The Māori pathway being carved in Aotearoa’s academic institutes

Dr Hinekura Smith from Ngā Wai a Te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre spoke to The Spinoff about Te Kupenga o MAI (MAI), a support program to encourage Māori doctoral students. Read more here

ESRC partner wins start-up funding

A startup company working in partnership with Dr Terri-Ann Berry’s Environmental Research Solutions team to reduce construction waste has received $25,000 towards the initiative from the Velocity $100k Challenge. Read more here

Voicing a vision for Uptown

Architecture Now reviews the Uptown Futures Festival, which featured work by architecture students from AUT, Unitec and the University of Auckland. Read the article here 

Heading to Tonga to desex dogs

Laura Harvey, Head of Environmental and Animal Sciences at Unitec spoke to Jess Mulligan on Radio NZ about the annual Unitec | Te Pūkenga veterinary team visit to Tonga. Listen here

Two wāhine Māori scholars awarded Fulbright awards

Two wāhine Māori scholars will get the chance to pursue their studies overseas after winning the Fulbright Graduate and Scholar Awards. Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) from Northland has won the Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award. Read more here

Daylighting streams

Landscape Architecture staff and ākonga featured on Seven Sharp talking about daylighting streams for flood control. Watch here

Unitec research reveals alarming ageism against elderly within health sector

Associate Professor Samantha Heath spoke to One News about the findings of soon-to-be released research from the Centre for Research in Education for Healthcare Professionals. Watch here

Making Space for Water

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Matthew Bradbury spoke to Kathryn Ryan on Radio NZ’s about the making “Space for Water” programme announcement made by Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Listen Here

Creative Industries Tane Patterson shares his story with Waatea News

Unitec 2023 Creative Industries graduate Tane Patterson spoke to Waatea News about his studies, graduating and his career. Read more here

2023 United graduate Fifita Vai ‘Utukakau Latu’s passion to help others

The New Zealand Herald interviewed 2023 graduate Fifita Vai ‘Utukakau Latu about her passion to help people in tough situations. Read more here