NOVEMBER 2017

The University of News for Staff Vol 46/ Issue 09 /November 2017

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PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE ART OF GARDENING MOVE OVER CHOMSKY The Faculty of Arts is about to launch its new For 40 years Tom Tiauli has helped create and Since the 1950s linguists have defined Public Policy Institute, modelled on similar sustain the gardens that provide one of the themselves against Noam Chomsky, the most institutes from overseas and developed with pleasures of working at the University. He is influential of them all. Now new thoughts on input from across the faculties. now working with his third grounds manager. language are overturning his proposals.

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PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR SUSTAINABILITY WHAT’S NEW ...... 3 Adrienne Cleland, DVC IN BRIEF ...... 4 (Operations) and Registrar, congratulates Gordon Kang, COVER STORY ...... 5 winner of the ‘Showcasing DID YOU KNOW? ...... 7 Sustainability through Photography’ competition, held WHAT’S ON CAMPUS ...... 7 during the University’s inaugural Sustainability Week and judged RESEARCH IN FOCUS ...... 8 by Associate Professor Megan Jenkinson (Elam) and University IN THE SPOTLIGHT ...... 9 photographer Godfrey Boehnke. FROM THE COLLECTION ...... 10 WHAT’S COMING OUT ...... 10 ENGAGING WITH THE OUTDOORS CLASSIFIEDS ...... 11 ‘Yosemite National Park,’ by MARAMATANGA ...... 12 Gordon Kang was overall winner and winner of the category “Partnership: implementing the sustainable development goals COVER PHOTO: LightScale II agenda through a solid global partnership.” The kinetic installation LightScale II floats “National parks and networks through a virtual ocean like a giant whale, of parks are excellent ways to materialising environments, events and get the public engaged with the interactions with users. The installation outdoors.” generates a tactile data experience through 3D projections onto multi-layered gauze surfaces. The kinetic structure consists of a 20-metre long carbon construction, mounted SAVING DARWIN asymmetrically on a single point support. ‘Darwin,’ by Joe Fagan, from the On a touch the construction oscillates freely category “Planet: protecting our through space. A motion tracking system planet’s natural resources and combined with ultra sound sensors recognises climate for future generations”. touch, position and movement of the “Darwin is a rare species of sea LightScale. turtle. He was made by students The project was first presented in Linz as in ENVSCI101 from some of part of the Ars Electronica Festival from 7 to 11 the 27,000 pieces of marine September. debris they found on Auckland’s beaches during 2016.” Design and concept: Uwe Rieger Programming: Yinan Liu Technical support: Karl Butler

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PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE LAUNCHED

Professor Peter Shepherd: Callaghan Medal winner The Faculty of Arts will officially launch its new Public Policy Institute (PPI) at the Fale Pasifika on From the Faculty of Science, Dr Danny 9 November. TOP HONOURS Osborne (Psychology) received the inaugural The new institute is modelled on similar Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research institutions overseas and has been developed at SHARED Award in Social Sciences for his prolific research Auckland with input from across the faculties. programme which examines the psychological Led by inaugural director, Jennifer Curtin, barriers to collective action. His research shows Associate Professor of Politics and coordinator Six top honours were shared between that people’s basic needs for stability, beliefs of the Masters of Public Policy, the PPI will foster researchers in the faculties of Medical and about their collective ability to change the independent, critical research on key policy Health Science, Science and Arts in October. system, and culture-specific beliefs about past issues affecting New Zealand and the global The Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi injustices all undermine collective action. community. By bringing together policy experts announced its 2017 awards, which included In Arts, Professor Cris Shore (Social Sciences) from across the university, the PPI aims to form awards from the Health Research Council of was awarded the Mason Durie Medal for his partnerships with local and central government New Zealand, at a gala dinner celebrating the contributions to political anthropology and the as well as non-profits and communities and society’s 150th anniversary. study of organisations, governance and power. international partners engaged in evidence- In Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Cris first developed his historical-anthropological informed policy research and evaluation. Peter Shepherd won the Callaghan Medal for methods in an ethnographic study of the Italian www.ppi.auckland.ac.nz science communication. The award reflected Communist party and Eurocommunism. Peter’s leadership in increasing the public’s Professor Tracey McIntosh (Māori Studies understanding of science; notably a nationwide and Pacific Studies) received the Te Rangi Hīroa programme to keep biology teachers and their Medal for advancing understanding of the social students up to date with the latest developments injustices that undermine Māori wellbeing, inhibit in life sciences and the annual Queenstown social cohesion and cultural diversity in this Molecular Biology Research Week. country. Her research focuses on how to solve Also in Medical Sciences, Professor Alistair the inter-generational transmission of social Gunn was awarded the Beaven Medal by the inequalities, how they apply to Māori, and new Health Research Council of New Zealand for his indigenous knowledge and policies that work for pioneering use of mild cooling to treat babies Māori and Aotearoa. with brain injuries at birth. He was first to show Dr Aroha Harris (Humanities) was awarded that even very delayed cooling could reduce the inaugural Royal Society Te Apārangi Early brain injury in large animals around the time of Career Researcher Award in Humanities for her birth, and to systematically work out how and substantial contributions to the award-winning when cooling needed to be applied to protect a Māori history, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated newborn baby’s brain from damage. History, which spans the entirety of Māori history.

