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Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University is a true “University of New Zealand”, with three North Island campuses at Auckland, Manawatū and Wellington and more than 32,000 students studying either on one of the campuses or by distance learning from throughout the world.
Set up as an agricultural college in 1927 it is now a comprehensive university with qualifications in humanities and social sciences, business, creative arts, health and sciences.
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Drug cartels selling drugs in NZ and Australia are using Fiji as a waypoint – where kids as young as nine are being treated for meth addiction, while crime and HIV rates are climbing. What can be done?
New Zealand’s bilingual children often lose their mother tongue by the time they leave school. But there are fears that use of English-based decoding in structured literacy will hasten this decline.
New Zealand’s long history with heavy drinking has taken a toll on generations of children. Government policy needs to target fetal alcohol spectrum disorder before it happens.
Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in New Zealand’s energy strategy. But the government and industry need to focus on its best uses for decarbonisation.
A recent study of people diagnosed with cancer shows how the negatives can be balanced by positive life changes – even a rediscovery of joy and opportunity.
The government is reducing the scope and scale of the free school lunch programme. But evidence suggests expanding it would be good for children, communities and local businesses.
The election of the Lange-Douglas government on July 14, 1984, was the moment the old New Zealand gave way to a new New Zealand. Its historic influence is still felt in most areas of life today.
Arguments for electoral reform in the UK just got stronger with a low Labour vote delivering a massively disproportionate number of seats.
Many datasets have gaps and biases due to how the information was gathered. Developers must account for this to avoid embedded wrong assumptions being carried across to train future AIs.
Some professions offer rehabilitation for workers guilty of misconduct. But the rules in New Zealand are inconsistent and a better model could save careers and public investment in expensive training.
Mining has not been particularly lucrative for New Zealand. It makes little economic sense to focus on digging for minerals, despite claims the new mines will aid in the country’s green transition.
Resource laws and processes have tried to keep politics out of decision making. But this technocratic approach carries its own problems. The challenge is getting the balance right.
Feelings of embarrassment or shame can deter some people from seeking necessary healthcare, and their experiences are absent from conventional health surveys.
Recruiters are now routinely using AI to automate the screening of CVs and interview videos. But human bias already exists in the AI data – and it can even be heightened by the algorithm.
Finance minister Nicola Willis is promising to chart a ‘middle course’ in her first budget. Her bigger challenge is to bring middle New Zealand along with her.
The latest census figures are released this week, but the long-term trends are already clear: we will soon be more Māori and more Asian, fertility rates are dropping, and more citizens are leaving.
The global trade in data means minor drug dealing by 16-year-olds on social media could hurt their ability to get a job, house or insurance in their 30s.
New research highlights common threads in cancer survivors’ stories, including the effort it takes to navigate the health system, even for a diagnosis, and the struggle to fund unsubsidised treatments.
New mothers can experience anxiety and depression. But rushed appointments and impersonal checklists leave many fearful of being judged inadequate or unfit if they admit to struggling.
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor and Creative Writing Coordinator, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Maori & Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Research Officer, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Honorary Research Fellow (Linguistics), Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Social and Health Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Marketing and Sustainability, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of public health policy, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
