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Inside a Voice for Mäori Surveying Adolescents The University of Auckland News for Staff Vol 44 / Issue 04 / JUNE 2014 GRADUATION ■ PAGE 5 It was a proud day for the Mead family (Alistair, Amber, Heather and Alex Lovell) at Autumn Graduation. Read their story and others on page 5. INSIDE A VOICE FOR MÄORI SURVEYING ADOLESCENTS INDIGENOUS FOOD Jim Peters grew up the eldest of 11 children The Adolescent Health Research Group at the PRACTICES [Winston Peters MP for New Zealand First] was University has been studying the health and “Relationships between indigenous people one of his younger brothers] on the coast at wellbeing of young people in New Zealand and their knowledge, and commercial food Whananaki, north of Whangarei on a small since 2000. During this time it has surveyed producers around the world, need to include dairy farm. Read how he has journeyed from more than 30,000 young people between respect and acceptance,” argues Mariaelena that beginning via a suc cessful teaching the ages of 12 and 20 years in secondary Huambachano, a PhD student with the career, and a stint in Parliament, to become schools from all over New Zealand; surveyed Business School. “For New Zealand, the issues the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori students in Alternative Education settings and of food security and sovereignty are extremely today. Teen Parent units and surveyed students in important and, if we address them properly, Wharekura (Māori Immersion schools). we could elevate even more our green and safe Read about the findings. food reputation in global markets.” ■ PAGE 6 ■ PAGE 9 ■ PAGE 12 SNAPSHOT CONTENTS KA MATE KA ORA WHAT’S NEW .................................... 3 IN BRIEF ............................................. 4 The New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre based at the University of Auckland recently published COVER STORY .................................... 5 Ka Mate Ka Ora: A New Zealand Journal of Poetry Autumn Graduation is a highlight of the University and Poetics, Issue #13 (March 2014). Under the year., providing many students and families with title “Poetry and Social Action” were contributions reasons to celebrate. Here we focus on just a few from 2013 Distinguished visitor, Australian poet of our many successful new graduates. Pam Brown, Marcia Russell’s “Jekyll Journo as Literary Hyde by Night” and Jack Ross on “Paul WHAT’S ON CAMPUS? .................... 7 Celan and Leicester Kyle: The Zone and the Inspiring academic writers; Series on education; Plateau”. Issue #14 of Ka Mate Ka Ora will be on Law School reunion. “Poetry and War.” OBITUARY .......................................... 7 Tribute to the late Dame Dorothy Winstone from PACIFIC CLASSICS SCHOLAR Professor Raewyn Dalziel. RESEARCH ......................................... 8 The first woman of Samoan descent to complete Associate Professor Deidre Brown on repatriating a PhD in Classics and Ancient History was among “a small medal with a big story to tell”. graduands at Autumn Graduation. Marcia Leenen-Young’s thesis was titled Polybius’ Self- WHAT AM I DISCOVERING? ............. 9 constructed Image in the Histories and its effect Dr Simon Denny from the Department of on his Historical Objectivity. Polybius was an Paediatrics describes his work on the health and ancient Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period. wellbeing of young people. Marcia wants to continue working in academia either in her field, or in student services at the IN THE SPOTLIGHT ............................ 9 University. She already works for the Faculty of FROM THE COLLECTION ................ 10 Arts’ Tuākana programme. See more Graduation coverage on page 5. WHAT’S COMING OUT ................... 11 MARAMATANGA ............................ 12 COMMERCIALISATION MEDALS COVER PHOTO: The Mead family at Autumn Three top University researchers, Professor Graduation of Chemistry David Williams, Distinguished Professor of Education Viviane Robinson and Professor of Opthalmology Colin Green, won Vice-Chancellor’s Commercialisation medals at the Research Excellence awards on 2 May. These medals recognise researchers who have demonstrated high impact and excellence in sponsored research and research application over a number of years. See www.uniservices.co.nz FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR: Tess Redgrave|[email protected] An exhibition of contemporary photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Godfrey Boehnke featuring landscapes taken at Auschwitz DESIGN: Sonia Tenreiro concentration camp in Poland go on display at the PRODUCTION: The University of Auckland University’s George Fraser Gallery as part of the Festival of Photography next month.The large-scale Published by: images by Melbourne-based artist Bronek Kozka The University of Auckland from his series Auschwitz Revisited, began as a Communications, personal journey to see the country his family Fisher Building, 18 Waterloo Quadrant, originated from. Kozka, whose grandmother was Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142 Jewish but converted to Catholicism, travelled to Poland in an attempt to understand its relevance to www.auckland.ac.nz/universitynews his identity. Opening 5.30pm, Tuesday 3 June. 