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Waipapa Taumata Rau Kaiārahi: cultural champions

1 September 2023

Kaiārahi at Waipapa Taumata Rau are Māori leaders appointed for their knowledge of te ao Māori and involvement in their communities.
Arts and social change centre gets major boost

28 August 2023

A University of Auckland research hub focused on the role of the arts in solving big social issues has just secured its future thanks to generous support from the Chartwell Trust.
Celebrating Research Excellence awards announced

24 August 2023

Premier research awards feature investigators from disciplines across the breadth of the University.
Top tips for teaching mental health

21 August 2023

In good news for teachers, a mental health teaching resource for primary-aged children offering a ‘whole-school’ approach is now available.
National is going all ‘nanny state’ on us

11 August 2023

Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, after six years in opposition the National Party is offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, mandated reporting and mandated bans on cell phones. Peter O'Connor is worried.
Gutsy win for tuatara researcher at 3MT

9 August 2023

Biological Sciences’ PhD candidate Cam Hoffbeck and her engaging talk on the microbiome of the tuatara took out the top prize at the Three Minute Thesis Final from a high quality field.
Knowledge is brewing, so raise your glass

4 August 2023

Top academics will speak at Auckland watering holes for free on Tuesday 29 August.
Curtain falls after 20 years of tackling tough issues

31 July 2023

The dramatised story of a fictional family facing tough issues has just presented its last workshop after 20 years of successful delivery into schools across Aotearoa.
Māori health researcher receives first grant

17 July 2023

The Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand is the government’s principal funder of health research, in the latest funding round a young wahine Māōri doctoral candidate has secured a quarter of a million dollars for her latest research project.
Violence simply breeds violence at youth justice facilities

11 July 2023

Opinion: Despite aspirations for change, history tells us residential institutions for young offenders tend to default to a culture of conflict, threat, and coercion, says Ian Hyslop
The power and potential of Mātauranga Māori in education

7 July 2023

In a Matariki inaugural lecture, Te Tumu and Professor Melinda Webber is looking to the future where elements of Mātauranga Māori are a normal and natural part of the national curriculum
A Matariki story from Epsom Campus marae

5 July 2023

In the 1980s, teacher trainee Moutini Bryers made a significant contribution to the Māori celestial knowledge held at the wharenui at Epsom Campus, write Rose Yukich and Hēmi Dale.

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