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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:31 PM

University of Auckland

Type: Organization

Name: University of Auckland

First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 Documents

Study looks at Maori students' success

A project looking at successful Maori secondary students could lead to changes in what schools do.Lead researcher Melinda Webber, from Auckland University's education faculty, says a pilot of Te Ara a Ihenga in Rotorua schools has identified five attributes ... [Published 1 hour ago by Radio New Zealand]

Entities: Education, University of Auckland, Environment

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Linguistic dissection

The first English translation of a seminal book on anatomy in Latin is complete. Tess Redgrave reports.ExpandUniversity of Auckland Emeritus Professor John Carman, who finished the 20-year project of translating De Fabrica into English. Photo / Richard ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by New Zealand Herald]

Entities: University of Auckland, Will Richardson, Anatomy, Richard Robinson

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Malware sneaks in on web advertising

You may think you're on top of security. You don't click through on pop-up IQ tests. You ignore invitations from svelte Svetlana to look at her .ru site. You don't open .zip or .exe attachments from unknown sources. Your anti-virus software is up to date, ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by IOL]

Entities: Malware, University of Auckland, Adobe Systems Incorporated

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

University of Auckland

New book stresses better construction management

New Zealand’s productivity could be boosted if more people working in the construction industry understood basic management principles, says University of Auckland Civil Engineering Associate Professor Suzanne Wilkinson. ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Scoop]

Entities: University of Auckland, Civil Engineering, Productivity

First Reported Mar 14 2010 - Updated Mar 14 2010 - 1 Documents

Family and friends more important than angels' help

US veteran "angel" investor Bill Payne has put US$1.5 million (NZ$2m) into about 50 technology start-ups during the past 30 years and reckons he has achieved an average annualised return of 20 per cent to 25 per cent, thanks mainly to "four really nice ... [Published Mar 14 2010 by stuff.co.nz]

Entities: Bill Payne, Venture Capital, Entrepreneur, New Zealand

First Reported Mar 14 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

5-year-old sex offender on crime list

716 children aged under nine were apprehended by police last year. Photo / The AucklanderA 5-year-old and two 6-year-old boys were apprehended by police for sexual assault last year.They were among 716 children aged under nine who were reprimanded in ... [Published Mar 14 2010 by New Zealand Herald]

Entities: Crime, Official Information, University of Auckland

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

Wayne Mapp

Fast failure better than fruitless battle

A high-powered panel says we need to change our Kiwi mindset and put ideas to the market test sooner rather than keep pouring money into doomed projects.New Zealand needs to stop hero-worshipping the Kiwi battler and start encouraging "fast failure" so ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by New Zealand Herald]

Entities: John Britten, New Zealand, Wayne Mapp, University of Auckland

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

Ladettes narrow life gap

A party-hard attitude and decadent lifestyle are slowing the rise of women's life expectancy"Ladette" lifestyles among young women are partly to blame for narrowing the life expectancy gap between the sexes, say experts.Latest figures from Statistics ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by New Zealand Herald]

Entities: University of Auckland, Binge Drinking, Statistics New Zealand

First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 2 Documents

Tonga gets China hand-out

The Chinese government has given Tonga a grant of nearly $4.5 million, but critics say the New Zealand government should be wary of the politics behind the gift.TV3 says in recent years the Chinese government has made a concerted effort to build its status ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by ABC Radio Australia News]

Entities: Tonga, China, University of Auckland, New Zealand

First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 2 Documents

Auckland University Should Look To Government, Not Students, For Money

Staff and students shouldn't be competing for the same money, says TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs.Ms Riggs' comments were made in response to a suggestion by vice-chancellor, Stuart McCutcheon, that the 'balance of investment' in universities needs ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Voxy.co.nz]

Entities: University of Auckland, Education, New Zealand

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 2 Documents

Unhappy workers the key to corporate culture

Business confidence hits decade high Goodman Fielder fattens margins Average Aussie pay hits $1580 a week Lower gas prices drag on Powerco earnings PGG Wrightson names new chair GM to wind down Hummer after sale fails Govt opens door ... [Published Feb 25 2010 by Sunday Star Times]

Entities: University of Auckland, John Van Maanen, Powerco, Goodman Fielder Ltd, PGG Wrightson Ltd

First Reported Feb 16 2010 - Updated Feb 16 2010 - 3 Documents

Comics to replace homework in NZ

Kiwi kids are being encouraged to ditch homework and read comics and cereal boxes instead.In a move backed by a local education expert schools in Wellington are suggesting lighter reading material along with crosswords and board games to boost word s ... [Published Feb 16 2010 by Sky News Australia]

Entities: University of Auckland, Wellington (New Zealand), Education

Quotes

..."Our hapu are really interested in being involved." she says. "We've lots of marae committees that we can go to and offer our services ... let us run something on parenting or on strategies that might help these whanau." Te Ara a Ihenga is supported by the Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment Trust Board

Study looks at Maori students' success [Radio New Zealand - 1 hour ago]

"Some lacked linguistic competence, others anatomical expertise. But, in what must rank as one of the publishing and scientific and literary achievements of the decade, classicist Richardson, in collaboration with anatomist Carman, have produced a quite stunning translation of the first book of De fabrica: The Bones and Cartilages."

Linguistic dissection [New Zealand Herald - Mar 16 2010]

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Benefits of foreign students often overlooked [New Zealand Herald - Mar 08 2010]
Editorial: Student loans should be for the suc... [New Zealand Herald - Mar 08 2010]
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