READ THE NEW this issue is an opinion piece by Dr Ritesh Shah (Education and Social Work) on the part played INGENIO, by education in times of conflict. The staff profile is of Jackie Ede, disabilities NOW ONLINE adviser, who assists students living with what some refer to as “invisible disabilities” like ‘A force for justice’ is the title of the Vice- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Chancellor’s editorial for the latest Ingenio Hyperactivity Disorder. magazine, which now has a circulation of 124,000 Featured in the cover story is LA-based in print, with 25,000 more sent as pdfs. alumnus Shane Thompson, vice-president of In tune with the theme of the editorial, two integrated marketing for Warner Bros. Pictures. of the alumni profiled are actively involved On the books page is the first novel by in promoting peace: Grant Bayldon, the New Amanda Lyne, former alumni relations manager Zealand director of Amnesty International, and at the University, based around dramatic events Esther Harrop, a senior New Zealand Defence in her own family. Amanda also fehatures in a Force officer who has been serving with the short video that can be viewed on the website peace-keeping forces in South Sudan. Also in www.ingenio-magazine.com UNINEWS 3 WHAT’S NEW THE INTERNATIONAL ROLE FOR FUTURE SAM ELWORTHY IS NOW Auckland University Press - and the University of Auckland - has a new reason to celebrate. It’s intriguing to imagine what might inspire At the Frankfurt Book Fair, AUP director Sam someone to lie on the floor of the largest Elworthy was elected to the executive committee cathedral in Austria; the answer can be seen of the International Publishers Association (IPA). on the cover of this issue of UniNews. Founded in 1896 and based in Geneva, the IPA People were immersing themselves in the is the world’s peak organisation of publishers 40 UNDER 40 spectacular results of recent research from the associations, representing 70 organisations from arc/sec Lab for Digital Spatial Operations at the 60 countries around the world. The University’s 40 under 40 website is University of Auckland’s School of Architecture Sam has played a key role in New Zealand alive and well worth seeing. and Planning. publishing as president of the Publishers In New Zealand and around the world we They were at the Ars Electronica Festival, Association of New Zealand, chair of the Michael have more than 185,000 alumni, almost 70 founded in 1979 at Linz in Austria to provide a King Writers’ Centre and the Book Awards percent of whom are under 40. The website platform for artistic and scientific encounters Governance Group, and board member of features 40 of them, all high achievers in a with technology. Copyright Licensing New Zealand. variety of fields. This year more than 1,000 eminent artists, This is the first time New Zealand has had a They are divided into six categories: scientists and technicians from 42 countries, representative on the IPA’s executive committee. the “Disruptors and Innovators” who have and from many of the world’s top universities, challenged the status quo; the “Performers” gathered for five days in September for comprising writers, musicians, artists and conferences, presentations, workshops, film-makers; the “Humanitarians” who discussions and displays on the theme of play important roles in bettering other Artificial Intelligence – The Other I, and to show people’s lives; the “Influencers” who help their work to around 100,000 festival-goers. change people’s attitudes - and the world; The team from the University, led by Associate the “Businesspeople” who have harnessed Professor Uwe Rieger from Architecture and opportunities and the “Entrepreneurs” who Planning and Associate Professor Carol Brown have blazed new trails. from Dance Studies, were invited to present Some of the faces you will recognise, no two interdisciplinary works - LIGHTSCALE II and doubt including this one, pictured above, who SINGULARITY. has joined our latest line up of MPs. Although both exhibitions are visually spectacular they are also much more, explains To see the 40 under 40, visit Uwe. www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/40-under-40 “A computer is not just a tool any more, it’s not a two-dimensional pixel display accessed by a keyboard and mouse. It is becoming part IN BRIEF New Zealand’s talented early to mid-career of our environment, allowing us to connect the researchers for a period of five years. The physical world with the virtual world. RUTHERFORD DISCOVERY others from the University who have gained He believes this will radically change the way FELLOWSHIPS fellowships are Dr Emma Carroll (Science), Dr in which humans experience the world and will Associate Professor Claire Charters from the Max Petrov (School of Medicine) and Associate revolutionise the world of design in the near Auckland Law School is one of four from the Professor Melinda Webber (Starpath). future. University to to have been awarded a 2017 “And this is what we are specifically testing Rutherford Scholarship. This will support INSURANCE OFFER with the arc/sec lab. We are trying to create Claire to investigate the ways indigenous The University’s insurance brokers, Mercer intelligent environments around us. With these people’s rights are constitutionally recognised Marsh Benefits, have negotiated with the large, active installations the special thing we throughout the world. voluntary group insurance plan insurer, AMP are doing is to explore and test these ideas Claire (Ngati Whakaue, Tuwharetoa, Ngā Puhi, Life, for another 30-day special offer for of how we can merge digital information with Tainui) is one of ten people across the country eligible staff to obtain Life, Trauma and Income physical properties. 