Maths Craft in a Box is shipping now

Maths Craft in a Box is shipping now

17 August 2022 Maths teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand can now order Maths Craft in a Box, shipped free to your school. Maths Craft in a Box is a free and entirely self-contained classroom resource, dedicated to exploring the wondrous world of mathematics through the...
A summer of machine learning and data sovereignty

A summer of machine learning and data sovereignty

1 July 2022 Dion Wharerau spent the summer as an intern with Te Hiku Media, working to improve their automatic speech recognition model for te reo Māori. Dion Wharerau has enjoyed maths since his first years at Kaikohe West School. His teachers supported him by...
Efficient and fair surgical schedules with algorithms

Efficient and fair surgical schedules with algorithms

1 April 2022 Dr Thomas Adams is working to improve surgical scheduling using algorithms and individualised surgical duration predictions. Increased throughput, increased utilisation, decreased overtime, fewer overdue operations, and less staff time required for...
What’s in our soil, and what it means for us

What’s in our soil, and what it means for us

Te Pūnaha Matatini supports the work of Soilsafe Aotearoa to explore community soil values and map lead and other metals in home garden soils. Dr Emma Sharp has been interested in home garden soils since she came across a newspaper article about blood lead levels in...