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New facility for Aquaculture in Tauranga

Our world-leading scientists are set to benefit from a 1000sqm, state-of-the art facility for seaweed cultivation at Sulphur Point in Tauranga - first of its kind in New Zealand.

2021 Economics Forum Replay

Enjoy video highlights of the 2021 Economics Forum, where experts from business, government and academia discussed the key economic challenges facing NZ in a post-Covid world.

Open Day 2021

Open Day is the perfect chance for you and your whānau to get a better idea of what life is like while studying at the University of Waikato. Register today.

Professor Craig Cary has travelled to volcanic vents at the bottom of the ocean and to Antarctic dry valleys in his life-long quest to research how some of the smallest living organisms - bacteria - work. His passion for flagellum - the molecular motor that bacteria use to propel themselves around - has seen Professor Cary and a team of international scientists from the United Kingdom, France and Germany awarded a prestigious $1.8 million (US$1.3 million) Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) research grant.

13 Apr 2021 3 min read

Teachers get boost into Masters study thanks to University of Waikato Programme

Matamata Primary School teacher Carma Maisey credits the University of Waikato’s Poutama Pounamu Blended Learning for encouraging her into Masters level study.

13 Apr 2021 2 min read

Global refugee crisis brought to life in a new opera

The global refugee crisis is being brought to life for New Zealand audiences in a new opera co-written by a former Afghani refugee, which promises to give a voice to the inhumane treatment of refugees worldwide.

13 Apr 2021 4 min read

ACC’s policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform

Recent media coverage of women not being able to get treatment for birth injuries highlights yet another example of gender bias in healthcare in New Zealand.

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Waikato scientist part of team awarded prestigious Human Frontier grant

Teachers get boost into Masters study thanks to University of Waikato Programme

Global refugee crisis brought to life in a new opera

ACC’s policy of not covering birth injuries is one more sign the system is overdue for reform