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German PhD Student Seeks to Save NZ’s Coastline
Friday, 6 January 2012
A German Victoria University of Wellington Doctoral student hopes to find ways to overcome one of this country’s significant environmental challenges - the continuing erosion of coastal sand dunes.
Victoria University debaters beat Oxford and Cambridge to take world title
Monday, 26 December 2011
Capping off an extraordinary year of success, Victoria University debaters Sebastian Templeton and Richard D’Ath have taken on the world and won. On December 21st the pair took top honours at the World Universities Peace Invitational Debate in Malaysia, beating Oxford, Cambridge and Ateneo de Manila universities in the final.
New Zealand university project to fight diseases in South Asia
Thursday, 22 December 2011
A New Zealand university has received World Bank funding to develop an on-line project to fight animal-borne diseases that can transmit to humans, such as bird flu and rabies, in South Asia.
International Rock Climbing Experts Converge in Christchurch
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Rock climbing researchers from around the world have converged at the University of Canterbury’s College of Education this week for the first International Rock Climbing Research Congress.
University of Auckland Invention to Power Cars of the Future
Thursday, 10 November 2011
A joint-venture firm established by the University of Auckland has been bought by US firm Qualcomm after inventing the "Inductive Power Technology" device which allows electric cars to be charged without cables.
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