Your Point Of Difference Is Your Superpower
The Big Idea talks to Unitec Masters of Creative Practice graduate Alex de Vries on how he has launched his career in many directions. Read more here
Managed retreat in Italy
Assoc. Prof Matthew Bradbury recently returned from Italy, where he studied how communities are being shifted to adapt to climate change. He joins Radio NZ’s Kathryn Ryan to discuss what New Zealand could learn from Italy’s managed retreat. Listen here
Demolished Shot Tower research paper published
The historic Shot Tower in Mt Eden demolished after Cyclone Gabrielle was recently featured in Stuff, and a paper by the School of Architecture team about the tower was published in DISEGNARECON Journal Read Stuff article here Read journal article here
Unitec student Highly Commended in 2023 Resene Design awards
Victoria Carran from the School of Architecture was awarded Highly Commended for her design in the 2023 Resene Student Design Awards ‘Of This Place: Reimagining Architectural Education in Aotearoa ‘. Read about Victoria’s design here Read more here
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