Thai Blog
New Zealand Wins World Debating Championships
Thursday, 19 February 2009
The New Zealand team has won the World Schools' Debating Championship in Athens, Greece, after a convincing victory over England.
New Year Underway for NZ Students
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
The 2009 academic year is beginning in New Zealand, with international students arriving from around the world to begin or continue their studies in New Zealand.
“New Zealand Week” in Indonesia
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
New Zealand Week, a series of festivities aimed at increasing Indonesian public awareness about New Zealand, began Monday with a range of events to continue through Wednesday.
Polar Scientists Warm Up in Wellington
Monday, 9 February 2009
More than 50 top international polar scientists will meet at Victoria University of Wellington this week to discuss their cutting-edge climate change research. The focus will be establishing models that explain how Antarctica’s ice sheets have behaved in Earth’s recent past and explore how they may change in the future.
NZ Scientists Think Small at International Nanotechnology Conference
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Materials that change shape when exposed to light or generate electricity from waste heat are two examples of innovative research to be shared by international nanotechnology scientists this month in Dunedin.