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• Arts student won't let disability hold her back

  Criminology and Māori Studies student Alicia Kapa has been celebrated for inspiring others with disabilities. Alicia Kapa, Criminology and Māori Studies student She was one of three finalists in the Youth Spirit category at the 2018 Attitude...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• $5 million gift supports brain research

  Auckland businessman and philanthropist Sir David Levene is giving the University of Auckland an early Christmas gift - $5 million to support brain research. Sir Richard Faull and Sir David Levene with Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• Sharpshooting basketball team impress in China

  The University of Auckland’s men’s three-a-side basketball team has finished fourth in the world. The team represented New Zealand at the FISU 3x3 World University League held in Xiamin, China in November. Lis Haraqia, Sam Aruwa, Shay...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• Top composer named best classical artist

  Embarking on a project involving a collaborative method of working has proved successful for renowned composer Associate Professor Eve de Castro-Robinson, who has been named Best Classical Artist/ Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa at the Vodafone New Zealand Music...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• Tax expert awarded premier Law Foundation scholarship

  Professor Craig Elliffe, from the Auckland Law School at the University of Auckland has been awarded the country’s premier legal research grant, the New Zealand International Research Fellowship - Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao The award, worth...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• Story set in Nazi-controlled Saarland wins creative writing prize

  Former New Zealand Herald journalist Karen Holdom is this year's winner of the University of Auckland's Sir James Wallace Prize in Creative Writing. From left: Sir James Wallace, Karen Holdom, Dean of Arts Professor Robert Greenberg Karen...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• Professor wins top architecture award

  An innovative wooden school designed by Professor Andrew Barrie’s firm Andrew Barrie Lab, working in collaboration with Tokyo-based Tezuka Architects, has won the Ted McCoy Award for Educational Architecture, one of the top tier ‘named’...

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  Dec. 21, 2018

• Philosophical principles drive Rhodes Scholar

  University of Auckland alumnus Johann Go is a 2019 Rhodes Scholar. Chris Liddell with 2019 Rhodes Scholar Johann Go He is one of three young New Zealanders who have been awarded the prestigious scholarship to carry out postgraduate study at the...

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  Dec. 21, 2018