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Are you following a particular way of ‘eating healthily’?
20 July 2018
Following a particular diet for health or other reasons is nothing new, but the contemporary context has seen many different ‘healthy-eating’ regimes, such as Paleo, sugar-free or raw foods, become popular.
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Why language matters in a crisis
17 July 2018
Opinion: Language skills are often overlooked in international rescue missions but can be key to success says Associate Professor Minako O’Hagan (Translation Studies).
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Ethnic ‘mixedness’ on the rise
17 July 2018
Opinion: As ethnic 'mixedness' is on the rise, the message is that individuals must find their own way to become, be, and belong, writes Melinda Webber.
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Researchers call for better screening for newborns
16 July 2018
Babies may be missing out on treatment for a common, brain-threatening condition and others receiving unnecessary treatment due to the wide use of a screening test known to be unsuitable.
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Working for Families perversely misunderstood
16 July 2018
Honorary Associate Professor Susan St John (Economics) says Working for Families was seriously eroded by the last government and we must do better for NZ children.
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Pākehā tolerance won’t restore Māori power
16 July 2018
Opinion: Restoring real power to Iwi Māori will require more than a little bit of cultural tolerance within a liberal capitalist Pākehā world says Dr Ian Hyslop (CHSSW).
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NZ judges reject confines of three strike straightjacket
13 July 2018
Opinion: That no New Zealand judge has sentenced a defendant to serve a third strike maximum sentence without parole suggests a judiciary that prizes individualised justice, writes the University of Auckland's James Oleson.
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Tread carefully with big data ethics
11 July 2018
Opinion: It is important to develop ethical control of big data, but we should do so carefully, warns the University of Auckland's Tim Dare.
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Auckland welcomes world renowned 3D Printing researcher
11 July 2018
Multi-award-winning product design developer and engineering researcher Professor Olaf Diegel will join the University of Auckland's Faculty of Engineering in early 2019.
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Global Brain Bee gives rise to future scientists
11 July 2018
On July 5 more than 160 students from around the North Island gathered at the University of Auckland for the New Zealand finals of the Brain Bee global neuroscience competition.
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Major conference examines land law developments
11 July 2018
Significant changes to the country’s land law, including security of title, will be the focus of an upcoming conference at the University of Auckland next month.
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Auckland launches first Graduate School of Engineering
10 July 2018
The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering launches the country’s first Graduate School of Engineering today with the aim of providing the best-possible postgraduate student experience for the next generation of engineers.