World-leading Subject Rankings
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 1:07 pm | University of Auckland
Covid-19 created many challenges for the university sector, with teaching and learning having to move quickly online and research conducted through lockdowns and social isolation. But despite this, the University of Auckland maintains its outstanding ... More >>
Ocean Acidification Causes Hearing Loss In Fish - Study
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 1:09 pm | University of Auckland
Higher levels of CO2 affect the ability of young snapper to hear, according to a new study published by scientists from the University of Auckland, NIWA and James Cook University in Australia. Humans are releasing more carbon into the atmosphere, ... More >>
Scientists Offer Free Soil Tests For Kiwis
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 9:41 am | University of Auckland
A nationwide project to investigate the soil beneath our feet has been launched by scientists and New Zealanders are encouraged to send in samples of their own garden soil for analysis. Soilsafe Aotearoa is a major new research programme being run ... More >>
Taxing Issues Skillfully Argued In Greg Everard Memorial Moot
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:16 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland law student Will Turner has won this year’s Greg Everard Memorial Moot, beating three others in the finals to win best oralist. The moot problem was based on Frucor v Commissioner of Inland Revenue , which is scheduled to be heard ... More >>
Hugh Green’s Philanthropic Legacy Supports World-leading Research To Help Newborn Babies
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 10:27 am | University of Auckland
Hugh Green overcame hardship to become a leading New Zealand businessman. Now, his philanthropic legacy is supporting world-leading research aimed to help newborn babies to breathe. Associate Professor Katie Groom and her team at the University of Auckland’s ... More >>
New Zealand’s Missing Data Feature In Global Report On Eye Health
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 1:55 pm | University of Auckland
New Zealand needs more investment in eye health, a global report from The Lancet Global Health shows One of the report’s recommendations is for countries to collect data on eye health from national surveys to inform planning. New Zealand is among ... More >>
Scientists Retool Weight-loss Drug For Lifesaving Treatments In University Of Auckland Study
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 8:45 am | University of Auckland
A weight-loss drug used in New Zealand and around the world could be repurposed to prevent organ failure in patients in intensive care, research from the University of Auckland and Monash University in Australia shows. Orlistat, marketed in New Zealand ... More >>
Food Hardship Prevalent In Kiwi Kids’ Early Years
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 6:08 am | University of Auckland
The first New Zealand study to look at the effects of food hardship on pre-schoolers’ nutrition has found that nearly half of families struggle to access healthy food in their child’s first year of life and this can have a negative downstream impact ... More >>
Lessons From Lockdown: What Could We Do Better?
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 1:09 pm | University of Auckland
The 49 days of national lockdown in 2020 created stressful dilemmas between public compliance and personal responsibilities, a new study has found. People did pay attention to public health concerns but had to navigate competing moral imperatives and risk ... More >>
Exhibition: Happiness Is Only Real When Shared
Saturday, 6 February 2021, 5:24 pm | Gus Fisher Gallery
Opening event: Friday February 12th from 5.30pm. Exhibition opening day: Saturday 13th from 10.00am. Artists: Wong Ping (Hong Kong), Mark Schroder (Aotearoa New Zealand), Pinar Yoldas (Turkey / USA) 13 Feburary – 8 May 2021 Gus Fisher Gallery showcases ... More >>
Helping Hand For The Class Of 2020
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 11:50 am | University of Auckland
Newly qualified teachers whose classroom experience was cut short because of last year’s Covid lockdowns can now apply for extra mentoring support. All first-year registered teachers employed in a teaching role in 2021 who weren’t able to complete ... More >>
Beyond Puao-Te-Ata-Tu: Realising The Promise Of A New Day
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 8:35 am | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Scholars at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga call for a 1988 report to be our blueprint for how we begin to restructure our country in the wake of Covid-19. Written more than three decades ago by Māori for the Department of Social Welfare, Puao-Te-Ata-Tu: ... More >>
Cutting Unneeded CT Scans, Radiation For Kids With Head Injuries
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 6:29 am | University of Auckland
New medical guidelines may reduce unnecessary CT scans, and the associated radiation, for children with head injuries. That’s according to Professor Stuart Dalziel, who’s the Cure Kids Chair of Child Health Research at the University of Auckland, ... More >>
Sugar Treatment Cuts Risks For Newborn Babies In NZ-Australia Trial
Friday, 29 January 2021, 9:33 am | University of Auckland
Rubbing sugar gel inside the mouths of newborn babies at risk of hypoglycaemia reduced their odds of developing the disorder, a four-year trial conducted in maternity hospitals across New Zealand and Australia has found. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2101/afcc09edb4c9d7c2bfc7.jpeg" ... More >>
Fireworks Dangerous In More Ways Than One
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 9:09 am | University of Auckland
Playing with a fireworks sparkler for just eight minutes is the equivalent of breathing a day’s air pollution and breaches safe levels, new research shows. Scientists measure air quality by the amount of particulate matter, known as PM10, in the air ... More >>
Pest-free Goal Won’t Be Achieved Without New And Better Tools
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 9:32 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand’s goal to become predator free by 2050 will remain an unrealised dream unless new technologies and advances in social engagement continue to be developed, researchers who first promoted it say. A team from the University of Auckland has ... More >>
Male Praying Mantis Fights To Avoid Being Eaten
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 12:59 pm | University of Auckland
Sexual reproduction in the insect world is often a risky business and never more so than when the risk of being eaten is high. But a new study on South African - or Springbok - praying mantids, commonly found in New Zealand after first being identified ... More >>
Pregnant Mums' Sleeping Position Can Cut Oxygen Flow To Her Unborn Child, Research Shows
Friday, 15 January 2021, 10:20 am | University of Auckland
Women who go to sleep on their back in late pregnancy are more likely to have stillbirths. Now, research from a University of Auckland-U.K. collaboration helps to explain why, showing a decreased supply of oxygen to the fetus. “Sleep on side when baby’s ... More >>
