Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Arts
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Keith Montgomery: why is learning a foreign language a fading art?
30 November 2023
Opinion: Dr Keith Montgomery says with foreign language learning falling out of favour, New Zealand risks creating an insular learning mindset.
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Selina Tusitala Marsh: from big hair to big success
30 November 2023
Selina Tusitala Marsh's new book takes children's problems and suggests creative ways of approaching them, with pictures, poems and stories.
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Historic plaque found stashed in Old Choral Hall cupboard
30 November 2023
A controversial 1915 plaque that marks a moment in time was found in Old Choral Hall by a construction worker.
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Student inspired by ‘uniquely beautiful’ New Zealand literature
29 November 2023
For Cameron Gregan, the magic of New Zealand literature lies both in the familiarity of its themes and locations and the distinctive way our local writers have of seeing the world.
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Diagnostic tool for pilots enhances airline safety
16 November 2023
Dr Maria Treadaway, Faculty of Arts, was awarded a best thesis award for her work to test the language fluency of trainee pilots.
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A mission to wake up the Moriori language
16 November 2023
Ta rē Moriori, the language of the Chatham Islands, currently has no native speakers, something linguist John Middleton and the Hokotehi Moriori Trust would like to change.
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Award winning Pacific academic fights for change
13 November 2023
Award winning Pacific academic Sereana Naepi knows well that you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
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Human rights scholar wins top Royal Society award
8 November 2023
Human rights scholar Dr Maria Armoudian from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has won the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences.
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Rhodes to success: students head to Oxford
8 November 2023
Rhodes Scholarship recipients Karan Kalsi and Frances Wright are set to undertake postgraduate studies at Oxford.
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NZ should rethink stance on Japan's nuclear wastewater
7 November 2023
Opinion: NZ has let the Pacific down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch
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Rosalie Gascoigne: an inspiration to late bloomers
7 November 2023
Associate Professor Linda Tyler explores the story behind a Rosalie Gascoigne artwork in the University Art Collection.
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Sinkholes, cyclones and seismic activity: how can we build resilience?
7 November 2023
Feature: Floods, quakes and cyclones expose the fragility of New Zealand’s essential services, housing and transport systems. Owen Poland talks to University of Auckland researchers about how we can build resilience.