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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater and Hon Chris Bishop, Minister for Infrastructure and Associate Minister for Sport and Recreation unveil the plaque.

21 February 2025

At the official opening of Hiwa, the new rec centre was described as world-class and an incredible asset to the city of Auckland as well as the University.

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  • Dame Anne at Pitt Rivers Museum while filming Greenstone TV series 'Artefact'. Photo: Jeremy Salmond

    10 June 2029

    A trip back through 40 years of thinking and writing about Māori, Pākehā and Pacific worlds, and the places they meet, is the wide-ranging scope of Dame Anne Salmond’s latest book.

  • Legs of school kids in uniform, against a brick wall

    8 February 2029

    Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, after six years in opposition the National Party is offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, mandated reporting and mandated bans on cell phones. Peter O'Connor is worried.

  • 10 January 2027

    In parts of the world, including New Zealand, a series of major social movements are confronting racism and challenging the sense that being white is normal and preferred.

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