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Stories from 2012

There are news stories from 2012 - showing page 6 of 15.

  • Tertiary partnership takes part in Tauranga ICT Expo

    1 June 2012
    The latest in business technology was on display in Tauranga last month and the University of Waikato and Bay of Plenty Polytechnic were part of the action.

  • University leads million dollar Rena research

    1 June 2012
    The University of Waikato is part of a high-level team that’s been set up to look at the long-term impacts of the Rena grounding.

  • University EnviroClub award Eco-Ideas

    5 June 2012
    The University of Waikato EnviroClub held an awards ceremony on Wednesday 30 May for the best student or staff-submitted idea on how to make the university campus more environmentally friendly.

  • Dame Malvina hits another high note

    5 June 2012
    University of Waikato ambassador Dame Malvina Major has been awarded one of the top honours in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

  • Fieldays: Townies value rural sector

    6 June 2012
    We might be mostly townies these days, but we still value the rural sector. And that’s why the National Agricultural Fieldays is such an important annual event, says University of Waikato’s Professor Jacqueline Rowarth.

  • New world rankings put Waikato University top in New Zealand

    6 June 2012
    The latest set of world rankings has placed the University of Waikato top in New Zealand and seventh in the southern hemisphere of universities under 50 years old.

  • Fieldays: Clever thinking creates cleaner water

    6 June 2012
    Two chemists from the University of Waikato have come up with an innovative method for treating bore water on Waikato farms.

  • WMS Marketing Tradeshow winners - masters of the mouse

    6 June 2012
    One entry to the Waikato Management School’s annual Marketing Trade Show – where students showcased their ideas for a unique toy or game – proved it was more than just a good idea.

  • New study on Māori views on biobanking and genomic research

    7 June 2012
    Researchers at the University of Waikato’s Te Kotahi Research Institute have been awarded a major research contract to investigate Māori views on biobanking and genomic research.

  • Growth in niche food market requires a recipe for success

    8 June 2012
    Things were heating up at the Waikato Management School’s 32nd Business Case Competition finals, as students were challenged with delivering a growth strategy for premium grocer, Nosh Food Market. The winning team’s strategy proved too hot for the competition and even came with the approval of celebrity chef and TV’s Food Truck host, Michael Van de Elzen.

  • Fieldays: Enzymes can help farmers

    8 June 2012
    University of Waikato scientists are taking a closer look at the microbiological communities found in the rumen to find out how to produce milk, meat and wool in the most efficient way.

  • Engineering design challenges students

    8 June 2012
    Twenty three teams of eight University of Waikato engineering students took to the campus lake this morning as part of the annual University of Waikato Engineering Design Challenge.

  • Students find lots of University options in Tauranga

    8 June 2012
    Secondary school students from throughout the Bay of Plenty converged on the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic’s Windermere campus yesterday for the annual Open Day.

  • Fieldays: Hot topics under scrutiny at Fieldays

    11 June 2012
    Foreign land ownership, food prices and super farms are all hot topics at the moment – and they all hinge on the vital importance of agriculture and land-based industries to the New Zealand economy.

  • Fieldays: Mū mascot star of new iPad game

    11 June 2012
    The University of Waikato graduation mascot, Mū, is putting the fun back into farming at Fieldays this week and is the model for the main character in a new iPad game.

  • University of Waikato signs UN commitment to sustainable practices

    12 June 2012
    The University of Waikato has signed the United Nations Commitment to Sustainable Practices of Higher Education. The declaration, to which more than 200 universities around the world have pledged, was formally ratified this month at the UN Rio + 20 Conference on Sustainable Development.

  • Fieldays: Frost greets first day of Fieldays

    13 June 2012
    A traffic jam of double-cab utes can mean only one thing - the National Agricultural Fieldays are on. The country’s biggest annual agricultural event kicked off this morning in typical Fieldays fashion, with thousands converging on a frosty Mystery Creek Events Centre.

  • Fieldays: Finding Mū at Fieldays

    13 June 2012
    University of Waikato graduation mascot Mū will be hiding at Fieldays this year.

  • Fieldays: Farmers and technology the key to feeding the world

    13 June 2012
    New Zealand already feeds 20 million people around the world on top of our own population -- and has the potential to feed more, a University of Waikato expert says.

  • New works in old places

    13 June 2012
    New Zealand Chamber Soloists are leaving their Waikato University base during June and July to play a series of concerts in Europe.

  • Hands on science at Waikato Biology Days

    14 June 2012
    Extracting DNA from kiwifruit was one of many activities that gave school students a taste of biology at the annual University of Waikato WEB (Waikato Experience of Biology) Days from 12-14 June.

  • Fieldays: Rural revival or urban spread hot topic

    14 June 2012
    A panel discussion on rural subdivisions brought up the good and bad sides of the argument at the National Agricultural Fieldays yesterday in the seminar series powered by the University of Waikato.

  • Fieldays: Collaboration success to innovation

    14 June 2012
    Innovation is not best served by a competitive environment. That’s the message from Professor Jacqueline Rowarth, inaugural Professor of Agribusiness at the University of Waikato.

  • Fieldays: Innovation award for young inventor

    14 June 2012
    Jasmine Creighton is still at intermediate school in Tauranga, but her clever idea to turn a golf cart into a pigtail transporter for busy farmers and lifestylers has netted her Fieldays Young Inventor of the Year Award.

  • Class environment bonus for student

    14 June 2012
    University of Waikato student Sarah Thomson decided to study at the University of Waikato because the intimate class sizes would help her master Mandarin.

  • Family tradition continues for Waikato student

    14 June 2012
    University of Waikato student Caitlin Easter decided to study at the University of Waikato as it had become somewhat of a family tradition.

  • Programme support incentive to study

    14 June 2012
    University of Waikato student Sam Fellows decided to study at the Waikato after learning the university would design a study programme just for him.

  • Fieldays: More investment needed in agriculture

    14 June 2012
    Food in New Zealand is too cheap, and it would better for all our futures if we paid more for it - that's the opinion of a Waikato University academic discussion the issue at this year's Fieldays.

  • Fieldays: Rural going from green to grey

    14 June 2012
    Rural areas close to urban centres are growing faster than New Zealand's cities. But highly rural remote areas are losing their people faster than anywhere else.

  • Fieldays: Value of farming in capital gain

    14 June 2012
    The CEO of Landcorp - New Zealand's biggest landowner - says if you want to get cash rich, don't go farming.