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of a festival which aims to provide a platform smart glasses developed and manufactured by A group of Uwe’s research students, based for artistic and scientific encounters with Microsoft). at Auckland Council’s start-up hub AR/VR technology. He also credits the students involved in the Garagerun and sponsored by Datacom, has been It uses 3D projections on a 20-metre long Open Media Lab with contributing to a truly making presentations to international guests physical structure to create a work that innovative environment. – from Silicon Valley, Harvard University, South oscillates in space, floating like a whale through “We have 14 tutor-students employed to Korea and Japan. a virtual ocean, encountering virtual objects, support their peers. For our workshops we “I’ve been amazed by the extent and breadth including schools of fish, which a whale might rely very much on the student team, who are of international interest,” says Uwe. very well meet on its travels. contracted each semester to give tutorial A current research project which is Equipped with systems that track motion and support for about 12 hours a week. This gives us crossing disciplines within the University is a recognise touch and movement, it performs direct access to the student body, which means collaboration between OML and the School as a navigation tool for augmented spaces, we stay very well-connected. And the workshops of Medicine, in particular the Department responding both to the physical and digital wouldn’t work nearly as well without them.” of Oncology, which provides a platform for environment. He admits the students “are much faster than visualising data in 3D space in different ways SINGULARITY blends data, dance, music the staff” at picking up anything digital. and on different scales, ranging from organs or and architecture in an immersive performance They also contribute to, and benefit from, the tumours to the cellular level, thereby creating that allows audiences to explore the way the strong and growing connections with industry. new ways for medical staff to interact or human body interacts with space. As the “Because everything is so new and nobody collaborate. dancers respond to the structures of light and, knows what it will lead to, we can work with Initiated by Dr Ben Lawrence from the in turn, the light responds to the dancers, every students to do speculative investigation of Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Dr performance is unique. things that might come up in the future and of Michael Davis from Architecture and Planning, Created through a collaboration between the ways we might be able to use these discoveries.” it is now being developed by Karl Butler, OML’s arc/sec Lab, Carol Brown Dances and French He says this is something that companies technician, in discussion with staff from the techno composer Jerome Soudan, the work was don’t really have the time for, but they do have Department of Oncology. premiered at Auckland’s Q Theatre in 2016. Its an interest in supporting the research. Uwe believes the discipline of architecture, tour to Austria, where it was presented at the An example is the “Pop-up Reality Shop”, firmly based in spatial thinking and the festival’s opening, was supported by a Creative a research project in which four students, interaction of humans with spaces, is New Zealand Grant for the Arts. supervised by Uwe and Yinan, have been well placed to be at the forefront of these Uwe credits Yinan Liu, co-ordinator of the investigating the use of Microsoft HoLolenses to investigations which aim to connect the virtual Open Media Lab (OML), the digital support augment spaces and displays of merchandise and physical worlds. unit at the School of Architecture and Planning, with digital information in a way that has the Discoveries, he says, are not so much about with “opening the door to the virtual world” capacity to transform physical retail and online new inventions as about linking different kinds through the use of a software programme called shopping. of knowledge and experience to create new Unity 3D, which enables the use of all types of This has been supported by Datacom alignments and new perspectives. digital tools, including virtual systems, robots, and has the possibility of future commercial projectors and HoLolenses (mixed-reality applications. ■■Judy Wilford

