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Media Training Opportunity
Tuesday 18 July 20232:00 – 4:00 p.m. We are excited to invite you to a media training workshop run by the team at Science Media Centre. This opportunity is fully funded by Ngā Ara Whetū and exclusively available to our affiliated researchers. As members of our...
Rethinking our economy: The case for a circular approach
Modernity has become synonymous with wastefulness. We take, make, and dispose of the things we buy. This linear system operates so that resources flow in one direction. However, a promising alternative exists—a brave new world of the circular economy, which promotes...
Niki Harre’s Big Q: How can we better cooperate and protect the natural world?
Niki Harre is the Head of School for Psychology in the Faculty of Science and is a director for Ngā Ara Whetū. She is a community psychologist with research interests in sustainable organisation, core human values, religion, and political activism. She coordinates a...
Our policy submission to the climate change commision on the second emissions reduction plan
The Climate Change Commission asked for input on the draft advice to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second emissions reduction plan. Click below to see Ngā Ara Whetū’s policy submission: Ngā Ara Whetū strongly supports the Climate Change...
RNZ interview: Can rocks help combat climate change?
While significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are essential for managing the climate crisis, it is now apparent that limiting the increase in global temperature to less than 2 °C above pre-industrial levels cannot be achieved without active removal of...
Jacqueline Beggs’ Big Q: How do we maintain NZ’s unique biodiversity?
Jacqueline Beggs is a professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland's School of Biological Sciences. She is an ecologist and a committed advocate for Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique biodiversity. Her PhD (University of Otago 1999) was on the ecology and...
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Be a part of our vision and join Ngā Ara Whetū as an affiliate. This role is open to all researchers based at The University of Auckland and select research centres. As an affiliate, we will amplify and support your research, give you access to funding opportunities, and invite you to tailored Ngā Ara Whetū events.
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Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
Auckland 1010, Aotearoa New Zealand
