Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Arts
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China needs open leadership over coronavirus
13 February 2020
Opinion: If China's government wants popular support in this crisis, it must send citizens a clear signal that every possible resource is being deployed to keep them safe, write Stephen Noakes.
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New scholarship helps Arts students uncover Auckland’s history
11 February 2020
A passion for history, along with a desire to give back led to the establishment of the Jonathan and Mary Mason Summer Scholarship in Auckland History.
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Anti-Chinese racism its own dangerous contagion
7 February 2020
Opinion: Fear of a coronavirus epidemic has contributed to racist incidents across New Zealand. David Tokiharu Mayeda looks at this new spin on an old story.
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Coronavirus fake news echoes century-old polio fears
6 February 2020
Opinion: Confusion, xenophobia and claims made in fake news stories about coronavirus have parallels with another epidemic disease a century ago: polio, writes Heather Battles.
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NZ must step up against antisemitism
3 February 2020
Opinion: NZ must look at its patchy history with the Holocaust and ensure the rise in antisemitism around the world is given no ground here, writes Sheree Trotter.
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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.
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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?
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What’s at stake in West Papua
31 December 2019
Opinion: Dr Mark Busse and Sophie Faber examine West Papua's history to see what's at stake politically and economically in the current unrest.
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What’s the point in impeaching Trump?
23 December 2019
Opinion: Won't the impeachment process be a waste of time given the Senate trial will be divided on party lines? Stephen Hoadley explains why that's an emphatic 'no'.
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Living in death's shadow: personal stories of the AIDS epidemic
17 December 2019
The powerful stories of men who suffered and survived the devastating HIV AIDS epidemic in Sydney between 1982 and 1996 have been documented in a new book.
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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.
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The most important UK election since 1979
10 December 2019
Opinion: UK voters have a chance to stop the new age of hostility and belligerence in the country's most significant election in 40 years, writes Neal Curtis.