Feature Article
12 September 2019
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.
Giving
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16 September 2019
Despite having three auto-immune diseases as well as depression, Sarai McKay has won two scholarships, including the Muriel Roberts Scholarship for a disabled student to travel overseas.
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10 September 2019
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein is donating $600,000 to the University of Auckland Business School to fund students to travel to Silicon Valley.
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9 September 2019
Researchers are uncovering crucial new information about strokes thanks to a unique machine gifted by the AH Somerville Foundation. This unprecedented research could play a critical role in how blood pressure levels are controlled in stroke patients.
Arts and culture
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16 September 2019
A feature-length documentary film produced by Associate Professor Nicholas Rowe of the Dance Studies programme, "Dancing7Cities", reclaims our right to dance, wherever we want.
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16 September 2019
Despite having three auto-immune diseases as well as depression, Sarai McKay has won two scholarships, including the Muriel Roberts Scholarship for a disabled student to travel overseas.
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12 September 2019
An interactive play featuring actors who have all at one time been homeless has won a national arts award.
Business and economy
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10 September 2019
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein is donating $600,000 to the University of Auckland Business School to fund students to travel to Silicon Valley.
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10 September 2019
Opinion: Professor Robert MacCulloch discusses New Zealand’s happiness paradox.
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4 September 2019
Opinion: Insight into disruptions facing trade policy will be shared by international experts at a Public Policy Institute event this week, writes Rob Scollay.
Education and society
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16 September 2019
Opinion: Dr Aroha Harris looks at the recent announcement that New Zealand history will be a compulsory subject in schools by 2022.
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11 September 2019
Opinion: For Māori Language Week, Keeghan Hei Hei and Aorewa Nahi share their experiences of learning te reo on Māori immersion teaching programme, Te Huarahi Māori.
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10 September 2019
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein is donating $600,000 to the University of Auckland Business School to fund students to travel to Silicon Valley.
Environment and sustainability
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16 September 2019
Opinion: Veronica Rotman challenges Seafood NZ’s advertising campaign claim that Māui dolphins are not at risk from commercial fishing set nets and trawling.
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12 September 2019
Some dugong populations are so genetically distinct that losing them would be the equivalent of losing a species of elephant, scientists say.
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4 September 2019
The convergence of humpback whales at the Kermadec Islands is the human equivalent of a singing competition at a favourite gathering place.
Health and medicine
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13 September 2019
Vegetarian (including vegan) and pescatarian diets may be linked to a lower risk of coronary heart disease than diets that include meat, a large new study suggests.
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13 September 2019
Two common forms of a life-saving steroid treatment for preterm babies have been shown to be equally effective and safe in a large New Zealand-Australian clinical trial – though the cheaper one may have a slight advantage.
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10 September 2019
Opinion: Professor Robert MacCulloch discusses New Zealand’s happiness paradox.
Politics and law
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10 September 2019
Kahukiwi Piripi won the National Kaupapa Māori Moot, and made history when she presented her legal submissions to the Supreme Court entirely in te reo Māori.
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6 September 2019
Opinion: Trust in the medical profession must be safeguarded from commercial interest. That's why public policy influencers must declare conflicts of interest, writes David Menkes.
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6 September 2019
Opinion: Under-age children in your life? Chances are you will hold crucial decision-power in New Zealand’s upcoming referendum on cannabis legalisation, writes Benedikt Fischer.
Science and technology
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12 September 2019
Some dugong populations are so genetically distinct that losing them would be the equivalent of losing a species of elephant, scientists say.
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9 September 2019
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.
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6 September 2019
Research on prevention of sexual abuse and the role of rehabilitation in sexual offending has earned senior lecturer Gwenda Willis of the University of Auckland the Hunter Award from the New Zealand Psychological Society.
University news
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16 September 2019
A feature-length documentary film produced by Associate Professor Nicholas Rowe of the Dance Studies programme, "Dancing7Cities", reclaims our right to dance, wherever we want.
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16 September 2019
Despite having three auto-immune diseases as well as depression, Sarai McKay has won two scholarships, including the Muriel Roberts Scholarship for a disabled student to travel overseas.
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12 September 2019
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.