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UC in the News - April 2005

Published by Communications and Development

April 2005

Dr Ghazala Anwar (Philosophy and Religious Studies)

Pope is remembered for his conciliatory attitude towards other religions, National Radio, 5.4.05.

Dr Bill Baritompa (Mathematics and Statistics)

The world of maths and music merged in Christchurch, National Radio, 5.4.05.

Dr Mark Billinghurst (HIT Lab)

Innovate, don't just derive!, TUANZ Topics, 1.4.05.

Professor Pat Bodger (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Alternative to overhead electricity lines, TV One, 13.4.05.

Mr Roger Boyce (Fine Arts)

Studio needed, Press, 6.4.05;

Marriage saps creative juices, masters student finds, Press, 25.4.05.

Associate Professor Simon Brown (Physics and Astronomy)

Chch's Nano Cluster on cover, Press, 2.4.05;

NZ nanotech firm gains US profile, Timaru Herald, 2.4.05.

Dr John Campbell (Physics and Astronomy)

A last Rutherford link, Press, 2.4.05.

Ms Ursula Cheer (Law)

SST likely to have to apologise, National Radio, 12.4.05;

SST likely to apologise, National Radio, 12.4.05;

Child-sex link starts inquiry, Press, 9.4.05.

Associate Professor Peter Cottrell (Physics and Astronomy)

Kiwis help build mega telescope, Wanganui Chronicle, 18.4.05;

Giant telescope project, Wairarapa Times Age, 18.4.05;

Kiwi expertise for telescope, Manawatu Standard, 18.4.05;

NZ expertise in telescope project, Greymouth Evening Star, 18.4.05.

Associate Professor Denis Dutton (Philosophy and Religious Studies)

When the reporter is mightier than the event, National Business Review, 29.4.05.

Mr Robin Harrington (Information Technology Services)

CDC embarks on advanced network, Telecommunications Review, April 05.

Professor John Hearnshaw (Physics and Astronomy)

Debate over whether NZ's national observatory should be moved, TV One, 13.4.05.

Dr Nabila Jaber (Sociology and Anthropology)

Wife-beating OK, says website, Sunday Star Times, 1.5.05.

Dame Malvina Major (Music)

Dame pitches her voice for charity, Hawkes Bay Today, 13.4.05.

Dr Philippa Main Smith (History)

A history of social eruptions, Press, 30.4.05.

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)

United Nations: when reform is needed, National Business Review, 1.4.05;

Treaty condition makes it hard for Australia, National Business Review, 22.4.05.

Dr Sue Newberry (Accounting Finance and Information Systems)

Report into transpower's complicated business deal, Radio Live, 15.4.05;

Transpower does a Cayman Island tax deal with American investors, TV3, 15.4.05;

Transpower deal puts SI power grid 'at risk', Press, 15.4.05;

Cayman tax deal could threaten southern power grid, Bay of Plenty Times, 15.4.05;

Transpower deal 'puts grid at risk', The Dominion Post, 15.4.05;

Transpower should explain, Press, 16.4.05;

Power SOE in $500m loan deal, Press, 16.4.05;

Transpower $500m loan queried, The Dominion Post Weekend, 16.4.05;

Secret power deal 'shonky', Weekend Herald, 16.4.05;

Transpower's $500m loan deal questioned, Gisborne Herald, 16.4.05;

Doubts raised over SOE loan deal, Manawatu Standard, 18.4.05;

MPs in dark on grid lease, Press, 20.4.05;

Fallout from Transpower lease deal, The News, 20.4.05;

Airways also in tax loop lease, Press, 23.4.05;

Scant detail in grid-lease brief to MPs, Press, 27.4.05;

Trail of ignorance on lease, Press, 28.4.05;

MPs kept in the dark over deal, The Dominion Post, 28.4.05;

Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)

Expose on the drug gang scene, Radio Live, 18.4.05;

Manderson 'disappointed', Press, 22.4.05;

