UC in the News - April 2006
Published by Communications
and Development
April 2006
Mr Jim Anglem (Social Work)
- 'The train was late, Sir!', Southland Times, 15.4.06.
Dr Ghazala Anwar (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
- Sad loss, Press, 1.4.06;
- College of Arts facing staff cuts because of budget shortfall, TV One
(Front Seat), 2.4.06;
- Inter-faith contributor, Press, 5.4.06.
Dr Mark Billinghurst (Human Interface Technology Laboratory)
- Seeing in triplicate, Computerworld NZ, 10.4.06.
Associate Professor Neville Blampied (Psychology)
- Leaving the fast lane can be key to life, Press, 4.4.06;
- Getting off treadmill and into slow lane, Timaru Herald, 4.4.06;
- Book encourages high-flyers to rethink rat race, Taranaki Daily News,
5.4.06;
- Life in the fast lane just not worth it, Marlborough Express, 5.4.06.
Associate Professor Robin Bond (Classics and Linguistics)
- College of Arts facing staff cuts because of budget shortfall, TV One
(Front Seat), 2.4.06.
Associate Professor Paul Bonnington (Mathematics)
- Associate Professor Paul Bonnington (Mathematics), University of Auckland
News, 31.3.06.
Dr Anne-Marie Brady (Political Science and Communication)
- Chinese premier visiting New Zealand today, RNZ (Morning Report), 5.4.06;
- Red star over the Pacific, Dominion Post, 18.4.06.
Professor John Burrows (Law)
- Women defy court's orders, Dominion Post, 4.4.06;
- Police investigate suppression breach, Press, 4.4.06;
- Women's group breaks suppression, Waikato Times, 4.4.06;
- Nicholas supporters distribute fliers on trial, Southland Times, 4.4.06;
- Women breach suppression for Nicholas, Taranaki Daily News, 4.4.06;
- Contempt inquiry widens to internet, Hawkes Bay Today, 5.4.06;
- Rape trial inquiry on internet, radio, Gisborne Herald, 5.4.06;
- Gossip fuels trial by the masses, Dominion Post, 8.4.06;
- Police may act to nail email crimes, Press, 8.4.06;
- Internet rips lid off court suppressions, Taranaki Daily News, 8.4.06;
- Gossip fuels trial by NZs masses, Marlborough Express, 11.4.06;
- The Editor, a journalist and the publisher, APN, of the Hawke's Bay Today
appeared in court, RNZ (Media Watch), 16.4.06.
Associate Professor Geoff Chase (Mechanical Engineering)
- Reinventing the wheel, NZ Education Gazette, 10.4.06.
Dr Jeremy Clark (Economics)
- More petrol price pain ahead - economist, Christchurch Star, 14.4.06.
Ms Ursula Cheer (Law)
- Police may act to nail email crimes, Press, 8.4.06.
Professor Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy (Classics and Linguistics)
- College of Arts facing staff cuts because of budget shortfall, TV One
(Front Seat), 2.4.06.
Mr Paul Carpinter (Sport Science and Recreation Services)
- Squash Canty expands squads, Press, 13.4.06.
Dr Gareth Cordery (Culture, Literature and Society)
- Support lacking, Press, 5.4.06.
Professor Scott Davidson (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Law)
- Christchurch forges alliances with Wuhan, Press, 8.4.06.
Associate Professor Denis Dutton (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
- Impartiality on the airwaves?, Nelson Mail, 19.4.06;
- Radio NZ should be impartial, Manawatu Standard, 19.4.06.
Associate Professor Patrick Evans (Culture, Literature and Society)
- Creative writing focus, Press, 6.4.06.
Dr Jo Diamond (Fine Arts)
- Visual history, Wanganui Chronicle, 8.4.06;
- More to colonial art than meets the eye, Wanganui Chronicle, 12.4.06.
Ms Merryn Dunmill (Music)
- Music at the hub, Press, 5.4.06.
Associate Professor John Henderson (Political Science and Communication)
- Pacific trip makes statement, Northern Advocate, 3.4.06;
- China offers Pacific help, Press, 6.4.06;
- Asking leadership questions, New Zealand Herald, 21.4.06.
- Book has much of value for political observers, Otago Daily Times, 26.4.06.
Professor Peter Jackson (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Engineeering)
- Sibling engineers honour scoop, Business to Business, 30.4.06.
Professor Paula Jameson (Biological Sciences)
- Varsities lag on gender balance, Press, 3.4.06.