UNINEWS 5 MY STORY STAFF PROFILE

Taueetia Tiauli (Tom) has been working in the University gardens for almost 40 years

Where did you grow up? Then Tony retired and Stanley [Jones] took What do you do when you’re not working? I was born in American Samoa but we moved to over. At first he wanted to make the University I like to spend time with my grandkids. My wife Western Samoa when I was just a few months old. gardens more like Albert Park. But he soon Luseane passed away three years ago and I realised these gardens are different: we have live with my daughter Nola, her husband and What did you enjoy doing as a child? a special collection of native trees from New their four children. My son, Afa George, lives in I had 13 brothers and two sisters so we were a big Zealand and from other countries like Japan, Melbourne and has five children. I go on holiday to family. I enjoyed helping my mum with washing South Africa and Germany. Some of them are see my grandkids whenever I can – and last year and cooking. I loved sports like rugby and Samoan quite rare. we all had a holiday together on the Gold Coast. cricket. And my cousins lived in a house by the Most weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, I play river. We used to swim there all the time. Until What do you like about your job? golf at the Waitakere course, where my handicap I was 12 we lived in Apia but I finished school in I just love the gardening: I enjoy seeing the trees is seven. It’s a very hilly course, keeps me fit, and form 2 and then my parents brought me to New I planted grow. Now, when I look at the trees when I look around at the trees and the birds Zealand because they wanted me to continue around the lawn behind Old Government House, singing, it almost feels like I’m still at work. my education here. They stayed here with me for I see many that I dug the hole for, and put in about nine months, but then they returned to the ground for the first time. Even the special Note: Tom says he’s always pleased to answer Western Samoa. I stayed on with my sister, who kauri tree that is descended from Tāne Mahuta questions about the different sections of the lived at Lynfield, near Lynfield College where I [the giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest in garden and the plants. He says not to hesitate to went to school (though not for long). Northland] – the Vice-Chancellor planted the tree stop and ask when you’re passing. [at an official ceremony] but I dug the hole for it What was your first job? before he and the guests arrived. The first work I did was something I really enjoyed. Another one I prepared the ground for and My parents had a plantation in Western Samoa dug the hole for was the Turkish Red Pine (Pinus where they grew crops like taro and bananas. brutia) which is a descendant of the one planted In the holidays they used to take me there and I in New Zealand from seeds a World War One would help them look after the gardens. soldier brought back from Gallipoli in his pockets.

Did you ever have a favourite teacher? What are the things you’re proud of? I think the best teacher I ever had was John Ibid, I see the people walking through enjoying the who came from Denmark and was my first boss garden and I’m proud I helped to make it. I was when I came to work at the University in 1978. I proud when my daughter was married here seven was about 25 and the first question he asked was, years ago. She wanted to be married outside “What do you know about trees?” and this was a beautiful place for the wedding. “Well,” I said, “a tree’s a tree.” And he laughed Afterwards, we had the reception at the Fale and gave me the job straight away. He could tell Pasifika. I was keen. He taught me the names of the trees and all about how to look after them; he taught Have you got a garden at home? me about how to sterilise the soil, and about the I don’t now because we’ve moved into a different different plants and what they needed. house but I used to have a beautiful garden. Every After John passed away I worked with Tony Saturday before I went to play golf I would gather Palmer. He taught me the common and Latin armfuls of flowers and take them to the rest names of the plants and sent me on courses to home. The old people loved to have fresh flowers. learn about spraying. I used to take about 14 bunches each week. Above: Tom and his daughter on her wedding day in the University gardens.

