Tackling knock-on effects of concussion – can we make rugby safer?
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University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are tackling the knock-on effects of playing rugby by engineering a...
A passion for sports science: Dr Shannon O’Donnell
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While the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are playing out half a world away, a group of University of Waikato researchers are...
Research and hard work pays off for engineering alumna
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Engineering alumna Catherine Downes has never left anything to chance.
At high school in Tongariro, Catherine’s favourite subjects were physics and maths....
Partnership hits all the sweet notes
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United by their love of music, the University of Canterbury (UC) and Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO)...
NZ’s health service is failing some communities: building a better national system requires local...
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Dr Kaaren Mathias and Dr Laura Lovell highlight the importance of meaningful community co-design of health...
Former Hillary Scholar in charge at Sport Waitaki
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Sport Waitaki’s newest regional coordinator is University of Waikato alumna, former Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar, and champion cyclist Pip Sutton.
Pip, who...
Researcher and engineering lecturer to chair leading Robotics group
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A leading apple fruitlet thinning automation expert has been appointed chairperson for a national robotics group.
Shen Hin Lim, a Senior Lecturer...
New Zealand’s latest terror attack shows why ISIS is harder to defeat online than...
Source: University of Waikato
As Friday’s attack by an ISIS sympathiser in a New Zealand supermarket has shown, ISIS’s extreme ideology still holds strong appeal...
Crusaders fans take note: Home crowds can influence outcomes
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Can Crusaders fans help their team triumph in the Super Rugby Aotearoa final against the Chiefs...
Sweet future tapped for NZ maple syrup test
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08 June 2021
New Zealand’s potential as a maple syrup or birch syrup producer is being tested by researchers...
New Zealand’s second-largest city faces weeks of delays in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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In a new article on The Conversation, UC’s Associate Professor Bernard Walker says the government may...
From burnout to balance – prioritising wellbeing as an elite athlete
Source: University of Waikato
Brooke Neal is on a mission to help young sportswomen take control of anxiety, perfectionism and burnout so they can perform...
