News
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Art for Art’s Sake - and for the district of Waipā (28 November 2022)
University of Waikato Head of School, Te Kura Toi (School of Arts) Professor Gareth Schott has been appointed to the funding panel for the Creative Communities Scheme for the Waipā District Council.
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University of Waikato researchers honoured at Royal Society Te Aprārangi awards (10 November 2022)
Two University of Waikato academics were honoured at the Royal Society Te Apārangi awards held in Hamilton last night.
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Get involved and grow - message from global leadership forum (2 November 2022)
When the opportunity to take part in a Global Leadership forum presented itself to first year communications student Ben Woodgates, he leapt at the chance to get involved.
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Caws and claws: two new fiction books from Catherine Chidgey (28 October 2022)
University of Waikato academic and award-winning author Catherine Chidgey launched her seventh novel, The Axeman’s Carnival, at an event on the Hamilton campus last night, along with her second children’s book, Jiffy’s Greatest Hits.
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Aotearoa’s richest short story prize awarded (13 October 2022)
The art of the Kiwi short story is alive and well if entries to this year’s Sargeson Prize are anything to go by.
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Language revitalisation through international punk (6 October 2022)
A misspent youth spent in dive bars and playing in punk bands has been the impetus for a unique collaboration between the University of Waikato and Cardiff University in Wales.
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State of Australasia Cities Conference comes to Aotearoa (5 October 2022)
For the first time in its 20-year history, the State of Australasia Cities Conference will be held in Aotearoa New Zealand next year.
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Student leads Covid-19 documentary on our 'pink-haired scientist' - Dr Siouxsie Wiles (4 October 2022)
Bachelor of Arts student, Phillida Perry, co-produced Ms. Information, a 90-minute film that follows Dr Siouxsie Wiles and Covid-19, traversing the impact of misinformation, female leadership, misogyny, and identity.
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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.