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... that Princes Street in the on the corner of Commerce and Customhouse was actively involved in the Auckland Jewish 1880s was the most prestigious streets in Auckland. community, serving as president of the Hebrew address in Auckland? Managing the family business with his brother Congregation in 1900 and from 1916 to 1931. for 60 years, Alfred was friendly and much His neighbours in Princes Street included The rich, as the saying goes, “made for the ridges”, loved by his staff and their families, while wife chemist James Sharland, newspaper publishers where the air was fresher, the view was better and Emily Clayton was lauded as “an outstanding Henry Brett and W. Scott Wilson, (of Wilson the neighbourhood would be made up of other hostess” who presided over suppers that were and Horton fame) butcher William Hellaby and suitably prominent families. “sumptuous sit-down affairs”. brewers Thomas Whitson and Moss Davis When the City Improvement Commission Alfred and Emily, with their four daughters After Alfred died in 1931, Wickford first become a decided to subdivide much of the eastern side of and one surviving son, lived in style at Wickford, private hospital, Mt Pleasant, and then the home of the Albert Barracks Reserve in the late 1870s and which became known for lavish social and the University’s registry in 1958. A fourth floor has early 1880s, it made sure the stringent conditions cultural occasions and warm hospitality. since been added, and the rear has been extended would attract the right sort of buyer. Lit up and sparkling for evening events, red to provide meeting rooms and extra offices. Only one dwelling was allowed on each carpets were laid along Princes Street and And with seismic strengthening and leasehold allotment and each townhouse was to guests arriving in their carriages - later in cars - refurbishment work almost complete, Alfred be worth at least £700 (an enormous sum at the were attended by a team of servants; footmen, Nathan House will soon be back to its former time) and have at least two storeys. butlers, coachmen, cooks and maids. glory, with the vast majority of its features Not only did prospective Princes Street residents Known for its beautiful staircase, ornate retained and in some cases, reinstated where favour an elevated position near to their downtown fireplaces and grand front drawing room, they had been removed at some point the businesses and the wharves, they also wanted to Wickford also featured sandblasted glazing, building’s 129-year life; its history retained as a be close to important buildings like the Supreme moulded ceilings and carved mantelpieces, valuable part of the city’s colonial story. Court, (now the High Court) the colonial governor’s some of which still grace the interior of the ■■Julianne Evans Auckland residence (Old Government House), building, now known as Alfred Nathan House. Choral Hall, (now Old Choral Hall), which was one The Nathans also regularly invited their References: Auckland Council University of Auckland Heritage Trail; the Jewish Online Museum; Te Ara of the main cultural venues of the city, The Grand extended family to gatherings at Wickford to Encylopaedia of New Zealand; the University of Auckland Hotel (now just a façade), the newly created Albert celebrate Jewish festivals. Like his father, Alfred News, March, 2004. Park and the new Synagogue (University House). One of these was successful Jewish business owner Nathan Alfred Nathan and his family who had a fine Italianate style home built at 24 Princes Street in 1888, just around the corner from his father David Nathan’s residence, Bella Vista in Waterloo Quadrant, which is now Newman Hall. Called ‘Wickford’, it was designed by Irish architect John Currie (1859-1921), one of the original members of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and a name associated with a number of notable buildings around town. Alfred and his brother Laurence had inherited their father’s successful merchandising business, L.D. Nathan and Co, which had started from humble beginnings exporting flax and kauri gum from the Bay of Islands in 1840. By Alfred’s time it had expanded into a large gum store, a bond store and a tea warehouse Above: Costume ball at Wickford, Heritage Collection, Auckland Public Library.

WHAT’S ON CAMPUS

CONTEMPORARY ART ARCHITECTURE SHOW IRISH PRESIDENT VISITS Elam Artists Graduate Show 2017 MODOS Architecture Design Thesis Show 2017 Keynote speech When: 30 November–3 December, 10am–5pm. When: 10–12 November, 10am–4pm. When: 4-5pm, 27 October. Doors open 3.30pm Venue: studios. Venue: Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street. Venue: Fisher & Paykel Auditorium, Owen G Immerse yourself in an exhibition of exceptional A free exhibition of over 50 design projects Glenn Building. contemporary art by over 130 Studio IV, and theses extracts by Master of Architecture The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, will BFA(Hons), PGDipFA and MFA graduating (Professional) graduating students that deliver this address: “Ireland and New Zealand students from Elam School of Fine Arts. investigate a wide range of issues. - of some origins and prospects of two nations To find out more visit elamartists.ac.nz To find out more visit modos.ac.nz/exhibition who share so many experiences and interests.”

