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Vietnam’s showcase Covid response
20 November 2020
Opinion: Vietnam’s success against Covid-19 is remarkable given the lack of material resources. Natasha Hamilton-Hart and Celia Caughey discuss how it was done.
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Time to stop betting on the house
17 November 2020
Housing speculation in Auckland is endemic, with the market resembling a finance-fuelled casino with investors rushing to bet on tax-free capital gains. But there is a solution, according to research from the University of Auckland.
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Marsden Grant for study about Unitary Plan’s impact on housing affordability
11 November 2020
Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, has awarded $870,000 to Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, and Professor Peter Phillips from the University of Auckland for their research project investigating the Auckland Unitary Plan’s effect on affordable housing.
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New Zealand's economic future: cohesive strategy needed
11 November 2020
New Zealand needs to refresh many aspects of its economic strategy, including giving greater focus to innovation and the knowledge economy, says a report by some of our leading economists and researchers.
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Business alumni make their mark in 40 under 40
10 November 2020
Congratulations to the Business School alumni who appear in this year’s 40 under 40.
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Making waves: Marsden success for Arts
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?
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The bureaucratic blocks to welfare reform
5 November 2020
Opinion: Susan St John points to the behaviour of MSD bureaucrats in the spousal deduction saga to illustrate how major handbrakes work to block welfare reform.
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Succeeding when pain won’t leave you alone
3 November 2020
There were times for student Lin Kee, when the idea of finishing her studies and graduating seemed unlikely, if not impossible.
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Bespoke business programmes head Southside
3 November 2020
South Auckland tertiary students will be able to begin their business degrees at the University of Auckland’s Tai Tonga Campus in Manukau for the first time, starting next year.
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Ant Group: Halt on world's biggest IPO
2 November 2020
Opinion: Ant Group launched the biggest IPO in history. But who and what is Ant Group, and will it disrupt the banking sector as predicted. Alex Sims explains.
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A decade of women supporting women in business
30 October 2020
The Business School’s Women’s Mentoring Programme celebrated its ten-year anniversary this month with an enthusiastic gathering of past and current mentors and mentees, and a new name.
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Serious scientific fun a winner at Velocity
29 October 2020
A clever and fun piece of technology that allows children to take scientific measurements of the world around them has won the Social Entrepreneurship Category of the Velocity $100k Challenge.
