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New UNESCO Chair brings dance to the table
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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Women’s innovative music-making in the 19th-century home
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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Top voices from sheer hard work and a Pacific culture of song
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.
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Honour for Ngarino Ellis: carving out new histories
18 November 2020
The importance of Māori art history has been recognised in a Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award in the Humanities for Associate Professor Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou).
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Māori knew how to build, in ways we’re only beginning to understand
10 November 2020
Māori had a sophisticated understanding of construction techniques often hidden from view and poorly understood by Western researchers, as has been revealed by Jeremy Treadwell, a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture in his PhD thesis.
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Iron Mountain takes on kaitiaki role for audio taonga
7 November 2020
The University of Auckland has a gold mine of Māori and Pacific audio archives which range from recorded lectures of the late Mira Szászy and Bruce Biggs, to interviews relating to the Ringatū faith and Fāgogo: fables of Samoa surveying traditional forms of music.
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Endless adventure of discovery: Brian Boyd wins Rutherford Medal
5 November 2020
In the first year New Zealand’s top research honour, the Rutherford Medal, has been open to the humanities, it has been awarded to Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd of the University of Auckland.
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How we kill creativity in New Zealand schools
2 November 2020
Our education system effectively stifles children’s natural curiosity about the world, according to a new report from the University of Auckland.
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Emily Parke: stop worrying about invasive predators
2 November 2020
Opinion: Emily Parke explores the mindset behind our national conservation effort's focus on birds such as kiwi and kākāpō.
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Paula Morris: in the footsteps of Robin Hyde
2 November 2020
With nowhere to head overseas, Associate Professor Paula Morris stayed home and walked in the footsteps of Robin Hyde, for a while at least.
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Art historian Linda Tyler explains why Three Sisters is her favourite artwork
30 October 2020
The University’s Art Collection has more than 1,700 items spread across five campuses and 90 percent of the collection is on display at all times. Linda Tyler showcases her favourite piece.
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Doctor, now author, Hinemoa Elder shares her Aroha
30 October 2020
Psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder has collated 52 whakataukī (proverbs) in a book called 'Aroha'. She says they reflect Māori wisdom that can help us live harmonious lives. In 2020, they could be just what the doctor ordered.
