University of Auckland

AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland Chamber Choir will this month embark on an inaugural international tour that includes some of the United Kingdom’s most historic venues.

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Bogans are on the increase – and not everyone in New Zealand thinks that’s a bad thing, according to a study at The University of Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Pianist Tina (Inah) Kim was named the winner of The University of Auckland’s Graduation Gala Concerto Competition.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Parents of young children displaying behaviour problems are being sought for a free study by The University of Auckland’s Triple P Research Group.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Smokers trying to kick the habit will have a chance to try a new low-cost cessation product as part of a University of Auckland research trial.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Over 39 million lives could be saved during the next decade by radical changes in health policy across the globe according to University of Auckland researchers.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland has been ranked in the top 50 in the world and first in New Zealand in life sciences subjects.

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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealand’s first brain rehabilitation and research clinic will be launched by the Associate Minister of Health, the Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, at The University of Auckland’s Tamaki Innovation Campus next week.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The first of an exciting new class of anti-cancer drugs designed in New Zealand will proceed to clinical development in the United States, following the announcement today of a deal between Proacta Incorporated and Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

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AUCKLAND CITY — International gurus of asthma and allergy research arrive in New Zealand later this month to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the world’s largest collaborative study undertaken with children.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A new study conducted at The University of Auckland has successfully abolished the pain suffered by patients in the first 12 hours following surgery on the large intestine and markedly decreased pain for up to a week after surgery.

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AUCKLAND — Child sex abuse should be acknowledged as a public health issue according to researchers studying survivors’ needs.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A new study from the University of Auckland has shown a clear disparity in the use of tasers against mental health patients.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland’s Centre for Infrastructure Research set up to help tackle New Zealand’s infrastructure challenges is being launched today in Wellington.

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AUCKLAND CITY — New research from the University of Auckland has found overweight fathers are more likely to have undersized babies.

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AUCKLAND — A million dollar donation has enabled The University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research to establish the country’s first Biobank for brain disease.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) is offering a new prize at the 2010 Medical Sciences Conference, which honours the lifetime achievements of Emeritus Professor John Carman.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Globally, more than 600,000 deaths every year are caused by passive smoking (1 percent of all deaths) and around 165,000 of those killed are children, according to research published this week in the world’s leading medical journal The Lancet.

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In-depth insights into the newest generation of New Zealanders are revealed today in a study which will follow more than 7,000 children for the next 21 years.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland is now home to the world’s most advanced MRI scanner, the 3T Skyra, thanks to the relationship between The University of Auckland and manufacturer Siemens.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Auckland, New Zealand.

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The baby formula industry has been likened to the tobacco industry, for its serious effects on Māori health in a new book co-authored by a University of Auckland academic.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Researchers at The University of Auckland have discovered that students attending Alternative Education (AE) have much higher rates of dangerous driving, smoking, drinking, unprotected sex and suicidal behaviours than mainstream students – yet they have the most difficulty accessing the services they require.

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AUCKLAND CITY — More Maori, Pacific and low income smokers are giving up, following the rise in the excise tax on tobacco, earlier this year.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Stroke victims may soon know the relief of having a definitive prediction of their chances of recovery, according to research conducted by the University of Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The inaugural Upper North Island Wine Challenge awards – for wines from Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty – were held at The University of Auckland on Saturday evening.

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AUCKLAND — A report tracking 25 years of wellbeing for Māori whānau was launched by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga at The University of Auckland today.

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MANUKAU CITY — Niue and Cook Island Māori languages will disappear from New Zealand within a generation unless urgent action is taken say researchers from The University of Auckland.

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PORIRUA — Thermo-imaging cameras like in the movie Predator and wireless robo-bugs are just a couple of the gadgets the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) plans to bring to life for Māori and Pacific students in the Wellington area.

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Cutting edge international architects, Momoyo Kaijima from Atelier Bow-Wow and Hitoshi Abe, are among the speakers lined up for this year’s Fast Forward public lecture series, hosted by the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Senior high school girls will descend on the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Auckland on 1 July for a day of activities designed to boost the numbers of female engineers.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs’ Challenge, which helps proven businesses break into overseas markets, is being launched by Prime Minister the Hon John Key.

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AUCKLAND CITY — An Adjunct Professor of Physical Education at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education has won the prestigious International Olympic Committee President’s Prize.

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AUCKLAND — Four community-based planning projects will be presented by third-year students from The University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning to the small North Auckland community of Te Hana this week.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Have you ever had difficulty recalling details of a comment that happened at a meeting six months ago? Imagine being able to revisit that time and place and find it, as well as notes, messages and links from the other attendees.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Dean of The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering is hosting a public lecture on New Zealand’s infrastructure and environmental needs.

