Breadcrumbs List.
Business and economy
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How well are Māori doing amidst the te reo boom?
3 November 2022
Dr Kiri Dell has been awarded a Marsden Fast-Start grant to analyse Māori well-being in relation to efforts to normalise te reo.
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Simran Kaur: optometry graduate focuses on a different vision
1 November 2022
Forget skipping your flat white. Simran Kaur shares better ideas to grow wealth in her top-rating financial podcast that targets women. Danelle Clayton finds out more.
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Preparing for the floods, and our morally hazardous behaviour
1 November 2022
Opinion: Climate change and flooding is becoming more frequent and destructive, and both the government and the insurance market need to address the "moral hazard" of people failing to reduce risk because they expect to be compensated, says Chris Nicoll.
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Best in business: exceptional Māori leaders honoured
28 October 2022
The sold-out Aotearoa Māori Business Leaders Awards celebrated some of the country's best and brightest entrepreneurs and innovators.
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What should rich countries do with spare masks and gloves?
26 October 2022
Opinion: Professor Tava Olsen explores the impact of donating medical stock, in particular personal protective equipment and similar low-risk products.
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Why are we still waiting for equal pay after 50 years?
26 October 2022
Opinion: The 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act recently reminds us we need to not merely prohibit but instead prevent discrimination in pay on the basis of sex, ethnicity or disability.
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Six cutting-edge solutions score slice of $100k
20 October 2022
Consent, mental health, and water quality were just a few of the real-world concerns tackled by innovators and entrepreneurs as part of the 2022 Velocity $100k Challenge.
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Beware surveillance-creep
19 October 2022
Gehan Gunasekara argues that image capture by Police must be both lawful and intelligent.
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Study investigates benefits of women on boards
17 October 2022
Socially responsible companies benefit from having more women on their boards, say Business School researchers.
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The dark side of workplace humour
14 October 2022
The relationship between humour and bullying is explored in a recently published paper in the European Journal of Humour Research.
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The new open home: study reveals benefits of virtual reality
12 October 2022
A study utilising more than 4000 housing transactions has found that virtual reality can reduce a property’s time on the market and increase physical inspections.
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Multimillion-dollar fund supports circular plastics economy
30 September 2022
A holistic new model to support the reuse of hard plastics, like those found in vehicles and computers, is being developed.