Healthy Families NZ is working well, but it’s a drop in the bucket

4 Nov 2022 | Our stories

Image: Cover detail from ‘Community-up system change for health and wellbeing: Healthy Families NZ Summative Evaluation Report 2022’, designed by Toi Āria: Design for Public Good, Massey University (Anna Brown, Jean Donaldson and Morgan Dallas). 4 November...

Mobility, curiosity and creativity at science and engineering expo

15 Sep 2022 | Our stories

15 September 2022 Students from Te Atatū Intermediate experience a virtual walk through of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Auckland. Over three days in September, students at Te Atatū Intermediate experienced science and engineering at an expo...

How maramataka can guide kaitiakitanga of awa and moana

19 Aug 2022 | Our stories

Te Kahuratai Painting on the hoe of Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, sailing through Te Moana o Pikopiko-i-whiti. 19 August 2022 Te Kahuratai Painting (Ngāti Manu, Te Popoto, Ngāpuhi) is exploring how maramataka can guide Ngāti Manu kaitiakitanga of awa and moana. For his...

Maths Craft in a Box is shipping now

17 Aug 2022 | Our stories

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

1 Jul 2022 | Our stories

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

1 Apr 2022 | Our stories

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...