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Pacific Women Lag Behind In Access To Breast Cancer Care And Treatment
Friday, 12 November 2021, 2:01 pm | University of Waikato
The cost of breast cancer treatment is increasing as results continue to vary between Pacific and non-Pacific women, two studies have found. The studies, published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal, show that each breast cancer patient is now receiving ... More >>
University Of Waikato Launches A Strategic Partnership With Cardiff University In Wales
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 9:32 am | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato has launched a strategic partnership with Cardiff University in Wales, designed to deliver world class collaborative research and opportunities for researchers, staff and students. The strategic partnership was formally recognised ... More >>
Marsden Funds To Help Tackle Challenges From Climate Change To Teaching Our History
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 8:54 am | University of Waikato
University of Waikato researchers are leading a series of new projects from studying how our soils can help combat climate change, to designing how to better teach Māori history as part of Aotearoa’s new curriculum reset, all supported by the Royal ... More >>
Waikato Event Connects To COP26 And Climate Change Crisis
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 6:00 pm | University of Waikato
The climate change crisis is something that keeps Associate Professor Tom Roa awake at night. “It’s one of the things I lose sleep over, our environment and how we treat the world,” he says. “It’s a big concern with the world we are leaving ... More >>
New Study To Look At How Women Have Coped During The Pandemic
Sunday, 31 October 2021, 5:58 pm | University of Waikato
How New Zealand women have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the strategies they have devised to cope will be researched in a new project led by the University of Waikato. Professor Holly Thorpe, a sociologist in Te Huataki Waiora School of ... More >>
University Of Waikato To Consult On Vaccination Plan
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 2:56 pm | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato has today announced it is consulting on a plan that proposes all staff, all students including those living in University accommodation, and all contractors will need to be vaccinated in order to enter its campuses and sites from ... More >>
New Research Shows Link Between Conversion Practices And Negative Mental Health For Trans And Non-binary People
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 9:15 am | University of Waikato
New findings published from a national survey led by University of Waikato researchers has found that trans and non-binary people living in Aotearoa New Zealand who have experienced gender identity conversion practices are more likely have worse mental ... More >>
New Research Shows How Covid-19 Lockdowns Affected The World’s Athletes
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 7:50 pm | University of Waikato
How have Covid-19 lockdowns affected the world’s athletes? It’s a question that 111 researchers from over 60 countries, including New Zealand, have sought to answer in the largest international study of its kind. More than 12,500 athletes from 35 ... More >>
Sargeson Prize 2021 Winners Focus On Relationships And Families
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 8:40 pm | University of Waikato
A story about the harm patriarchal communities can do is the overall winner of this year’s Sargeson Prize. The University of Waikato sponsors the short story competition and announced the winners at the annual Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture, which was ... More >>
New Project Ensures The Benefits Of Indigenous Data Are Shared With Indigenous People
Monday, 11 October 2021, 1:39 pm | University of Waikato
An international project between Waikato and New York-based researchers has received a $750,000 boost to expand tools protecting Indigenous communities’ rights over their own knowledge and data. ENRICH , a collaborative project between the University ... More >>
Rena - A Decade Of Work By Researchers Illustrates The Impacts Of Overfishing On Delicate Reef Systems
Monday, 4 October 2021, 2:35 pm | University of Waikato
This week marks 10 years since the Rena, New Zealand’s worst ecological marine disaster, and while monitoring has shown the amazing capacity of the ocean to recover, researchers say it has also demonstrated the impacts of overfishing delicate reef ... More >>
Source Of Unique Mānuka Factor Identified
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 7:57 am | University of Waikato
University of Waikato researchers have uncovered new insights into how mānuka flowers make nectar and the source of the Unique Mānuka Factor – which could contribute to the high-value New Zealand mānuka honey industry. The research , published in ... More >>
Waikato Researchers Help Launch Circular Economy Initiatives For Business
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 8:34 am | University of Waikato
An $11 million University of Waikato-led research project to develop New Zealand’s circular economy has partnered with the Sustainable Business Network, Government agencies and Waste Management to help businesses build a circular economy. Go Circular ... More >>
New Study On Kava Drink-driving Shows Impact On Brain Function
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 3:42 pm | University of Waikato
New research into the effect of drinking kava on driving has revealed it has a significant impact on temporal order judgement - or how well the brain is able to keep track of the order of events. The University of Waikato study, led by Dr Apo Aporosa from ... More >>
University launches community vaccination clinic on Kīngitanga Day and calls on students to get vaccinated
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 11:00 am | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato is sending a clear signal to students and the wider university community to get vaccinated and will host a vaccination clinic and drive through vaccination service on Thursday, to mark Kīngitanga day. The clinic will be available ... More >>
Māori language programme celebrates 30 years
Monday, 13 September 2021, 9:28 am | University of Waikato
The University of Waikato’s pioneering total immersion Māori language programme, Te Tohu Paetahi, is celebrating 30 years since its establishment with more than 1600 students supported on their te reo Māori journey. More >>
Waikato researchers receive massive boost for environmental projects
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 9:28 am | University of Waikato
Researchers from the University of Waikato will now be able to advance projects to model the ecosystems of New Zealand’s 3820 lakes, seek keys to climate change in our deepest caves and bring nature back to our cities and towns. These projects ... More >>
Waikato research recognised for international impact
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:49 pm | University of Waikato
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, released today placed the University of Waikato in the top 401-500 universities worldwide, out of more than 1,500 universities from 93 different countries. The University has moved up ... More >>
Inspiring More Māori Students Into Science And Technology Career Pathways
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 3:28 pm | University of Waikato
Hundreds of Māori high school students will soon be inspired to take up STEMM subjects and careers, as part of a new collaboration agreement announced today between the University of Waikato and Pūhoro Charitable Trust, and supported by the Ministry ... More >>
The World’s First Large Scale Hydrogen Production Plant In Southland – A Flawed Think-big Project
Friday, 23 July 2021, 1:26 pm | University of Waikato
A plan by two of New Zealand’s largest electricity generators to create the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in Southland is fundamentally flawed, says one of New Zealand’s foremost experts in hydro schemes and electricity generation. Meridian ... More >>
