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University Of Waikato Medical School Funding Backed By Momentum Waikato
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:37 am | University of Waikato
Funding for a Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Waikato will be supported by community foundation Momentum Waikato if the proposal is implemented after this year’s general election. Momentum will partner with the University ... More >>
University Of Waikato Opens The Pā: Māu, Māku, Mā Tātou Katoa
Monday, 10 July 2023, 11:18 am | University of Waikato
The Pā, the landmark new building at the heart of the University of Waikato’s Hamilton campus, has been opened today by Kīngi Tūheitia. It is the most significant capital development in the University’s 59-year history. University of Waikato ... More >>
Securing New Zealand’s Future: Cyber Security Challenge Celebrates 10 Years
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 10:50 am | University of Waikato
Thursday 4th July: Tomorrow, Kiwis across the country will be at the University of Waikato for the 10th annual New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge. With over $6,000 in prizes up for grabs across three categories, this event is the largest of its ... More >>
University Of Waikato Welcomes Third Medical School Announcement
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 11:52 am | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato welcomes the announcement by the National Party that if the Party is successful in this year’s General Election it will establish New Zealand's third medical school. “This is a fundamental step towards addressing our health ... More >>
Waikato Jumps Ahead In Global Rankings, Claiming Research Top Spot In New Zealand
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 10:37 am | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato is ranked in the top 250 universities in the world in the latest 2024 QS World University Rankings, the largest increase of any university in New Zealand. The rankings, released today, also place the University ... More >>
Te Kāhui A Kiwa - Driving Awareness And Dialogue On Indigenous Trade
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 10:39 am | University of Waikato
An impressive line-up of Indigenous and international speakers will meet this week to share their knowledge and expertise on the importance of Indigenous trade in gaining benefits from the free trade agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive agreement ... More >>
Hide And Seek With Gonorrhoea
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 2:51 pm | University of Waikato
Gonorrhoea isn’t going away. In 2022 there were 136 cases reported for every 100,000 people in New Zealand, and young people are disproportionately represented. The largest percentage of cases are reported in men aged 20-29 years and women aged 15-29 years. ... More >>
Budget Misses Opportunity To Train More NZ Doctors
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 6:02 pm | University of Waikato
Today’s Budget misses an opportunity to invest in training more New Zealand doctors to meet the country’s future health workforce shortages, particularly in general practice. “The Government is continuing to rely on importing doctors from other ... More >>
Feeling The Burn: Poetry For Our Times
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 10:45 am | University of Waikato
Award-winning poet and University of Waikato senior lecturer Dr Tracey Slaughter has spent the last nine months reviewing more than 1000 poems for this year’s Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2023: After-burn. “So many of this year's submissions ... More >>
Rotorua Set To Become The International Epicentre Of Activity For Volcanologists
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 2:09 pm | University of Waikato
Your chance to plumb the depths of volcanoes and earth sciences happens next week when hundreds of volcanologists and earth scientists from around the world meet in Rotorua for the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly. Sponsored by GNS Science and Toka Tū ... More >>
Te Maiea O Te Rangi; The Sun Rises On A New Opportunity For Te Reo
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 2:10 pm | University of Waikato
A new opportunity to take te reo to the world has risen at the University of Waikato as the Māori Medium Education Programme, Te Maiea o te Rangi opens to school leavers and career changers with a passion for te reo Māori and teaching. Senior Lecturer, ... More >>
Gritty, Confronting And Beautifully Told - Newcomer Takes Out Aotearoa’s Richest Short Story Prize
Friday, 14 October 2022, 10:09 am | University of Waikato
The art of the Kiwi short story is alive and well if entries to this year’s Sargeson Prize are anything to go by. Judge Dame Fiona Kidman says she was overwhelmed by the number and quality of submissions which saw 960 entries in the Open Division ... More >>
Aotearoa’s Richest Short Story Prize Awarded
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 4:58 am | University of Waikato
The art of the Kiwi short story is alive and well if entries to this year’s Sargeson Prize are anything to go by. Judge Dame Fiona Kidman says she was overwhelmed by the number and quality of submissions which saw 960 entries in the Open Division ... More >>
University Of Waikato’s First Seaweed Fish Farming Licence Provides Depth To University Research
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 3:38 pm | University of Waikato
Large-scale research into a wide variety of algae is a step closer for Aotearoa’s first state-of-the-art aquaculture facility for macroalgae cultivation, with the granting of a seaweed and freshwater algae fish farming licence to the University ... More >>
Entries Open For New Zealand’s Richest Short Story Competition
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 4:17 pm | University of Waikato
Entries for the Sargeson Prize , New Zealand’s richest short-story competition, open on April 1 with first prize in the Open Division now worth $10,000. The competition, named for celebrated New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson, is in its fourth year and ... More >>
Psychologists Urged To Do More On Climate Change
Monday, 28 March 2022, 12:50 pm | University of Waikato
Psychologists should be doing more to mitigate the health effects of climate change, according to an extensive new report from the American Psychological Association (APA) – the largest organisation for psychologists in the US and with influence ... More >>
Dealing With The Long Tail Of Covid: Our Economic Road Ahead
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 2:31 pm | University of Waikato
Annual New Zealand Economics Forum to provide insight and discussion on New Zealand’s post-Covid economic recovery The University of Waikato will host the annual New Zealand Economics Forum this Thursday and Friday to discuss the economic impacts of Covid-19 ... More >>
University Of Waikato Announces Diana Clarke As 2022 Writer In Residence
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 2:05 pm | University of Waikato
A novel exploring the cult-like logic of internet communities alongside organised religious groups such as Gloriavale and Scientology will be the focus of University of Waikato’s new Writer In Residence, Diana Clarke. Clarke, who has been completing ... More >>
University Of Waikato Researchers To Lead Seaweed Farming Trials In Hauraki Gulf And Bay Of Plenty
Monday, 13 December 2021, 11:09 am | University of Waikato
University of Waikato researchers’ Dr Marie Magnusson and Dr Rebecca Lawton will receive $1.2 million to lead research into seaweed farming in the Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty as part of a $5 million commercial regenerative seaweed farming pilot. ... More >>
Roadmap Launched To Grow NZ’s Robotics Industry
Friday, 10 December 2021, 9:31 am | University of Waikato
With robotics and automation set to replace 46 percent of day jobs by 2040, a new national strategy has been launched to grow the New Zealand sector that currently employs around 3200 people and generates $1 billion in annual revenue. The New Zealand ... More >>
