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He mea nui te Reo i te wā e mātai ana i te hauora hinengaro

14 September 2021

Kātahi rawa ka kitea te nui o ngā ākonga o Te Kura Mātai Hinengaro e ako ana hei kaimātai hinengaro haumanu, ā, ko Tamara McDonald tētahi.
Disabled kea uses tools for self-care

10 September 2021

Scientists say they’ve found the first evidence of tool use by a kea for the purpose of self-care, in a new study from the University of Auckland.
‘Smell of fear’ research awarded Ig Nobel

10 September 2021

Research on how the chemicals humans emit through breathing vary in response to audio-visual stimuli has been awarded the famous scientific parody prize, the Ig Nobel.
An effective solution to protect plants

9 September 2021

A project to protect trees from a destructive pathogen has been granted $1 million over three years from this year’s Endeavour Smart Ideas funding.
We throw away less food during lockdown

8 September 2021

We waste less food during lockdown, according to new research.
Smart ideas receive $24m in research funding

8 September 2021

Success for research teams across the University in country's largest contestable funding round.
Apps won’t save us from mental health crisis

7 September 2021

Opinion: Mental health apps may be effective for an 'average' western user, but not for those in severe distress or with varying degrees of digital access.
Happy birthday, Ernest Rutherford

30 August 2021

Opinion: It’s the 150th birth anniversary of NZ’s most celebrated scientist, Ernest Rutherford. Richard Easther acknowledges the man who revealed a world made of atoms.
University experiment mimics Covid-19

24 August 2021

A virus transmission experiment uses a framework called Safe Blues, where virtual tokens are spread via Bluetooth between the phones of participants.
Lockdown challenging for families

17 August 2021

The 2020 Covid-19 level four lockdown placed considerable strain on families with loss of income, balancing work and childcare and social isolation.
Scholarship for research on tohorā

11 August 2021

Institute of marine sciences masters student Annabelle Cranswick has received a scholarship for research investigating the diet and foraging ecology of southern right whales or tohorā.
New Zealand's hard-won Covid-19 lessons applied to RSV, flu

2 August 2021

New Zealand’s expertise tracking Covid-19 is being applied to influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a $9.8 million project to learn how to stop the spread of respiratory viruses.

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