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Who really won the US-Soviet space race?
19 July 2019
Opinion: Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, but if we define ‘space race’ by spaceflight capability, the Soviets won hands down, writes Jennifer Frost.
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Diary of a summer scholar: Amber Rhodes
18 July 2019
Last summer Amber worked with Dr Ngarino Ellis to find and record items of Māori body adornment that are held in museum collections or have come up for auction.
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Anne Salmond: Billion Trees policy being rorted
16 July 2019
Opinion: Natural forests take up 40 times more carbon than plantations, but most new planting under NZ’s Billion Trees policy is pine, writes Dame Anne Salmond.
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We need to talk about America
12 July 2019
America is constantly “fantasised, sensationalised, and caricatured,” says Brendon O’Connor, an expert in American politics at the University of Sydney.
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Research on Egyptian coffins earns scholarship to Atlanta
11 July 2019
Arts graduate Emily Whitehead is heading off to Atlanta to do her PhD at Emory University on a full scholarship.
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Who can beat Trump in 2020?
8 July 2019
Opinion: The Democrats need a presidential candidate who can draw together a deeply divided US. Dr Paul Michel Taillon analyses the first debate held last month.
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Curating change with a Kupe Leadership Scholarship
8 July 2019
Ane Tonga has returned to University to undertake a Master of Arts majoring in Art History. Her thesis will examine Pacific curatorial practice in New Zealand between 1989 and 2019, a research area that has received very little critical attention.
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Rediscovered images of Māori life are precious taonga
2 July 2019
Recently retrieved documentary footage, images and documents of Māori life in the early 20th century are a treasure trove for future generations.
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Mental health support for Pacific climate change migrants
26 June 2019
New Zealand could become a relocation destination for many Pacific peoples displaced by rising sea levels and other climate-change related disasters.
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Green initiative takes silver for Auckland students
26 June 2019
University of Auckland students brought home silver in the 2019 World’s Challenge Challenge held in Western University in London, Canada.
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Reframing the view
25 June 2019
From early representations in European art to Disney's Moana, Indigenous peoples of the Pacific and beyond have been framed and explained by an outsiders' gaze.
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Hong Kong’s protests: Cause for celebration?
25 June 2019
Opinion: Unprecedented mass protest in Hong Kong brought suspension of a proposed extradition law but not withdrawal. So is it a victory? Stephen Noakes explains.
