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Te Arotahi - Whānau Ora And Imprisonment
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 8:45 am | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Today Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM) releases its next Te Arotahi paper calling on government to pay even closer attention to the issues of whānau and whakapapa within the criminal justice system. ... More >>
University of Auckland regains place in elite global top 200
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 8:29 am | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland has regained its place in the world’s top 200 Universities, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) International rankings released today (Thursday 12 September NZ time). More >>
Vaping helps smokers quit
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 1:57 pm | University of Auckland
New evidence from a large New Zealand vaping study suggests that hundreds of thousands more smokers worldwide could successfully quit the killer habit if they used nicotine-containing e-cigarettes (vapes) – illegal in a number of countries – together with nicotine ... More >>
Philanthropist encourages future entrepreneurs
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 10:54 am | University of Auckland
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein believes in the power of business to positively impact on people’s lives. So much so, he is donating $600,000 to the University of Auckland Business School to fund up to 14 top students to travel ... More >>
Budding human rights lawyer wins Māori Issues Moot
Monday, 9 September 2019, 4:14 pm | University of Auckland
Points of law arising from the 2017 Court of Appeal decision in Ngaronoa v Attorney-General, which challenged the decision to bar all prisoners from voting in parliamentary elections, set the scene for this year’s Māori Issues Moot, held earlier this month. More >>
The biggest questions of all – panel hosted by Kim Hill
Monday, 9 September 2019, 2:09 pm | University of Auckland
Space exploration and the search for alien life is the topic of a panel discussion at the University of Auckland hosted by RNZ’s Kim Hill. More >>
Police seek witnesses to Invercargill assault
Monday, 9 September 2019, 1:48 pm | University of Auckland
Police are seeking witnesses to an assault that occurred on the corner of Dee and Esk Streets, Invercargill, yesterday, Sunday 8 September. More >>
Research to help children with cerebral palsy
Monday, 9 September 2019, 1:47 pm | University of Auckland
>As part of ‘Steptember’, the fund-raising month for people with cerebral palsy, three researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) will talk about their potentially life-changing research into the disease. More >>
New college from international partnership
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 3:37 pm | University of Auckland
Three years of cooperative effort have paid off, with the University of Auckland today joining forces with Northeast Forestry University (NEFU) in China, to partner in a new college approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. More >>
Architecture, but not about rich people’s architecture
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 8:45 am | University of Auckland
An exhibition that looks at new ways of practicing architecture offers a glimpse of how architecture could and should change people’s lives, not just the lives of rich people. More >>
Whale migration pattern written into their songs
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 11:08 am | University of Auckland
The convergence of humpback whales at the Kermadec Islands is the human equivalent of a singing competition at a favourite gathering place, where new songs are shared and old ones reveal a lot about where you are from, new research suggests. More >>
Brave new digital world – are we ready?
Monday, 2 September 2019, 1:53 pm | University of Auckland
An accelerating avalanche of technological breakthroughs in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics has already changed how we do things, so where does that leave the global workforce? More >>
Watch out Hawaii, here come the legends of waka ama
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 3:08 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland’s entry in the world’s largest outrigger canoe race expect a top three placing, if not first place, at this weekend’s waka ama competition in Hawaii, according to team captain Loukas Banks. More >>
The Shouting Valley: Interrogating the Borders Between Us
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 1:32 pm | Gus Fisher Gallery
The Shouting Valley: Interrogating the Borders Between Us features artists whose politically motivating and activating work asks us to engage in urgent discussions of injustice in order to effect change. The works in this exhibition highlight contemporary ... More >>
It’s not queasy being Green
Friday, 23 August 2019, 2:42 pm | University of Auckland
Would you take medicine that’s been reclaimed from sewage? Munch on an insect burger, or a gnarled, bulbous, multi-limbed carrot? If you just choked on your cornflakes, you’re not alone. More >>
Drug boosts survival for diabetes after pancreatitis
Friday, 23 August 2019, 8:53 am | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland-led study has shown for the first time that diabetes drug metformin halves the risk of death in people with the second most common form of adult-onset diabetes. More >>
What a difference a decade makes in earthquake engineering
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 10:26 am | University of Auckland
It’s a brutal way to learn but if there is any good to come out of the earthquakes that devastated parts of New Zealand over the last decade, a lot more is now known about the ground beneath our feet. More >>
Babies missing out on heart screening
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 8:40 am | University of Auckland
Newborns are missing out on potentially life-saving screening for a heart defect due to unequal access to the test across district health boards and population groups, a new study reveals. More >>
20 libraries to open in Tongan villages
Wednesday, 21 August 2019, 12:32 pm | University of Auckland
Twenty new libraries brimming with books donated by the University of Auckland community will soon open in Tonga. More >>
Beauty tyranny in the age of Instagram
Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 11:16 am | University of Auckland
Young women in the age of social media are under ever more intense pressure to look ‘Insta-perfect’ and it’s not making them happy More >>
