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Latest news
June 23
Hard work pays off - twice
Abiteta Teitibwebwe has won a NZ Aid Pacific Scholarship High Achiever Award for a second time.
June 23
Nicole’s prize-winning business idea to make scholarships more accessible
A $10k prize will help make University of Waikato Management School student Nicole Calderwood’s business idea a reality.
June 21
Aligning agriculture with climate policy
Waikato's Professor Louis Schipper is part of a team advocating an international approach to carbon sequestration.
June 20
BOP students make their mark at Waikato chemistry challenge
Tauranga Boys’ College took out first place at the annual NZIC Analytical Chemistry Competition on Wednesday 14 June.
June 19
Writers encouraged to 'leap into the dark'
Dr Tracey Slaughter has a string of writing awards to her name and she's one of the creative forces behind the University of Waikato's new Master of Professional Writing.
June 16
Waikato and Synthase Biotech form research partnership
The University and Synthase Biotech have signed an MoU to work collaboratively on important scientific and technological research with clear commercial targets.
June 15
Better results for tamariki
A group of Waikato researchers is finding ways to improve hospital outcomes for tamariki.
June 15
Feeding a hungry planet
Science and agribusiness student Beth Hampton is off to Brussels for an international youth ag-summit.
June 14
Waikato health researchers win major grants
Waikato researchers will do two studies on early cancer diagnosis and another on tamariki health, thanks to grants from the Health Research Council.
June 14
In-orchard robots leading change at Fieldays
Kiwifruit and apple pickers of the robot kind make their stage debut at the 2017 New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays today.
June 13
Five reasons to diversify your law degree with a Master of Laws
University of Waikato Dean of Law Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles explains the benefits of diversifying your law degree with a Master of Laws.
June 12
Making music – student composers testing their scores
Four Waikato University music composition students have been selected to take part in the annual Young Composers Workshop held in Nelson.
June 8
Fieldays scholarship winner announced
This year’s New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays scholarship winner, Shannon Hunter, is conducting research that will make an important contribution to New Zealand’s growing avocado industry.
June 8
Orange is the new red and black for Kirsten Petrie
Coaching two hockey teams while helping develop the sport in New Zealand and heading a new academic programme at the University of Waikato is all in a day’s work for Acting Dean of Health, Sport and Human Performance Dr Kirsten Petrie.
