Coronavirus
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20 November 2020
Opinion: Vietnam’s success against Covid-19 is remarkable given the lack of material resources. Natasha Hamilton-Hart and Celia Caughy discuss how it was done.
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18 November 2020
Most people consumed more unhealthy snacks and drinks during New Zealand lockdowns, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Auckland.
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16 November 2020
Opinion: Take a 19th century German scientist, a 21st century disease and add the internet - the result is a dangerous upsurge in Covid-denial nonsense, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
Arts and culture
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26 November 2020
UNESCO has established the world’s first Chair on Dance and Social Inclusion, a partnership between the University and UNESCO with inaugural co-chairs, Associate Professors Ralph Buck and Nicholas Rowe of the Dance Studies Programme.
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18 November 2020
Associate Professor Nancy November has has been given a major research boost by Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, to further investigate the music-making of 19th century women, and the creation of take-home versions of large-scale compositions.
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18 November 2020
Opinion: Dr Te Oti Rakena explains how Pacific nations produce performers with such great voices and why diluting their success as ‘natural ability’ is wrong.
Business and economy
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27 November 2020
Opinion: Policies to manage our stratospheric housing debt will be central to either a managed bumpy descent or an uncontrollable crash. Michael Rehm explains.
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26 November 2020
Indigenous and social rights, gender equality, climate change mitigation and sharing prosperity are all critical issues for future trade policies.
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20 November 2020
The recently announced Global Employability University Ranking 2020 sees the University of Auckland rated 81st in the world.
Education and society
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25 November 2020
In honour of a life’s work improving and enriching Māori-Pākehā relationships, Dame Anne Salmond has been awarded the prestigious Blake Medal for leadership.
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14 November 2020
In an honest, personal story, Dr Melani Anae (Pacific Studies) looks back on 50 years of involvement with activist group the Polynesian Panthers, what led her there and how it changed her life.
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13 November 2020
Opinion: It has been a difficult year, but life is getting better and we are the most privileged humans to have ever lived on this planet. Andrew Taberner explains.
Environment and sustainability
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25 November 2020
The study of wild animals, and in particular threatened species, generates an enormous amount of data which can be analysed to provide a more accurate picture of how they are faring.
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25 November 2020
In honour of a life’s work improving and enriching Māori-Pākehā relationships, Dame Anne Salmond has been awarded the prestigious Blake Medal for leadership.
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10 November 2020
How can we restore our river communities to health? How do we define life itself? What motivates Māori electoral choices? And how has one in three Kiwi adults become obese?
Health and medicine
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26 November 2020
Opinion: In Lung Cancer Awareness Month Kelly Burrowes explains how creating a computer-based replica of a person could help treat NZ’s biggest cancer killer.
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26 November 2020
A new study will explore how to get more New Zealanders into clinical trials, especially rural people, Māori and Pasifika.
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23 November 2020
Star ratings on food packaging help shoppers choose nutritious food. Stars also spur manufacturers to make healthier products, a study shows.
Politics and law
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26 November 2020
Opinion: Donald Trump's power won’t prove authoritarian enough to compel the other branches and levels of government to undermine the election, writes Associate Professor Tim Kuhner.
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19 November 2020
Opinion: Dylan Asafo argues it’s impossible to govern for "all New Zealanders” in an exceptionally unequal society like ours and that there is no honest middle ground.
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16 November 2020
Opinion: The ‘build back better’ concept should incorporate a close look at community energy initiatives owned and controlled by the people, writes Julie MacArthur.
Science and technology
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18 November 2020
Research on the link between exercise and a healthy brain has earned Dr David Moreau one of the year’s top science prizes, the Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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18 November 2020
Scientists are tracking humpback whales by listening in on the songs they sing as they migrate past New Zealand each year on their way to breeding grounds nearer the tropics.
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18 November 2020
Professor Eamonn O’Brien of the University of Auckland has been awarded this year’s Hector Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his contributions in the field of group theory.
University news
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26 November 2020
Indigenous and social rights, gender equality, climate change mitigation and sharing prosperity are all critical issues for future trade policies.
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26 November 2020
University of Auckland student Rhieve Grey has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to carry out postgraduate study at the University of Oxford.
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25 November 2020
In honour of a life’s work improving and enriching Māori-Pākehā relationships, Dame Anne Salmond has been awarded the prestigious Blake Medal for leadership.
The Challenge
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28 October 2020
Professor Papaarangi Reid on why targeted admission schemes to medical schools are a matter of life and death.
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17 September 2020
Regional New Zealand is home to a leading medical imaging research centre tackling health inequities.
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5 September 2020
The technology behind cryptocurrency is going to change the way the world handles information.