UNINEWS 7 RESEARCH IN FOCUS

THE HARRY POTTER MĀORI IDENTITY AND FINANCIAL WASP IN OUR BACKYARD CHOICES

It’s one of our least-loved insects, with a Tom decided to work on improving methods The largest ever survey of Māori financial particularly gruesome reproductive technique, for wasp capture during his masters degree attitudes is underway, with 100,000 but doctoral student Tom Saunders is on a because, he says, we may be losing endemic questionnaires posted to people who mission to rescue our native wasps from their species in New Zealand without knowing it. indicated Māori descent on the electoral roll. bad name. “The big problem is lack of data, we do not The Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Unlike their introduced cousins the German know what species we have, how many there Study (MIFAS), Te Rangahau o Te Tuakiri Māaori wasp, or Asian paper wasp, New Zealand’s native might be or what their host species are, so they me Ngāa Waiaro a-Putea, will shed light upon parasitoid wasps do not sting and do not live in can’t be included in conservation planning. how Māori identity shapes financial choices, and colonies. There are thought to be 3,000 endemic “Much of my work in capturing them for explore what success looks like from a Māori species in New Zealand, of which only around a my research was at the edge of the Waitakere perspective. It is also available online and in te third are known to science. Ranges, so they can be found even in people’s reo Māori. In his efforts to champion insects most New backyards but most people don’t know anything “Cultural identity provides a set of rules and Zealanders have almost no knowledge of, Tom about them. guidelines for living, and is a very powerful driver has scientifically described a species of native “If we don’t put more resources into their of behaviour,” says Dr Carla Houkamau, who wasp and named it after a character from the taxonomy, we could be in danger of losing wasp is running the study with Associate Professor Harry Potter series. species without even knowing it.” Manuka Henare (Mira Szaszy Research Centre) “I used the name Lusius malfoyi because Parasitoid wasps are successfully used as and Professor Chris Sibley (Psychology). Malfoy is a character in the books with a bad environmental tools in New Zealand, with Our earlier work on Māori identity has made reputation who is ultimately redeemed, and I’m introduced species used to control a range of it clear that for Māori to advance economically, trying to redeem the reputation of our native horticultural pests. Tom’s doctoral research aims and for policy to support that, we need to first wasps,” he says. to test the viability of introducing a parasitoid understand cultural differences in what Māori But parasitoid wasps do have a gruesome wasp to control brown marmorated stink bug. value, their notions of wealth and security, and reproductive technique, injecting eggs into the “The stink bug has recently been classified as the possibilities they see are available to them bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae feeding a top environmental threat by the Ministry for as Māori,” she says. inside the caterpillar’s body as the host slowly Primary Industries and real effort is being made As Associate Dean Māori and Pacific dies. to keep it out of the country. Where it has spread, Development at the University’s Business in places like Europe and North America, it is School, Carla is concerned that more Māori are causing real destruction and economic cost.” not enrolling in commerce degrees. “The Māori economy is an important and growing part of New Zealand’s economy and by 2040 Māori will be a significant proportion of our working-age population. I see so many opportunities in business and education positions with not enough graduates to fiull them.” Historically, the Māori population has experienced worse social and economic outcomes than other New Zealanders; however Māori businesses and tribal enterprises are re-emerging as a significant force, in particular in the primary sector, and by receiving Treaty settlements. Māori have significant opportunities for growth and contribution to the New Zealand economy. Says Carla: “This study is about planning for the future. If we do not have reliable data on the attitudes and opinions of a large group of Māori it makes it harder to develop Māori economic policy that is more responsive to the cultural and social realities of Māori communities.

