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Legal academic says Samoa's criminal libel law should go

RNZ 22 May 2025
An Auckland University law academic says the criminal libel law under which a prominent Samoan journalist has been charged should be repealed ... Auckland University's Beatrice Tabangcoro told RNZ Pacific ...
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Misleading figures on New Zealand youth suicide rates

RNZ 22 May 2025
Two researchers from the University of Auckland, who are experts in youth mental health, say that figure is wrong ... Associate professor Sarah Fortune, who is the director for population mental health at University of Auckland, explained the difference.
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'Every man and his dog is coming': Samoan PM warns of growing geopolitical interest in Pacific

RNZ 22 May 2025
Speaking to RNZ Pacific on the sidelines of the University of the Pacific Council meeting in Auckland this week, she confirmed that the Review of the Regional Architecture (RRA), led by the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), is in its final stage ... ....
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'An atrocious idea' - outcry over taxpayer-funded octopus farming research

RNZ 21 May 2025
In 2022 $1 million in taxpayer dollars was awarded to a three-year research project by the University of Auckland aimed at improving knowledge surrounding the rearing and feeding of the larvae of a native octopus species.
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'Run it straight' explained: The combat sport condemned by top doctors that's hit NZ

NewstalkZB 21 May 2025
... was coming to Auckland last month ... Professor Patria Hume, sports scientist and injury prevention expert at Auckland University of Technology, called the sport “a step backwards” in athlete safety.
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Explained: What’s happening with youth suicide rates and what’s beneath the numbers?

Stuff 21 May 2025
University of Auckland researchers have challenged youth suicide numbers in the latest Unicef report - but a deeper tragedy lays beneath it all ....
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Budget Day 2025: What you need to know

RNZ 20 May 2025
Explainer - Spoiler warning ... What is the Budget? ... "If you've been paying attention to the build-up to the Budget you probably won't learn anything new on Thursday," University of Auckland emeritus professor of economics Timothy Hazledine said ... ....
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'Outrageous': Concussion charity urging ban of Auckland 'run it straight' comp

NewstalkZB 20 May 2025
Professor Patria Hume, a sports scientist and injury prevention expert at Auckland University of Technology, is also hitting out at the concept, saying it’s “a step backwards” in athlete safety.
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How Can Finance Be Harnessed For Good?

Scoop 20 May 2025
Panellist Dr Chanelle Duley, a lecturer in economics at the University of Auckland Business School, says cybersecurity and data governance are central to financial trust ... .
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Creating Visualisations To Help Child Cancer Patients

Scoop 18 May 2025
The Auckland Medical Research Foundation granted Dr Jones a Postdoctoral Fellowship of more than $279,000 for her to complete the project, while the University of Auckland School of Medicine has pitched in an extra $8590 ... .
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Reconnecting with the sitar

RNZ 16 May 2025
Now Garg is a regular performer at Indian classical concerts, often in tandem with leading Auckland tabla player Manjit Singh, founder of the city's Rhythm School of Indian Music, who also teaches Indian music at Auckland University.
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Blood lab medical technician Sejal Rao loses registration after CV fraud

RNZ 16 May 2025
Sejal Rao claimed in her CV she was a "Doctor of Medicine" and that she was involved in "Tetangata" tutoring at the University of Auckland, and later at the University of Tasmania.
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New High Court Judge Appointed

Scoop 16 May 2025
Justice MacGillivray graduated from the University of Auckland in 1995 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (History) ... .
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