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND NEWS FOR STAFF WHAT’S NEW CoRE OF NATIONAL RESEARCH PAT HANAN The Tertiary Education Commission is investing The Medical Technologies CoRE will apply in four Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) bioengineering technologies to healthcare, hosted or co-hosted by the University. producing new knowledge of physiological The Commission recently announced the processes in health and disease, developing University will host or co-host four of the six novel bio-instrumentation and computational CoREs going forward: the Maurice Wilkins physiological models, and designing innovative Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery; the Medical medical devices and technologies to improve Technologies CoRE; Te Pūnaha Matatini – The healthcare and to create economic opportunities Centre for Complex Systems and Networks; and for New Zealand companies. Brain Research New Zealand – Rangahau Roro Te Pūnaha Matatini. The Centre for Complex Aotearoa (co-hosted with the University of Otago). Systems and Networks’ rresearch programme In addition, the University is a partner in the brings together New Zealand’s leading World renowned China scholar and Auckland remaining two CoREs, the MacDiarmid Institute researchers in physics, economics, mathematics, alumnus, Professor Patrick D Hanan passed for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology biology, computer science, operations away on 27 April 2014 in Cambridge, (hosted by Victoria University of Wellington), and management, statistics, and social science to study Massachusetts. The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum complex systems and networks in the biosphere, Pat was Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Technologies (hosted by the University of Otago). the economy, and the marketplace. Literature, Emeritus, at Harvard University, where he University of Auckland researchers are deputy Brain Research New Zealand – Rangahau taught from 1968 until his retirement in 1997. His directors of both of these CoREs. Roro Aotearoa, , will unlock the secrets of research on the origins of the Chinese vernacular “This is truly an outstanding result for University the ageing brain and develop new therapies story, a seminal contribution to understanding the of Auckland researchers and those of our and better clinical and community care to development of Chinese literature, was admired as partners,” says Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart enhance brain health throughout life for all New much in China as elsewhere in the world. McCutcheon. Zealanders. Pat became a student of Chinese studies at a time ABOUT THE CoRES: The CoRE fund provides operating expenditure when this could not be done in New Zealand. After The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular of just under $210 million over six years. Funding completing a BA (1948) and MA (1949) in English at Biodiscovery, an existing CoRE, targets major for the CoREs will begin on 1 January 2015 to Auckland, Pat started his Chinese-language training disease groups –cancer, diabetes and infectious 2020. at the University of London, first with a BA in Chinese disease – affecting New Zealanders by discovering and then a PhD in 1960. He taught at Stanford for a new therapies and diagnostics. few years before moving to Harvard. I first came across Pat in 1976, newly arrived in Cambridge after two years studying Chinese language in Beijing. Despite being at that stage a HELPING OUR BRAINS TO AGE WELL quarter-century away from New Zealand, Pat kept close ties with family in Matamata and elsewhere. By 2036 one in four New Zealanders aged over When I eventually embarked on a thesis on Chinese 65 will be affected by an ageing-related brain films, he was happy as my co-supervisor to let me disorder says Distinguished Professor Richard loose on a brand new, unknown field, pioneering just Faull (Auckland) co-director with Professor Cliff as he had in his PhD research. Pioneering seems a Abraham (Otago) of the new Brain Research New Zealand characteristic, he once remarked. New Zealand – Rangahau Roro Aotearoa. A gentlemanly scholar, Pat also delighted in “Like all developed nations, New Zealand has translating somewhat bawdy and erotic literature an ageing population and a rapidly increasing from the Chinese, both ancient texts and modern number of people with ageing-related brain novels. In 2006 the University awarded Pat an disorders like stroke, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s honorary Doctor of Letters in recognition of his and Huntington’s
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