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AUCKLAND — A team of University of Auckland engineers is warning that rebuilding after last year’s devastating tsunami in Samoa could leave villagers exposed to future disasters.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A team of University of Auckland engineering students has won a national competition to solve the world’s toughest problems using technology.

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Internationally renowned commentator and Political Studies lecturer at The University of Auckland, Maria Rublee, has been honoured with a major international award from The International Society for Political Psychology for her new book, Nonproliferation Norms: Why States Choose Nuclear Restraint.

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AUCKLAND — More than thirty years after leaving Calcutta, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Auckland has received two of India’s highest honours for ex-residents.

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Researchers are looking for parents who would like support dealing with their young children’s fighting and aggression, or difficulties with bedtime.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The person responsible for the construction strategy for the London 2012 Olympics is being hosted by The University of Auckland next week.

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AUCKLAND — Aspiring civil engineer Megan Schlotjes is combining her OE, with a PhD from two universities, while helping to improve New Zealand roads.

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AUCKLAND — Outstanding Māori secondary school students are the focus of new research into what factors influence their success.

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A wireless green energy system to supply the home and the car is being designed by University of Auckland engineering research fellow Duleepa Thrimawithana.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A special “gym” designed by University of Auckland student Casey Jowers to exercise human bone cells in the laboratory could help to develop better drug therapies for osteoporosis and other bone diseases.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A wireless green energy system to supply the home and the car is being designed by University of Auckland engineering research fellow Duleepa Thrimawithana.

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AUCKLAND — Price discounts are more effective than nutrition education in encouraging people to buy healthier foods, according to New Zealand research that is the first of its kind internationally.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Three of the four teams in the New Zealand finals of a competition to solve the world’s problems using technology are from The University of Auckland.

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AUCKLAND CITY — A parenting forum at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education will bring together international views on the value of parenting programmes, and how to make them widely available.

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New Zealand parents are invited to take part in a free research trial of an internationally successful positive parenting programme.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The Auckland Bioengineering Institute now has a dedicated business manager to help take its growing range of world-leading technologies – from wireless heart pumps to software for modelling the body parts of individual patients – to the commercial market.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Richard Stebbing, a University of Auckland engineering student with a passion for medical imaging, has been awarded an esteemed Rhodes Scholarship.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Helping a global company to reduce costs and increase earnings in a declining market has gained researchers from The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering a finalist’s spot in an international competition.

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AUCKLAND — Male zebra finches show less preference for their neighbours when looking for a mate, whereas females are more species specific.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Two of New Zealand’s leading research organisations, The University of Auckland and AgResearch, have announced a major new collaboration to improve human health through diet.

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A quarter of New Zealand children are not adequately supervised at the beach, according to new research from The University of Auckland, WaterSafe Auckland and Surf Life Saving New Zealand Dr Kevin Moran, who teaches Health and Physical Education at the Faculty of Education and is Chairman of WaterSafe Auckland (WAI), says his study of behaviours and attitudes of beachgoers has revealed some disturbing truths about how our kids are supervised near open water.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland has appointed New Zealand’s first Associate Dean, Pasifika to the Faculty of Education.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland has appointed Associate Professor Graeme Aitken as the new Dean of its Faculty of Education.

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AUCKLAND CITY — An Electronic Dive Buddy built by University of Auckland engineering students could make scuba diving a much safer sport.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Emerging discoveries in robotics, software and power systems are among the cutting-edge research projects to be displayed to the public for the first time at RED Day.

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AUCKLAND — A national Plastics Centre of Excellence at The University of Auckland’s Tamaki Campus will be officially opened by the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, this Friday 3 October at 3pm.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Clever thinking by University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering students is set to change the way milk bottles are recycled on Waiheke Island.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Four University of Auckland researchers have won a major international prize in spinal research for their contributions to understanding back pain.

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AUCKLAND CITY — High school girls will learn how to cut a diamond from stone and hear why “Madonna isn’t the only material girl” when The University of Auckland hosts Enginuity Day.

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AUCKLAND — World Register of Marine Species inaugurated with first 122,500 validated names.

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AUCKLAND — The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering is thrilled to form part of a trans-Tasman, multi-million dollar research consortium announced today to advance the use of timber in construction.

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AUCKLAND CITY — The University of Auckland's Centre for Software Innovation (CSI) is calling for software companies to take part in a research project to improve their business performance.

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