A multi-million dollar medical imaging research and innovation centre is being built in Gisborne to advance understanding of the brain, heart, and body to improve health outcomes for the community.
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NewsStudy finds rise in primary school achievement
New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) has found that achievement in schools have risen due to schools creating a coherent focus on literacy teaching.
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Alcohol consultation "failing Māori communities"
Māori voices are not being meaningfully engaged with when it comes to liquor licensing legislation, new research from the University of Otago.
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Self-testing for cervical cancer could save Māori women
A new study has found self-testing for cervical cancer screening could save Māori women's lives. The study found Māori women were more receptive to self-testing, citing whakamā, lack of time and fear of discomfort as the current barriers to screening.
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Examining Tairāwhiti voyaging philosophies
The list of recipients of the Health Research Council of New Zealand's 2019 Career Development Awards has been announced.
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BioHeritage agency's tikanga Māori approach to science
The government has announced a further $13.75mil for research to combat the spread of kauri dieback and myrtle rust. A single agency named NZ Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, based on Treaty of Waitangi partnership principles, has been tasked with combating the diseases.
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Marsden funding secured for Whānau Ora project
Dr Aroha Harris of the University of Auckland and Dr Melissa Williams, an independent researcher and university alumni, have won $622,000 in Marsden funding for their project, which looks at Māori whānau and the struggle for whānau well-being across the twentieth century.
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Māori researcher to study how whakamā affects mental health
A Ngāti Porou woman has won a scholarship to research the area of Māori emotions, particularly whakamā (shame or embarrassment).
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The continuing legacy of Princess Te Puea
The legacy Princess Te Puea left as a leader in the women's movement of the 1960's and 1970's continues at a South Auckland marae named in her honour.
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Manukau City a melting pot of reo dialects
Manukau City has the largest Māori population in Aotearoa, so what is the state of the Māori language in the region?
