April 2024
Inside this issue of UniNews: George Laking, grad stories, waka ama event, Deidre Brown's award, Therese Lautua; Writers Festival and more.
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Document Description: George Laking, Deidre Brown, Therese Lautua, waka ama, grad stories
Cover story
George Laking: a lifetime of revelations
When a cancer specialist develops a rare form of cancer and considers it a learning experience, that’s dedication to research. George Laking says his time in hospital also proved his point.
Other stories
Riding the waves of waka ama success
Waka ama racing has provided a pathway for engineer Nona Taute to deepen his connection with family, culture and the natural world.
Dame Anne Salmond to be honoured at Writers Festival
The Auckland Writers Festival kicks off in May, with a number of University of Auckland representatives involved.
Māramatanga: Therese Lautua, pondering god
Opinion: Exploring Pacific women's faith and mental well-being reveals the profound impact of their relationship with God.
All these items on interactive PDF
Te Tai Tokerau grad stories Pg 3
In the News (pg 2 of PDF)
Jaxon Ingold
Haujapuanui Vercoe
Maurice Curtis
Sir Collin Tukuitonga
Janet Fanslow
Wayne Cutfield
'Good to Know' stories 4-6
Space mission blasts off
Round the Bays
Dementia care partnership
Entrepreneur programme
Marine heatwaves
Arts and Culture
Gus Fisher exhibition, pg 10
Dame Anne Salmond Writers Festival link above to story
Waka Biography pg 11
Books
A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
Edited by Catherine Hammond and ShaunHiggins, Auckland University Press, $65
Moving Between Cultures Through Arts-Based Inquiry
Ying Wang, Palgrave Macmillan, $129
Unsettling Theologies: Memory, Identity and Place
Edited by Michael Mawson and Brian FiuKolia, Palgrave McMillan