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International Day of Rural Women 2021 Special Feature: Surviving the reform of New Zealand agriculture (1984-1987)

In 1984 Aotearoa New Zealand began a process of neoliberal economic and political reform that was among the most audacious and comprehensive in the world. One of the first groups to experience transformation was the rural sector.

Ada Lovelace Day 2021 Special Feature: From ink to digital diagrams
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Rachel Blagojevic
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Advanced Alloy Anodes for Next-generation Rechargeable Batteries

Batteries help power modern life....
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Shanghai Wei
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Family Risk and Resilience during COVID-19 Lockdown

How did the COVID-19 lockdowns affect NZ famil...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Nickola Overall & Associate Professor Annette Henderson
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

New type of stardust may unlock solar system secrets

What elemental ingredients went into the form...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Bruce Charlier
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Volcanoes make waves too

Volcanoes make waves too: a new understanding of tsunamis generated by volcanic eruptions
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Emily Lane
  • ORGANISATION:
    NIWA

Switching from smoking to Electronic Delivery Systems: Changing practices and identities

Electroni...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Janet Hoek, Mei-Ling Blank
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Difficult Histories

How do New Zealanders remember and forget difficult e...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Joanna Kidman and Dr Vincent O'Malley
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington and History Works

Injection nanomachines – learning from nature to revolutionise drug delivery

Beneath Aotearoa Ne...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Alok Mitra
  • ORGANISATION:
    The University of Auckland

New type of micro laser source suitable for commercialisation

Associate Professors Stuart Murdoch ...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Associate Professor Stuart Murdoch
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

At life’s edge: How genes flow in hot spring bacteria

Microbiologists have long debated how to d...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Charles Lee
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Waikato

Greedy algae that are great for our environment

Phosphorus fertilizers are extremely expensive for...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Benoit Guieysse, Professor Emilio Fernández Reyes, Professor Andrew Shilton and Dr David Wheeler
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Whakaarahia anō te rā kaihau! Raise up again the billowing sail! Revitalising cultural knowledge through analysis of Te Rā, the Māori sail
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Catherine Smith, Dr Donna Campbell and Mrs Ranui Ngarimu
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Otago

Transnational matai: Examining the experiences of intergenerational global Samoan titled chiefs
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Melani Anae
  • ORGANISATION:
    University of Auckland

Game over for Loot Boxes?

The UK may begin regulating the use of Loot Boxes because of research li...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Aaron Drummond
  • ORGANISATION:
    Massey University

Auckland – New faces, new voices?

Astonishingly, research over the last three decades on New Zea...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Professor Miriam Meyerhoff, Dr Elaine Ballard, Dr Helen Charters, Dr Catherine Watson
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Auckland

Pigment discovery sheds new light on the environmental tolerance mechanisms of land plants

About 4...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Kevin Davis
  • ORGANISATION:
    Plant and Food Research

Has Intensive-Fishing Shaped Snapper Evolution?
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Dr Peter Ritchie and Tom Oosting (PhD Candidate)
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Guess Who? Understanding lifelong face blindness

With his Marsden Fund grant, Dr Tirta Susilo from...
  • RESEARCHER/S:
    Tirta Susilo
  • ORGANISATION:
    Victoria University of Wellington

Stressed-out mums and demanding children

Modern society is rooted in a dependency on agriculture. ...
  • Modern society is rooted in a dependency on agriculture...

Dr Clemency Montelle revealing the “many faces of mathematics”

Reading mathematical texts in S...
  • Reading mathematical texts in Sanskrit sounds like an insurmountable challenge to many people. Yet it is a challenge that Dr Clemency Montelle relishes.

Ada Lovelace Day profiles

Ada Lovelace Day is about celebrating women in science, technology, engi...
  • Ada Lovelace Day is about celebrating women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)...

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