Tag: Education in New Zealand

An exhibition featuring 18 “pieces of adornment” designed and made by Gina Hochstein, School of Architecture and Planning, explores the relationship between jewellery and the modernist architecture of the 1950s and 1960s in Titirangi, Auckland, and the lives of women who lived in those buildings.

The sector is working together to respond to the climate crisis and the need for urgent action, University of Canterbury’s Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement Brett Berquist says.

UC achieved first in the world for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production and placed 50th overall in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings of 1,406 universities worldwide.

Oxytocin, the drug sometimes called the love hormone, and which is used to bring on labour, could be the key to cutting down people’s overeating.

World Creativity and Innovation Day: Drawing-based research finds children use creative activities to cope with lockdowns.

Hidden patterns in seismic signals could help forecast eruptions and prevent loss of life on volcanoes, according to pioneering University of Canterbury research spurred by the deadly Whakaari (White Island) eruption.

Waipapa Taumata Rau the University of Auckland celebrates everyone involved in the most recent QS Subject Rankings, which sees 12 subjects in the Top 50 in the world. This compares with 10 last year.

Empathy, innovation and a rebellious streak were hallmarks of psychologist Peet Dowrick's remarkable life and career.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has awarded three Massey University research projects nearly $640,000 from the Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund.

From a digital collection of Proust’s letters to the ecology of tussock grasslands, this year’s Summer Gold awards celebrated a range of excellent research from the 2021–2022 Summer Research Scholars.