Breadcrumbs List.
Business and economy
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Kānuka from the whenua to food
8 July 2021
Smoky flavours of the native Kānuka tantalise the taste buds in new business venture.
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Data privacy skills needed to keep society safe
7 July 2021
A Business School symposium on Friday 9 July will hear from the Privacy Commissioner, Government Chief Privacy Officer and an industry panel that includes Facebook.
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A word of caution on prohibiting ‘hate speech’
5 July 2021
Opinion: Legitimate anger and protest must not end up as a crime when the government amends hate speech legislation, writes Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart.
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Data governance symposium launches vital new programme
2 July 2021
Experts will gather at the University of Auckland to discuss data protection issues, namely privacy, security and sovereignty, and to launch new programmes of study in Information Governance at the Business School.
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It will be a long, long wait for Covid herd immunity
28 June 2021
Opinion: The ongoing crisis over the Covid-positive person who visited Wellington from Sydney raises questions about the Government’s zero Covid stance, writes Professor Ananish Chaudhuri.
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Running a gender lens over our sacred social policies
27 June 2021
Opinion: Many of us were brought up on the myth of egalitarianism and the superiority of New Zealand’s treatment of women, but there are many policy issues, writes Associate Professor Susan St John.
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Climate crisis policies are all about power
24 June 2021
Opinion: Professor Robert MacCulloch writes about the issues with the Climate Change Commission chairman's recommendations for a government action plan to fight climate change.
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Champion of women in business funds University Chair for Women in Entrepreneurship
24 June 2021
Leading New Zealand businessperson, Theresa Gattung, funds new University of Auckland Chair of Women in Entrepreneurship.
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NZ’s clean car discount is a turn in the right direction, but how much will it drive consumer demand?
17 June 2021
Opinion: New Zealand faces challenges if it is to meet its international climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement, says Professor Basil Sharp.
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The day is coming when you won't need a bank account
14 June 2021
Opinion: Alex Sims writes about Bitcoin 2021 and how growth of crypto is confounding critics and even NZ’s Reserve Bank is investigating its own digital currency.
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BNZ Financial Trading Room investment in a brighter future
11 June 2021
A state-of-the-art financial trading room was officially opened at the Business School by the Honourable David Parker.
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NFTs: At last, a technology that can turn struggling artists into multi-millionaires…
3 June 2021
NFTs have exploded in the last few months into popular media, as well as creative production and consumption, but their use and abuse raise many questions.