8 THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND NEWS FOR STAFF IN THE SPOTLIGHT

UNINEWS highlights some of the University’s people and stories that have made the headlines in the past month. THE BONES REMEMBER There has been continuing international coverage of a Liggins Institute study that showed the benefits from exercising early in Dr Barbere Chacha (left) with Tom Gregory. life continue into adulthood, and that bone retains a “memory’ of early exercise. Senior Research Fellow Dr Justin O’Sullivan has been RICH LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH quoted. ROBOTS AS FRIENDS Visits from overseas academics very often Of particular interest to Chacha is the Associate Professor Elizabeth Broadbent generate new possibilities for student likelihood of some of his top students (Psychological Medicine) has been involved exchanges and academic collaborations. undertaking the Master of Terrorism and Conflict in research demonstrating that many older This was certainly true of a recent visit from at Auckland. Four are definitely interested in adults using AI-based personal robots come Dr Barbere Chacha from Laikipia University in enrolling and he is investigating avenues for to interact with the robots as important Kenya, who was hosted by the research group gaining scholarships for them. companions. on Conflict, Terrorism and Peace (CTAP) in Chacha has done a great deal to advance the Department of Politics and International the study of human rights at his own university. COMMERCIALS Relations. He gained the support of the Kenyan Human Dr Chacha, who likes to be addressed as Rights Commission to establish a Human Rights BOMBARDING OUR KIDS Chacha, has been conducting research which Centre at the university, which has now become Children are being bombarded with an focuses on political assassinations in Kenya and a regional office for the Commission, one of eight average of 27 junk food advertisements a day on violence associated with elections. He has across the country. in their schools, homes and on the streets, been very involved in the truth and reconciliation He has also succeeded in establishing a course as shown by research by Professor Cliona commission, which has generated a great deal in human rights, taken by all students across the Ni Mhurchu (Population Health), conducted of controversy, and is the current recipient of university. This was introduced at first-year level, jointly with the University of Otago. a prestigious Global South Scholarship to the but is likely to be moved to a more advanced University of New South Wales in Australia. level, as the issues have proved quite challenging RAINY DAY READING The violence Chacha studies has abated a for students in the early stages of a degree. Jamie McDonald, a student in Computer little but is not yet over. His research lies at the Chacha sees the University of Auckland as very Science, has developed an app that can intersection of history and current events. advanced in the field of political conflict, and of suggest what book to read based on the Dr Tom Gregory from CTAP says the purpose of having much to offer in this area. person’s mood and the weather. his visit was to encourage partnerships between His greatest desire would be for a Centre of the University of Auckland and the University of African Studies to be established here, which CAPITAL GAINS Laikipia. could function as a centre to train people before - AND LOSSES Chacha is fully in support of this. “There is they go to Africa to work, to do business or to Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy (Economics) a problem of training and expertise in Kenya,” participate in aid programmes. It would also be made the point in a media report that most he says, “especially in terrorism and counter- of value in advising government in aspects of countries with a capital gains tax allow terrorism. Kenya has been a victim of terrorism New Zealand’s foreign policy, as does the long- people to claim back their capital losses for a long time but has not been able to marshal established Centre for African Studies at London against their income, so if house prices were the required training, especially at an academic University. set to fall, a capital gains tax regime could be level.” Africa, says Chacha, is an emerging power one way to make people more willing to sell. “From our point of view,” says Tom, “we are with enormous potential for productive change, interested in the kinds of issues that Chacha is and therefore offers a rich laboratory for political SIZING UP TO BUY ONLINE addressing in his research.” research, especially in areas relating to conflict. A group of former students (Angad Nayyar, Because of the history and current events in “In this country, we like to think of ourselves Nishij Nimmagadda, Kyle Thumbadoo and his own country, his research perspectives are as good international citizens,” says Tom. “We Nicky Penhall) have developed an app that quite different from those of researchers based in take pride in our aid programmes and the allows online shoppers to find the perfect New Zealand. help we give around monitoring elections and shoe size, and reduces the chances of “The global fellowship is to try to facilitate providing humanitarian assistance. I agree that having to return wrong-sized products. 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Constructed from glitter-covered linen, the TOUCH IF work possesses a fragile tactility and painterly luminescence which has become synonymous YOU DARE with Paterson’s oeuvre over the 20 years since he graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1997. Reuben Paterson (b. 1973) Surreal and mysterious, Ngāi Tūhoe artist Elevating glitter from the realm of children’s Fish to Water 2010 glitter on linen Reuben Paterson’s shimmering ‘Fish to Water’ arts and crafts to high art, Paterson’s work 1018 x 1526 x 35 mm dares the viewer to touch it. triggers our primal attraction to shiny objects, drawing viewers in and tempting physical exploration of its surface. The artist further underscores tactile responses by layering darker background colours over the lighter foreground. In this way, he seduces the eye and creates the impression of watery depth. Originally part of Paterson’s 2010 exhibition The Water Between Us, ‘Fish to Water’ signalled an evolutionary moment in the artist’s practice. Previously his work had been based on patterns, often derived from kowhaiwhai other customary Māori art. In this work, Paterson shifts from the abstract to the representational realm, envisioning water as a psychological and physical boundary and divider. The Water Between Us exhibition explored the roles and politics of water with particular focus on the Karangahake Gorge – a border between tribal lands of various iwi. Paterson raises questions which reverberate throughout New

