Tag: University of Auckland

RNZ Pacific A Pasifika health leader says high obesity rates in the Pacific are not new, but an increase in childhood obesity is concerning. A study...

RNZ News The late Green Party MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins has been remembered by his widow as an "extraordinary man" at a service in South...

By Philip Cass The University of Auckland is to bestow a posthumous honorary doctorate on the late Tongan academic, author and sociologist Professor ‘Epeli Hau’ofa. Hau’ofa...

TE WIKI O TE RĒO MĀORI: By Aroha Awarau Christina Dawa Kutsmana Thomas is on a mission to save her indigenous language from extinction. There...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard...

OBITUARY: By Dominic O'Sullivan Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan, 4 July 1940 -- 20 May 2023 Kia ora koutau katoa. Kia ora mo o koutou haerenga i...

ANALYSIS: By Shane Cronin, University of Auckland The Kingdom of Tonga exploded into global news on January 15 last year with one of the most...

The Fiji Times The Fiji National University and the University of Auckland have formalised their partnership through a memorandum of understanding that encourages academic cooperation...

By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report Incoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Te Wānanga...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report The warning is stark -- New Zealand is on the verge of a “tsunami" of dementia cases...

By John Gerritsen, RNZ News reporter Nearly 700 university staff are losing or leaving their jobs in New Zealand because of a financial hole left...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk University of Auckland students rallied today against a plan to close several of the university's specialist libraries, reports RNZ National. The university's...

By Alex Braae in Auckland Tūhoe leader Tamati Kruger has some hard truths to deliver in his upcoming 2017 Bruce Jesson Memorial lecture. The chair of Tūhoe...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Seasoned journalists and academics have warned "fake news" could invade New Zealand's media if journalists do not remain vigilant. "It's about...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" has sparked further controversy in New Zealand at a public seminar delivered by...

By Michelle Curran in Auckland Ten years ago, Tonga’s Kisione Manu was studying a Bachelor of Science at Palmerston North-based Massey University on a New...

Ura Tabu dancers perform the Calypso medley song "Yellow Bird" at the launch of the New Zealand Institute of Pacific Research last night....

Research into the challenges and opportunities facing the Pacific Islands and their communities will flourish thanks to the uniting of the resources and expertise...