Breadcrumbs List.
Arts and culture
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Lecturer Gabriela Baron discusses women in design and how the menstrual cup changed her life!
6 March 2020
International Women's Day 2020: We caught up with Dr Gabriela Baron, lecturer and researcher for the University's new Design Programme, to hear about her career story, challenges and advice for women.
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Obituary: Architect Peter Bartlett's 'profound love of humankind'
2 March 2020
Peter Bartlett became a Professor of Architectural Design in 1977 at the University of Auckland, just before the School of Architecture opened.
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Pacific poet and Chief Justice among Distinguished Alumni
2 March 2020
Four inspirational graduates from the University of Auckland are to be celebrated at the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on March 20.
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A surreal approach to choreography
2 March 2020
Sarah Foster-Sproull, one of the country’s most renowned choreographers, has joined the staff at the University of Auckland as a full-time senior lecturer on the Dance Studies Programme which she describes as her “dream job”.
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Michele Leggott: Poetic snapshots in time
2 March 2020
After more than three decades of having her poetry published, Professor Michele Leggott has selected some of her best.
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Matheson Russell: 'We’re all philosophers in some sense'
26 February 2020
Associate Professor Matheson Russell says when it comes to policy being created in response to answers given in referenda, we need to think again.
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Important words for female composers
21 February 2020
Opinion: The Oscar win by composer Hildur Guðnadóttir for The Joker could help redress the gender imbalance that remains in music composition, write Leonie Holmes.
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Champeta, canelazo and conversation in Colombia
21 February 2020
A conversation about peace in Spanish during a late-night taxi ride across Bogotá was a highlight for University of Auckland student Redelond Tsounga during a recent trip to Colombia.
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Reflections on what’s so great about Doris Day
20 February 2020
Doris Day is one of several mid-20th century Hollywood singers and actors to attract the research attentions of Dr Gregory Camp, musicologist at the School of Music.
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RNZ Concert more than ratings and revenue
10 February 2020
Opinion: The proposed demise of RNZ Concert as we know it is a disaster for the arts in New Zealand, writes James Tibbles, Head of the Music School.
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The light installation that lets you play a part
4 February 2020
A team from the Augmented Human Lab at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute and the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries have created an interactive large-scale light installation lighting up the Melville Centre in Freyberg Place for the month of February.
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Finding a new place to stand together
28 January 2020
Mātauranga Māori and Pacific knowledge is being incorporated into both course content and the class environment in the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts.