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Leading Waipapa Taumata Rau researchers elected as Fellows

16 March 2023

Eleven academics from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland have been made Fellows of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, being recognised for their world leadership in research and scholarship.
Pioneer of precious taonga conservation: Dilys Johns

15 March 2023

Dilys Johns, a Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Auckland, has received a lifetime achievement award for her work conserving taonga found in wet sites throughout Aotearoa.
Life in the red-stickered zone needn’t be quite this hard

13 March 2023

Opinion: Muriwai resident, Associate Professor Vivienne Elizabeth, shares her experience in the profoundly disempowering state of limbo of a red-stickered area.
Pacific excellence at ASB Polyfest

7 March 2023

This year the Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands cultural festival celebrates its 48th year and Waipapa Taumata Rau is sponsoring the Samoan Stage once again.
From revolution to pandemic: the life of a social anthropologist

7 March 2023

From the streets of Prague after the 1989 revolution to the violent Fiji coup of 2000 and the Covid pandemic, Susanna Trnka’s life and work have often been at the centre of historic events.
Insights on extremism need careful consideration and good evidence

2 March 2023

BOOK REVIEW: Chris Wilson on Fear: New Zealand's hostile world of extremists by Byron C Clark.
Waipapa Taumata Rau students secure spot in Te Matatini finals

24 February 2023

Anipātene Biddle, Hikawai Te Nahu, Piripi Gordon, Te Ruki Pierce-Dunn, Atamira Walker, Puna Whaakata Maniapoto-Love, Te Ao Leach, and Nikora Wade have all made it into the finals of Te Matatini and will compete for the grand title alongside their respective roopu on 25 February.
Haka expert and kaupapa Māori researcher to judge Te Matatini

22 February 2023

Waipapa Taumata Rau principal teaching fellow Paora Sharples is chair of Tāmaki Kapa Haka and one of 40 Te Matatini judges. He says kapa haka isn’t just cultural revitalisation, but the vehicle for Māori excellence.
Te Matatini: From small hometown to big stage

20 February 2023

Law and arts student Puna Whakaata Maniapoto-Love is excited to celebrate Māori culture and connect with whānau when she takes to the stage in the world's biggest kapa haka competition.
Logs like bulldozers - why the East Coast feels betrayed

19 February 2023

Opinion: Politicians are not taking the environmental and human risks of forestry slash seriously or urgently enough, says Dame Anne Salmond
Te Matatini: arts and science student enters Te Matatini for the third time

15 February 2023

Hikawai Te Nahu, 21, has aspirations to cater to te taiao through his studies, and is a kaihaka for Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue.
New Zealand and Australia: trade ties that bind

15 February 2023

The trans-Tasman trade relationship is the focus of this year's Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School on 23 and 24 February at the University of Auckland.

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