Breadcrumbs List.
Arts and culture
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Prizewinning Elam student finds comfort in creativity
4 June 2024
James S. Watson’s touching tribute to his late mother, A Quiet Place to Rest, has earned him a major art prize.
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A rising star from Aotearoa: Graduate's path to opera
17 May 2024
Te Ohorere Williams is a masters graduate with a voice to be reckoned with.
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An empathic focus
17 May 2024
Filmmaker Mairi Gunn's journey has always been the same: to strengthen the connection between the audience and the person facing the camera. Her doctoral research takes it one step further.
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Pacific academic makes big hits like sporting great father
16 May 2024
While American Football took Lisa Uperesa’s father around the world, academia allowed her to follow in his footsteps. She will appear at Auckland Writers Festival 17 may.
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Sky’s the limit for Harvard-bound architecture graduate
14 May 2024
Oscar Botha is on his way to Harvard with big dreams to improve people’s lives through architecture.
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A dance of entanglements
14 May 2024
For most dancers, retirement is the first death. But PhD graduate Sarah Knox shows that life after working as a professional dancer can be just as rewarding, even transformational.
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Where the ‘woke’ word fits in a history of racism
14 May 2024
Opinion: The appropriation of the term ‘woke’ by the political right diminishes the struggle of African-American people – and people of colour who feel they need to be watchful, argues Neal Curtis
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Kura kaupapa Māori, where Rangatira are made
9 May 2024
After being immersed in te āo Māori throughout his life, Hikawai Te Nahu reflects on how his kura kaupapa Māori roots have held stong as he navigated the world of mainstream tertiary education.
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Graduate's vision for inclusivity and professorship
9 May 2024
Antonia Tangatakino-McIntyre has found positive ways to bridge two worlds to improve her education journey and for all Māori.
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If not journalists, then who?
1 May 2024
Opinion: News media are locked in a military strategist’s worst nightmare, fighting a war on multiple fronts. Media analyst, researcher and former editor Gavin Ellis suggests what could save NZ journalism
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Robert Greenberg: ability to inspire
29 April 2024
After 11 years heading the Faculty of Arts, departing dean, Professor Robert Greenberg, is moving on to a new role in Australia. He reflects on his time at the University.
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Dream team visits Maui after fire trauma
29 April 2024
A team from the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) visited Maui to to work with children and their families affected by last year's fires