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Combating multinational tax avoidance
Friday, 25 August 2017, 11:19 am | University of Auckland
A global tax expert and academic from the University of Auckland is heading to Brazil this week to give a presentation to the International Fiscal Association (IFA) addressing the common methods used by multinational companies to avoid paying tax. More >>
Festival celebrates all things musical
Friday, 25 August 2017, 10:32 am | University of Auckland
The School of Music at the University of Auckland is throwing open its doors in celebration of all things musical with a two-week festival of events to coincide with the start of spring. More >>
University hosts key TVNZ debate for young voters
Thursday, 24 August 2017, 2:40 pm | University of Auckland
For the first time during a New Zealand General Election, the University of Auckland is partnering with TVNZ to host a special live debate focused on young voters. More >>
Star ratings encourage production of healthier foods
Thursday, 24 August 2017, 9:03 am | University of Auckland
The voluntary Health Star Rating is encouraging manufacturers to create healthier foods, surveys of more than 44,000 New Zealand supermarket products over a three-year period have shown. The survey was part of the study: Effects of a Voluntary Front-of-Pack ... More >>
Life in the big city – free public lecture series
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 12:50 pm | University of Auckland
Do cyclists breathe easier on one side of a cycleway barrier than another? How much difference do trees really make to air quality? What happens when we bury natural streams beneath concrete and asphalt? How hard is it for native species to survive ... More >>
University of Auckland and primary principals to host expo
Monday, 21 August 2017, 1:13 pm | University of Auckland
The University of Auckland has joined the Auckland Primary Principals Association (APPA) to host an expo to drive teacher recruitment in the city. The Primary Teaching Recruitment Expo 2017 will be held at Eden Park’s Level 5 lounge on Thursday 24 ... More >>
Philosopher heads up bioethics panel
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 3:38 pm | University of Auckland
A philosopher from the Faculty of Arts is one of two University of Auckland academics convening the first bioethics panel in New Zealand focused on the ethical and social challenges to eradicating invasive predators. More >>
New University initiative focuses on Auckland’s history
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 3:20 pm | University of Auckland
A new initiative focused on understanding Auckland’s past in all its diversity and vibrancy is being launched at the University of Auckland. More >>
The Power of stories: Engaging with Sports Media
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 11:29 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand is considered a country of sports fans, but do we ever consider the meanings and effects of sport in people’s lives? Professor Toni Bruce of the University of Auckland is a former news and sports journalist who turned her media and sport ... More >>
University of Auckland Sociologist Writes on Cross-Dressing
Monday, 14 August 2017, 1:00 pm | University of Auckland
On the 27th of July, 2015, Dr Colin Cremin, a senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, dressed up as woman and arrived on campus ready to give a lecture to 100 students. She was sporting high heels, pantyhose, full makeup, jewellery ... More >>
Digging Deep: Developing Second/Foreign Language Expertise
Friday, 11 August 2017, 11:21 am | University of Auckland
Ever tried to learn a language but failed miserably? It may not be your fault, according to a University of Auckland academic, who has attempted at learning five languages himself. Professor Lawrence Zhang will traverse his 40 years’ experience in language ... More >>
Intensive farming bad news for native bees
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 2:50 pm | University of Auckland
Scientists have produced the first evidence that, the more farming intensifies in New Zealand, the less our native bees like it. Scientists have produced the first evidence that, the more farming intensifies in New Zealand, the less our native bees ... More >>
Academic’s Dedication to Refugees & Students Recognised
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 10:25 am | University of Auckland
A University of Auckland academic whose career has been centred on working alongside refugees has been recognised with a national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award. Associate Professor Jay Marlowe from the Faculty of Education and Social Work has ... More >>
Rural health issues demand a rational response
Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 1:49 pm | University of Auckland
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland has called on the Government to ignore the hype around the Waikato bid for a third medical school and make decisions that will benefit all rural New Zealanders. More >>
New tool to help distribute resources
Friday, 4 August 2017, 11:49 am | University of Auckland
Research by the University of Auckland has created a new way of measuring social deprivation in New Zealand that could assist agencies to distribute resources better. More >>
‘Biological chorus’ beneath the waves of the Hauraki Gulf
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 10:56 am | University of Auckland
The most comprehensive acoustic study of marine life in the Hauraki Gulf has recorded the whales, dolphins, snapping shrimp and sea urchins that create an ‘orchestra-like’ sound beneath the waves. More >>
Facing nuclear danger in the modern world
Monday, 31 July 2017, 1:52 pm | University of Auckland
As New Zealand’s nuclear free law reaches its 30th anniversary, the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts is hosting leading French nuclear policy researcher Benoît Pelopidas for its Annual Chapman Public Lecture on 15 August. More >>
Migration, diversity and the changing face of New Zealand
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 1:26 pm | University of Auckland
The changing face of migration in an increasingly diverse society will be the focus of this year’s University of Auckland Winter Lecture series, Nation Transformed: the place of migration in 21st century Aotearoa-New Zealand. Marking 30 years since ... More >>
Poi study points to health benefits for over 60s
Monday, 24 July 2017, 2:06 pm | University of Auckland
A clinical trial conducted between the Centre for Brain Research and the Dance Studies Programme at the University of Auckland has established the benefits of poi on physical and cognitive function in healthy older adults. More >>
Raise your glass to knowledge
Thursday, 20 July 2017, 9:58 am | University of Auckland
Auckland is the latest city to join a worldwide initiative to transform bars into lecture theatres. More >>
