Breadcrumbs List.
Arts and culture
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School-leavers make the most of scholarships
11 March 2019
Nur Lajunen-Tal is following her passion for songwriting to the University of Auckland thanks to a prestigious scholarship.
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Nike, Stanford and Sinead from New Zealand
6 March 2019
Sinead Brennan-McMahon from the University of Auckland is one of 69 students worldwide to receive a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to Stanford University, and the only one from New Zealand.
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Curating between hope and despair
1 March 2019
An extraordinary museum on the site of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland is a symbol of hope after one of the darkest periods in history.
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Being busy, buildings and Bach: Allan Wild
27 February 2019
Emeritus Professor Allan Wild, who died earlier this month, was an influential figure in the history of modern New Zealand architecture and former head of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University.
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Making friends across the street
25 February 2019
A powerful, interactive play about the value of friendship is challenging its cast to make friends with its audience in the space of just one hour.
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Capturing the ‘not quite rightness’
22 February 2019
A new exhibition by Gavin Hipkins, photographer, film maker and Associate Professor at Elam School of Fine Arts, opens tomorrow at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery.
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NZ Cricket’s silent message to NZ women
21 February 2019
Opinion: Professor Nicola Gavey writes about the Scott Kuggeleijn affair and the loud message received by women through NZ Cricket's culture of silence.
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First Sāmoan woman in the world to receive a PhD in Architecture
12 February 2019
In January, Karamia Muller became the first Sāmoan woman in the world to receive a PhD in Architecture. We talk to her about architecture from an Oceanic perspective.
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Jazz, Cloud Theory, and a medieval twist
1 February 2019
A husband and wife team from the School of Music at the University of Auckland, Roger and Caro Manins, will both be performing their Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) recitals next week.
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Babysitting a factor in survival of religion?
24 January 2019
Why isn't religion declining as rapidly in New Zealand as a decades-long trend would suggest?
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A historical lens on Trump’s wall
23 January 2019
Opinion: Trump fights for his wall, the US budget impasse drags on: Dr Stephen Hoadley looks at the history and effect of walls on borders around the world.
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Must heritage be handsome?
14 January 2019
Opinion: Heritage isn’t a beauty contest, Bill McKay argues. Recent buildings can be historic or of such merit they deserve to be kept.