News
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‘If only they made better life choices’ – how simplistic explanations of poverty and food insecurity miss the mark (21 September 2022)
The way we perceive poverty, hunger and household food insecurity is shaped by media, government policy, public relations, advertising and personal experience.
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New era of opera training launched in New Zealand at Waikato University (8 September 2022)
An opera studio focused on career readiness for talented young New Zealand singers has been launched at the University of Waikato.
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Do you believe in luck? (5 September 2022)
New research reveals culture plays a major part in whether people believe in luck and precognition around the world, more so than age, gender and education combined.
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It’s a problem when philosophers of human enhancement follow the money (18 August 2022)
Nootropics — drugs that purport to enhance cognitive functions — have come to the Amazon Marketplace.
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Worth waiting for – Kirstin Chavez comes to the Waikato (26 July 2022)
When internationally acclaimed mezzo soprano Kirstin Chavez takes the stage at the GAPA tomorrow, the Gods of fate will be smiling.
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Lucrative scholarships support University of Waikato graduates overseas (5 July 2022)
Bethany Angus, Felicity Tomkins and Gracie Francis have been awarded the Kia Ora Foundation Patricia Pratt Scholarship to support their artistic growth at prestigious academies worldwide.
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World first kaupapa Māori minor in psychology (30 June 2022)
The first Kaupapa Māori minor in psychology offered in Aotearoa welcomes students next semester at the University of Waikato.
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A musical Fulbright (23 June 2022)
A career as a classical pianist only happens to a few, and University of Waikato doctoral student Liam Wooding is well on the way.
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From Waikato to Newshub - journalist Laura Tupou (5 May 2022)
As a teenager, University of Waikato alumna, Laura Tupou, had a passion for reading and watching the news so it is no suprise that she is now a journalist for Newshub. Her path from Waikato to journalism had a few pivotal turns to put her right where she wants to be.
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Evaluating the morality of actions found to be culturally universal (21 April 2022)
Do people from distinct cultural groups use similar strategies when faced with moral judgements?