Dr Baljit Kaur (Education)
- Speaker explores issues of "voice" and "power", Penn State York - PA,
19.4.06.
Mr Richard King (Canterbury University Press)
- From thesis to book store, NZ Education Review, 5.4.06.
Professor Kon Kuiper (Classics and Linguistics)
- Quality needs funding, Press, 10.4.06.
Ms Frieda Looser (Student Services)
- Escape winter chill study session maps tea's place in history, Press,
6.4.06.
Dr Beverley Lord (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)
- Management accounting in the corporate sector - recent research, Chartered
Accountants Journal of NZ, 31.3.06.
Dr Ron MacIntyre (Political Science and Communication)
- We just hit the floor, Press, 26.4.06.
Dame Malvina Major (Music)
- Dame Malvina gives some hope, Whakatane Beacon, 5.4.06;
- Olivia has plenty of praises to sing, Daily Post, 10.4.06.
Dr Colin McGeorge (Education)
- Renwick museum a treasure trove of textbooks, Marlborough Midweek, 12.4.06.
Mr Stuart McMillan (National Centre for Research on Europe)
- Asia still dynamic but growth might slow a bit, National Business Review,
13.4.06.
- IMF to give global imbalance advice, National Business Review, 28.4.06.
Dr Phillip Meguire (Economics)
- College of Arts facing staff cuts because of budget shortfall, TV One
(Front Seat), 2.4.06.
Mr Tom Music (Marketing)
- Taste of life at Uni, Christchurch Mail Waimairi, 12.4.06.
Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Push to curb 'crime families', Press, 5.4.06;
- It's the 'how to' guide to opium, Christchurch Star, 12.4.06.
Associate Professor Geoff Rice (History)
- Govt plans to close NZ borders if influenza pandemic strikes, RNZ, 7.4.06;
- Further information, Safeguard, 30.4.06.
Mr Alan Robb (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)
- PPCS breaches banking convenants, Independent, 5.4.06;
- Worried bankers could twist knife into PPCS, National Business Review,
7.4.06;
- Finance deals split board, Dominion Post, 21.4.06;
- Maiden sticks by Transpower deals, Press, 25.4.06.
Mr David Sell (Music)
- Music at the hub, Press, 5.4.06.
Dr Yvonne Shanahan (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)
- Management accounting in the corporate sector - recent research, Chartered
Accountants Journal of NZ, 31.3.06.
Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)
- Cool IT linked to Govt's teritary reform, Press, 5.4.06;
- Alliance Party claims is misguided, unhelpful, Education Weekly, 10.4.06;
- Students rewarded, Central Canterbury News, 12.4.06;
- Most unis hit by enrolment downturn, NZ Education Review, 19.4.06;
- Sibling engineers honour scoop, Business to Business, 30.4.06.
Associate Professor Frank Sin (Biological Sciences)
- Kiwi academic warns sperm donations may pass on a 'gay gene', Express,
11.4.06.
Dr David Small (Education)
- College of Arts facing staff cuts because of budget shortfall, TV One
(Front Seat), 2.4.06;
- Our university at risk, Press, 13.4.06.
- The hollow promise over conscience, critic role, Otago Daily Times, 26.4.06.
Professor Ken Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Arts)
- College of Arts facing staff cuts because of budget shortfall, TV One
(Front Seat), 2.4.06;
- Varsities lag on gender balance, Press, 3.4.06;
- Report highlights lack of female academics, Dominion Post, 5.4.06.
Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)
- Cheque book journalism, TV3's Head of News, RNZ (Media Watch), 2.4.06;
- Rick Ellis names as new Chief Executive of TVNZ, TRN (Newstalk ZB); 4.4.06;
- Hard road seen ahead for new TVNZ chief executive, RNZ, 4.4.06;
- Beacon scoops title for second year running, Whakatane Beacon, 4.4.06;
- Media commentators reaction to rehiring of former television NZ chief
executive, TV One (Breakfast), 5.4.06;
- Claims of chequebook journalism at TVNZ revisited, RNZ (Media Watch),
9.4.06;
- TVNZ covers your world - except Asia, Dominion Post, 11.4.06;
- Media ethics in danger, Press, 11.4.06;
- TVNZ under fire over ad, Nelson Mail, 13.4.06.
Associate Professor Duncan Webb (Law)
- Valuable donation by Canterbury lawyers, Law Talk, 3.4.06.
Associate Professor Lianne Woodward (Psychology)
- If you're happy and you know it, Press, 20.4.06.
