UC in the News - June 2004

Published by the Communications and Development Department

 

June 2004

 

Associate Professor Tim Bell (Computer Science and Software Engineering)

Town and gown linked, Press, 17.6.04.

 

Mr Glen Busch (Fine Arts)

Christchurch photos to tour, Nelson Mail, 16.6.04.

 

Professor Phil Butler (Physics and Astronomy)

PBRF and thesis activity, NZ Education Review, 2.6.04.

 

Dr Euan Cameron (Forestry)

Lecturers' work not as easy as many think, Press, 5.6.04.

 

Dr Geoffrey Chase (Mechanical Engineering)

Assessing agitation, 28.6.04;

Student wins Young Scientists of the Year Award, National Radio, 23.6.04.

 

Dr John Church (Education)

Discipline begins at home, NZ Herald, 5.6.04;

Attitudes to mothering and parenting need a shake-up, NZ Herald, 9.6.04.

 

Associate Professor Jeremy Finn (Law)

Bill needs more thought, Press, 14.6.04.

 

Mr Alan Gilmore (Physics and Astronomy)

Meteor blazes over S. Island, Press, 28.6.04;

Meteor might have crashed in Valley, Oamaru Mail, 29.6.04;

Meteor turns on southern spectacle, Daily Post, 28.6.04;

Meteor lights up southern skies, West Coast Times, 28.6.4;

Meteor gives dazzling light display over southern skies, Hawkes Bay Today, 28.6.04;

Meteor lights up sky, Wanganui Chronicle, 28.6.04.

 

Mr Stuart Griffiths (Fine Arts)

Art in public places, Press, 25.6.04.

 

Associate Professor John Henderson (Political Science)

Pacific nations should not be pushed to unite, Otago Daily Times, 28.6.04;

EU-style Pacific 'not likely', Otago Daily Times, 28.6.04.

 

Professor Martin Holland (National Centre for Research on Europe)

Record show of voter apathy - European Parliamentary elections, National Radio, 14.6.04.

 

Professor Koenraad Kuiper (Linguistics)

Education - neither a good nor a service, NZ Education Review, 2.6.04.

 

Mr Geoff Leane (Law)

Foreshore for the courts to decide, Press, 17.6.04.

 

Mr Nick Ledgard (Forest Research)

Foresters focus of refresher, Southland times, 29.6.04.

 

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)

Iraq conflict has major effect on the US - and others, National Business Review, 4.6.04;

Terrorism adds to worries about piracy, National Business Review, 11.6.04;

Midnight Oil singer and the US enter Australian election, National Business Review, 18.6.04;

Sustained terrorist campaign seeks to alter Saudi Arabia, National Business Review, 25.6.04.

 

Dr Sue Newberry (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

Residential fate in the electricity market, Press, 11.6.04;

Finance Bill erodes parliamentary sovereignty, The Independent, 16.6.04.

 

Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology)

Burglar 'young and bored', Otago Daily Times, 10.6.04;

Bars and barriers lose their power when true love comes to prison, NZ Herald, 19.6.04;

Why women fall for men behind bars, The Dominion Post, 19.6.04;

Home detention scheme in the dock, The Dominion Post, 21.6.04;

Serving jail time at home 'not working', Press, 21.6.04;

How successful is home detention, Newstalk ZB Wgtn, 21.6.04;

Love conquers all - including the prison walls, Otago Daily Times, 19.6.04;

Prison romances based on 'illusion and fantasy', Gisborne Herald, 19.6.04;

Critics call home detention a failure, Nelson Mail, 21.6.04;

Dump failing home detention scheme, Marlborough Express, 21.6.04;

Home detention scheme in the dock, West Coast Times, 22.6.04;

Prison no bar to marriage, Christchurch Star, 23.6.04.

 

Associate Professor David Norton (Forestry)

Lease land debated, Straight Furow, 9.6.04.

 

Professor June Pallot (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

Politicians wrangle over city debt, Waikato Times, 3.6.04;

Finance Bill erodes parliamentary sovereignty, The Independent, 16.6.04.

 

Dr Nigel Perry (Computer Science and Software Engineering)

Can't protect against cars, The Dominion Post, 9.6.04.

 

Mr Alan Robb (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

Media gullibility, poor analysis among major lessons, NZ Farmers Weekly, 9.6.04;

Ignore Enron and Parmalat at your peril, The Independent, 23.6.04.

 

Dr Bill Rosenberg (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

Residential fate in the electricity market, Press, 11.6.04.

 

Mr David Round (Law)

NZ republic a disaster, Press, 7.6.04.

 

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)

Ice research link with China, Press, 19.6.04;

Young scientists, Press, 30.6.04.

 

Associate Professor David Shelley (Geological Sciences)

Who shold be a thesis examiner?, NZ Education Review, 23.6.04.

 

Professor Geoffrey Stedman (Physics and Astronomy)

Speed of light a constant, Otago Daily Times, 18.6.04.

 

Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)

Final ruling on TV3 coverage of the Corngate report, National Radio, 1.6.04;

Sunday-Star Times launches new glossy magazine, TV3, 13.6.04.

 

Dr Susan Wurtzburg (Communication Disorders)

Government criticised after study shows children of problem gamblers easily affected, Newstalk ZB, 1.6.04.