News
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People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 Indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them (30 December 2020)
Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago, has a linguistic connection to Aotearoa. All of its many languages are distantly related to te reo Māori and the island is the site of a long-term project to document them.
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Linguistweets – 15 minutes. Hashtag. Go! (11 December 2020)
Two University of Waikato projects were the only New Zealand submissions selected to take part in a recent, unique Twitter event.
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By declaring a climate emergency Jacinda Ardern needs to inspire hope, not fear (30 November 2020)
There is no question that we must act, and act fast, on climate change. This week’s climate emergency declaration by the New Zealand government acknowledges the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to collectively confront it.
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Fulbright Scholar directly affected by the pandemic (10 November 2020)
The University of Waikato’s Associate Professor Karen Barbour was one of only seven New Zealand scholars to receive a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2020.
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Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message (3 November 2020)
Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines.
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Student's writing dream is becoming a reality (29 October 2020)
Master of Professional Writing graduate, Jared Kane, received a $21,000 Creative New Zealand Arts Continuity Grant which brings him one step closer to turning his lifelong love of writing into a reality.
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Top Waikato researchers receive prestigious Rutherford Fellowship grants (22 October 2020)
Two top researchers at the University of Waikato have received $800,000 each as part of a 2020 Rutherford Fellowship from Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Waikato academic appointed to prestigious global taskforce (13 October 2020)
Associate Professor Taciano Milfont from the University of Waikato's Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology , was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Climate Change Task Force of the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Transgender people who experience discrimination and stigma are more likely to have poor mental health outcomes (13 October 2020)
A University of Waikato study has found that transgender people who have experienced stigma, including harassment, violence, and discrimination because of their identity are much more likely to have poor mental health outcomes.
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Linguistics academics celebrate double book launch (2 October 2020)
Two University of Waikato senior linguistics lecturers recently celebrated book launches.