Early Years Research Centre: He Kōhanga Toi Tangata

Fit, thin, curvy and toned: the contradictory body ideals young NZ women face online

Young women in a new study described feeling unable to escape online pressure to improve their appearance and their lives, even when they recognised its harm.

“Tīmatangia Te Puea:” Kīngitanga Day brings mātauranga, culture and connection to Waikato campuses

Kīngitanga Day brought tauira, kaimahi and communities together in Hamilton and Tauranga for a day of connection, learning and shared experiences, guided by the legacy of Te Puea Hērangi.

Brainwaves: It isn’t just New Zealand’s students struggling with maths – our teachers need support, too

As digitisation in the classroom advances, maths teachers have an opportunity to address New Zealand’s failing maths literacy – but what motivates a teacher to use these technologies?

Why is returning colonial loot so difficult? New University of Waikato research has the clues

University of Waikato research reveals how identity and attitudes to colonial history may help explain resistance to returning looted cultural artefacts.

Why do some robots feel creepy? We deliberately built one to find out

University of Waikato researchers deliberately designed a creepy robot to explore why some machines unsettle us, revealing how appearance and behaviour shape our comfort and interactions with robots.

Is the nuclear non‑proliferation pact a model for regulating runaway AI?

The risks demand international safeguards before they become unmanageable.

Waikato graduate takes AI health research to Cambridge

Dr Christopher Mayo is heading to Cambridge’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, supported by a prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship.

Two journeys, one reo

University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley and Waikato Students' Union President Seamus Lohrey share their personal journeys learning te reo Māori

Brainwaves: Engineering a deeper understanding of the brain

A new approach to magnetic brain stimulation could give researchers more control over the pulses they use and inform how the brain responds to different types of stimulation.