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NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder
Weaker than expected economic growth will drive trade-offs between present and future fiscal choices in the upcoming budget, write Professor Michael Cameron and Lecturer Michael Ryan in this article for The Conversation.
A law change will expand who we remember on Anzac Day – the New Zealand Wars should be included too
Professor Alexander Gillespie asks whether the Anzac Day Amendment Bill goes far enough in this piece for The Conversation.
The pay equity puzzle: can we compare effort, skill and risk between different industries?
A close eye must be kept on the Government's pay equity law reforms to ensure they are still fit for purpose, write Lecturer Gemma Piercy and Senior Lecturers Bill Cochrane and Suzette Dyer.
Haumaru opens in Tauranga city centre as new indoor sport and recreation hub
The University of Waikato Haumaru Sport and Recreation Centre is now open, offering four new indoor courts and a space for sport, learning and connection in the heart of Tauranga.
New seaweed supplement, developed through academic-industry collaboration, heads to US health market.
New Health Research Council funding will enable a University of Waikato team to start a project aimed at improving health equity.
The University of Waikato has climbed a further 15 places to 235 in the latest 2025 QS World University Rankings, which also places it in the top three universities in New Zealand.
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