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Recent Hood Fellow, Dr Daniel Dor, is from than a product of sudden and adventitious Daniel is more than a linguist. Although trained the Department of Communications at Tel biological change. It probably emerged during in linguistics with a PhD from Stanford University, Aviv University. Emeritus Professor Michael the Pleistocene, from perhaps nearly three his questioning of orthodox Chomskyan theory Corballis writes of their shared interests. million years ago, as our forebears adapted from made it difficult for him to secure an academic an arboreal existence to a more open life on position, and he worked for some years as I first met Daniel at a conference in Rome, and the savanna, with increased pressures toward a reporter. Even now, he finds himself in a discovered that we had similar views on language cooperation and social living. Department of Communications, rather than one and its evolution. These views are radically at Cultural adaptation would have led to gradual of Linguistics. odds with those of Noam Chomsky, generally selection of biological changes leading to As a political activist, he has been a watchdog considered the foremost linguist of our time. language in all its modern forms. Contrary to in Israeli politics. He has written extensively In Chomsky’s view, language is fundamentally the Chomskyan view, culture preceded biology, on the role of the mass media in influencing biological, not cultural, as a radical rewiring of rather than vice versa. political opinion, and it was perhaps just a happy the brain which happened in a single step in our These changes may have co-evolved with such coincidence that he was here in the lead up to own species, even in a single individual, at some nonlinguistic innovations as the manufacture our general own election. While he was here he point in the past 100,000 years – well after our and use of tools, enhanced empathy and “theory had useful discussions with people from English, species is thought to have emerged. This singular of mind,” enlargement of the brain and perhaps Philosophy, and Political Studies, as well as with event created a mental structure unique to even bipedalism. those interested in linguistics. humans, which he calls universal grammar. These are stories yet to be fleshed out, but We will remember him with gratitude and According to Chomsky, language is a mode of Daniel’s work is clearly an important part of a affection, and hope that he comes back. He thought, not of communication. Communicative tidal move away from the Chomskyan approach. seemed to like it here. language, with all its variety and imperfections, Daniel’s approach dove-tailed nicely with my ■■Michael Corballis is a mere side effect of this sudden and dramatic own thinking, and has featured in my writing reconstitution of thought. since 2015, including my recent book The Truth While Chomsky’s work has provided important about Language: What it is and where it came insights into how language is structured, his from (University of Chicago and University of Note: Daniel Dor is a well-known linguist and social account of how and when it emerged sounds Auckland Presses, 2017). I was therefore pleased activist. His Hood Lecture, delivered on 18 September, more Biblical than scientific, and seems clearly and privileged when Brian Boyd asked me, along was called “Across the Divide,” drawing on his ground- counter to evolutionary theory. with Fred Kroon, to co-sponsor Daniel’s visit. breaking book The Instruction of Imagination: Language Daniel, in his own words, “turns the Chomsky While he was here, we had some discussion as as a Social Communication Technology (Oxford University proposal on its head.” In his view, language which of us had more influenced the other. I’m Press, 2015). Here Daniel is seen at the Hood Lecture is primarily a means of communication, not inclined to think that I was the main beneficiary, with Distinguished Professor Brian Boyd (left) and Michael of thought, and is a cultural invention rather and look forward to further sharing of ideas. Corballis (right).