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Waikato ranks in top 100 of universities globally

The University of Waikato has been recognised in the top 100 of educational institutions worldwide…

2 June 2023

Sharing better: Connecting policy makers in Wales and New Zealand

In the age of zoom and common environmental problems, how can policy makers team up…

30 May 2023

‘Wheredunit’ to ‘whodunit’ – geographic profiling research wins 2022 best doctoral thesis award

New research, by University of Waikato Honorary Research Associate Dr Sophie Curtis-Ham, could help police…

29 May 2023

Māori Punk to Wales: strengthening international connections

A University of Waikato PhD researcher is sharing Māori punk with the world, and strengthening…

26 May 2023

Health Research Council funding for gonorrhoea, and self-harm research

The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has announced funding for two University of…

23 May 2023

University of Waikato’s engineering programme in China recognised as an award-winning collaboration

The University of Waikato’s undergraduate cooperative engineering programme at the Hebei University of Science and…

22 May 2023

Budget misses opportunity to train more NZ doctors

Today’s Budget misses an opportunity to invest in training more New Zealand doctors says Professor…

19 May 2023

Chidgey axes the competition at The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards…again

Catherine Chidgey has been named winner of the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for…

18 May 2023

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Opinion

With so many people speaking ‘their truth’, how do we know what the truth really is?

When Academy Awards boss Bill Kramer recently applauded comedian Chris Rock for speaking “his truth” about being slapped by Will…

‘Whose side are you on mate?’ How no one is free from bias – including referees

When Jason Paris, head of the company that sponsors the New Zealand Warriors NRL team, complained recently about Australian referee…

For a no-frills budget it was ‘surprisingly frilly’: 5 experts on Labour’s big pre-election calls

Many people were looking for three things from a budget focused on “bread and butter issues”: infrastructure investment, cost of…