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'We need you:' City Missioner's plea

27 September 2023

Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson laid down a stirring challenge to social work students in her recent lecture to "keep going" as the need has never been greater.
Being ‘tough on crime’ is easy, but it doesn't work

21 September 2023

Opinion: Being 'tough on crime’ contradicts evidence that prisons are a training ground for harder criminals, says Bex Silver.
Pacific focus for Global Studies graduate

20 September 2023

Graduate Imogene Woodmass has followed in her father’s footsteps by continuing her education and pursuing what she loves; looking at how Pacific countries can work together for mutual benefit.
Higher education pioneer given honorary doctorate

19 September 2023

Higher education trailblazer Kate Milligan Edger has been given a posthumous honorary doctorate from the University of Auckland as part of its 140th anniversary commemorations.
Graduate chases dream of travel and new adventure

19 September 2023

Four years ago, Viloshini Baskaran left Malaysia with her husband and two young sons to start a PhD at the University of Auckland, determined to chase her dream of adventure and study in a new country.
Finding a place to call home: housing after prison

7 September 2023

No one should leave prison without stable housing if we want to reduce rates of recidivism, according to a major new report on housing after prison from the University of Auckland.
Top tips for teaching mental health

21 August 2023

In good news for teachers, a mental health teaching resource for primary-aged children offering a ‘whole-school’ approach is now available.
National is going all ‘nanny state’ on us

11 August 2023

Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, after six years in opposition the National Party is offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, mandated reporting and mandated bans on cell phones. Peter O'Connor is worried.
Curtain falls after 20 years of tackling tough issues

31 July 2023

The dramatised story of a fictional family facing tough issues has just presented its last workshop after 20 years of successful delivery into schools across Aotearoa.
Exploitation of migrant workers: an emotional issue

31 July 2023

The emotional component of migrant worker exploitation in New Zealand has come to light as part of a larger project on the issue at the University of Auckland.
Violence simply breeds violence at youth justice facilities

11 July 2023

Opinion: Despite aspirations for change, history tells us residential institutions for young offenders tend to default to a culture of conflict, threat, and coercion, says Ian Hyslop
Successful play as easy as falling off a log

2 July 2023

Opinion: Keeping ahead of the game; play is key to children's future success, says Felicia Low and Chloe Wilkinson

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