Open approach best - academic, Greymouth Evening Star, 22.4.05;

Union concerns over police porn inquiry, Greymouth Evening Star, 23.4.05;

Porn downloads widespread, Asghburton Guardian, 23.4.05;

Downloading porn a growing dilemma in the NZ workplace, Wanganui Chronicle, 25.4.05;

Work e-mail abuse common, Nelson Mail, 25.4.05;

Porn 'growing problem' for businesses, Otago Daily Times, 28.4.05;

Did the commissioner overreact, The Dominion Post Weekend, 30.4.05;

Murders not indicative of trend, Gisborne Herald, 29.4.05.

Associate Professor David Norton (Forestry)

Land review is 'doomed', Press, 4.4.05;

High country review 'too narrow': biologist, Manawatu Standard, 5.4.05.

Mr Alan Robb ( Accountancy Finance and Information Systems)

Is Transpower trying to avoid tax, National Radio, 15.4.05;

Jade Corporation's 'bounce back' more of a crawl, Press, 15.4.05.

Transpower deal puts SI power grid 'at risk', Press, 15.4.05;

Cayman tax deal could threaten southern power grid, Bay of Plenty Times, 15.4.05;

Transpower should explain, Press, 16.4.05;

Building factory strains dairy goat finances, NZ Farmers Weekly, 5.4.05.

Mrs Linda Roberts (Student Advministrative Services)

Good-employer award for university, News Advertiser, 24.4.05.

Mr David Round (Law)

Big assignment for law lecturer, Christchurch Star, 6.4.05.

Dr Martin Single (Geography)

Surfers oppose mussel farm, North Canterbury News, 5.4.05.

Professor Kan Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, College of Arts)

Aah, McBain, you've done it again, Press, 30.4.05.

Mr Rawiri Taonui (Maori and Indigenous Studies)

Tribal politics may decide genealogist's fate, Press, 4.4.05;

Tribal power politics to decide Ryan's fate, says academic, Ashburton Guardian, 4.4.05.

Professor David Thorns (Sociology and Anthropology)

Security concerns raised by residents worried by gated communities trend, National Radio, 11.4.05;

More and more NZ communities are becoming gated communities, Newstalk ZB, 17.4.05;

Kiwis are 'forting up', Herald on Sunday, 10.4.05.

Dr William Tobin (Physics and Astronomy)

Biography of physicist Leon Foucault, National Radio, 9.4.05.

Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)

Govt report clears SIS of spying on Maori Party, TV3, 11.4.05;

SST likely to suffer damage to its reputation, National Radio, 12.4.05;

SST likely to have to apologise, 12.4.05;

The standard practice regarding on or off the record reporting of interviews, National Radio, 17.4.05;

SST likely to suffer damage to its reputation over claims SIS spied on Maori organisations, National Radio, 12.4.05;

SST likely to apologise, National Radio, 12.4.05;

The impact of reporting suicide, Daily Post, 8.4.05;

Report calls for teamwork on suicide prevention, Bay of Plenty Times, 12.4.05;

Media's duty to report suicide, Press, 14.4.05;

Media, suicide and euphemisms, The Dominion Post, 14.4.05;

Paper's apology misses problem, New Zealand Herald, 18.4.05;

Anti-depressants help reduce suicide rates, Press, 7.4.05;

Media push for more freedom in suicide reports, New Zealand Herald, 7.4.05;

Suicide rate lowest since 1985, The Dominion Post, 7.4.05;

Study backs suicide coverage protocols, Press, 8.4.05;

Suicide uncovered, Otago Daily Times, 26.4.05.

Dr Kate van Heugten (Social Work)

Study of family violence boosted, News Advertiser, 3.4.05.

Dr Bruce Waldman (Biological Sciences)

Pesticides blamed for killing our rarest frogs, Sunday Star Times, 1.5.05.

Associate Professor Duncan Webb (Law)

Company vows to fight on, Press, 22.4.05.