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Baubles, bangles and beads: our fascination with adornment

14 January 2020

From feathers and flowers to powder and paint, people from all time periods, societies and civilisations have decorated themselves. But what do these adornments tell us about being human?
Open your eyes to the future of Māori architecture

3 January 2020

Opinion: Māori construction is everywhere, all we need to do is open our eyes and our minds to include it in our city’s ever-evolving story, writes Deidre Brown.
Christmas in Japan comes early for postgraduate architecture student

17 December 2019

Master of Architecture (Professional) student travels to Japan to research her academic lineage and the challenges and opportunities of people living in today's Japanese cities.
Māori TV changes migrants’ views on Māori

16 December 2019

Opinion: Public broadcasters such as Māori TV have an important role in changing negative ideas held by some new migrants about Māori, writes Susan Nemec.
Too good to split up: students share top architecture award

11 December 2019

For the first time, the New Zealand Institute of Architecture Student Design Award has gone to two students, both of the University of Auckland.
Damon Salesa hoping his vaka idea will float

2 December 2019

It's not every day you are gifted a Niuean vaka. Now comes the challenge of where it should go next.
Seven new Royal Society Fellows from University of Auckland

22 November 2019

Five University academics have been elected as Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities.
Harnessing the sun and making rainbows

18 November 2019

A team made up of staff and alumni from the University of Auckland has recently been awarded a major design award for an interactive art installation that makes rainbows.
Humboldt lecture daunting honour for Dame Anne

15 November 2019

“A marvellous, but daunting honour,” is how Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond describes being invited to give the final Kosmos lecture at Humboldt University in Berlin on 28 November.
Finding hope on Skid Row

11 November 2019

Professor Peter O’Connor is heading to Los Angeles to create a performance that will showcase the creative potential of those who live on the streets and remind people of their humanity.
From mental health to Māori body adornment: Marsden success for Arts

6 November 2019

How can we best use digital technology to help rather than harm youth mental wellbeing? What is the significance of body adornment for Māori? Why do Asian New Zealanders remain virtually absent from New Zealand screen culture?
First Māori Professor of Architecture, changing the world through teaching

5 November 2019

If you want to change the world, then you might want to become an academic, suggests Professor Deidre Brown (Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahu), who will be giving her inaugural professorial lecture this month.

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