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Watch: I attended Australasia's first Taylor Swift lecture – here's what went down
OPINION: The syllabus covers everything from marketing choices to the singer's fandom.
Inside Australasia's first Taylor Swift university course.
AUT Senior Lecturer Rebecca Trelease and her students discuss what it's like being a part of a university course that studies global pop icon Taylor Swift. Video/Dean Purcell
Damon Salesa: Matariki is also a time for education
OPINION: As educationalists, for Matariki, we turn to metaphors of travel.
'Distressing': 100 AUT students file complaint about 'unfair' pharmacology paper
One student said the lecturers 'mocked' them during tutorials and lectures.
Precinct Properties' $300m-plus Auckland splurge
Plans for 350 apartments at Downtown Carpark, a further 500 on Queen St, more in Mt Eden.
Focus: University of Auckland rental strike to continue
Some students haven't been paying rent for a month, demanding a blanket reduction. Video / NZHerald
Hamilton crash, student rent strike and Trump trial | Focus Morning Bulletin May 29, 2024
Five dead in horrific crash near Hamilton, why a group of uni students are refusing to pay rent and Robert de Niro fires up against Donald Trump. Video / AP / NZHerald
What’s being built in Auckland, where, why: City Rail Link sparks new projects
Lifting the lid on big ambitious Auckland building projects.
'Full of ideas': 11-year-old fashion designer prepares for Auckland runway
Essjay Bennett and mum Angela Doherty are off to Auckland for Dress for Success
The surprising things researchers just learned about gambling addiction in NZ
Around two-thirds of Kiwis gamble each year - but when and how does it turn risky?
Small business: Vacuum Elevators raising the odds of keeping elderly in their own homes
The couple are passionate about helping people have a better quality of life.
'Heartless and cruel' - Hipkins hits out at public sector job cuts
Labour's Chris Hipkins has given his first major speech as Opposition leader.
Ending legal aid for cultural reports could make court hearings longer, costlier
Judges must take into account a range of factors when sentencing.
Beaufort Watches founder on growing the ‘untouched’ Kiwi market
Beaufort Watches owner Robert Kwok says his passion is to share the craft of watchmaking.
Why news is disappearing from social media - and what that means
Dr Merja Myllylahti has studied the impact of social media on our news.
Social media utilised by Pacific Islands Forum to connect with youth
A young Kiwi is helping to show off the PIF via Facebook stories and videos.
Worsening marine heatwaves threat to popular shellfish
Lab glitch unexpectedly delivers insights into how mussels will cope with climate change.
The 12 regions that recorded a 100-plus day marine heatwave
One region topped them all with a record 381-day marine heatwave.
Leimatu'a village captured in special documentaries
Villagers from Leimatu'a work hard to raise funds on their own to help their village.
Universities reluctant to set parity deadlines for Māori and Pasifika students
The Tertiary Education Commission has been trying for years to improve their education.
Watch: Meet Cornelia, the Kiwi-built robo-turtle
It looks like a turtle and swims like a turtle - but this Kiwi creation is something else.
How many is too many non-academic staff at universities?
OPINION: Stanford has more administrators than undergrads. In NZ, results may surprise.
'This destroyed me': Family's fury as stalker sentenced for law student's murder
The victim, a 21-year-old law student, was stabbed to death last year.
Cather Simpson: University cuts threaten long-term economic growth
OPINION: We're on the cusp of a virtuous cycle but cuts threaten to impoverish us all.
University rankings: 'New Zealand continues to outperform relative to its size'
New Zealand's eight universities are all ranked in the top 500 in the world.
Government poised to bailout struggling universities
It comes as hundreds of jobs are on the line.
British buyer snaps up prison, school and uni contracts in giant $205m deal
Public-private partnership deal to sell contracts on jail, 11 schools, uni accommodation.