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Amended: A case against antidepressants

This article has been amended to take account of the authors’ acceptance of the word ‘suicidality’ instead of ‘suicide’ and to amend wording around MedSafe’s views.

May 30 2018

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Govt should move now to ban drug advertising

If the Government wants to support PHARMAC’s mission of getting best value for money in drugs, it should move now to ban direct marketing to consumers.

Mar 02 2018

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Summer blogging keeps kids ‘match fit’

Researchers are helping youngsters beat an unwelcome side effect of the long summer break – a loss of learning.

Jan 05 2018

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

AI: If you can’t beat it, join it

Darl Kolb argues that instead of resisting AI, we should should be looking at how we can work more closely with machines in the future.

Nov 27 2017

University Of Auckland

Comment

Why a grand coalition was unthinkable

One logical partnership was largely absent from the election discourse: a ‘National-Labour’ grand coalition. But why?

Oct 20 2017

University Of Auckland

News

Māori research wins big at awards

Social injustices that undermine Māori, and treating babies with brain injuries were among the big winners at the Royal Society of NZ Research Honours.

Oct 12 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Childbirth is never one size fits all

University of Auckland researchers address some of the most pressing concerns of mothers and mothers-to-be.

Oct 11 2017

University Of Auckland

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Why NZ firms are missing opportunities

NZ firms seem to have the fundamentals of what it takes to shape markets, but very few are doing it, University of Auckland researchers find.

Oct 03 2017

Newsroom Staff and University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

A unique tool for learning Māori

A computer-assisted language tool combines expertise in computer engineering, linguistics and the oratory skills of respected Māori elders.

Sep 15 2017

University Of Auckland

environment

Dirty rivers destroying our oceans’ mauri

Reconnecting us to our environment is a challenge that must be met if the mauri of our water is to be restored.

Sep 12 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Women, software engineering needs you

Women deserve a seat at the engineering and technology table. Associate Professor Catherine Watson, Dr Rashina Hoda and Dr Kelly Blincoe explain why.

Aug 15 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Māori farewell family with digital stories

Digital stories made by Maori families about caring for loved ones at the end of their lives are giving voice to communities who don’t always have access to palliative care.

Jul 19 2017

University Of Auckland

real economy

ANZ chief: hold executives to account

ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott says banks need to make examples of their senior staff when they fail to perform to the highest standards.

Jul 11 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

How a taonga stolen in 1810 came home

A medal stolen from a Maori chief more than 200 years ago is now on display at Te Papa.

Jun 23 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Budget 2017: Social security begins at home

We need a Budget inspired by a vision of enhanced social security for all.

May 24 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Make child obesity and poverty Budget priorities

SUSAN ST JOHN: This is would be a good budget if it included a complete overhaul of family policies.

May 23 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

Drowning islands scenario challenged

A 1:50 scale replica of a coral reef island in Tuvalu has been constructed to show that islands on coral reefs will be more resilient to sea level rise than has been thought in the past.

May 18 2017

University Of Auckland

boardroom

Wāhine clean up at Māori business awards

Women took out four of five individual categories at the 2017 University of Auckland Aotearoa Māori Business Leaders Awards last night.

May 13 2017

University Of Auckland

Futurelearning

A new Cold War or just empty bluster?

Things are heating up between the leaders of the US and North Korea, but the possibility of nuclear war is still very remote.

Apr 21 2017

University Of Auckland

boardroom

Insight: Three Kiwis who run Australia’s big banks

Three out of Aussie’s four big banks are headed by Kiwis. Here they talk leadership, teamwork and NZ’s future at a University of Auckland discussion panel.

Apr 07 2017

University Of Auckland