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UC in the News - April 2007

Published by Communications and Development

April 2007

Dr Vernon Andrews (Culture, Literature and Society)

• Egging for charity, Otago Daily Times, 4.4.07;
• Oddspot, Timaru Herald, 4.4.07;
• University lecturers target for eggs, Daily Chronicle, 4.4.07;
• Eggs for lecturers, Greymouth Evening Star, 4.4.07;
• Lecturers to be egged, Ashburton Guardian, 4.4.07;
• Egg on faces of lecturers, Daily Post, 4.4.07;
• Eggstraordinary appeal, Gisborne Herald, 4.4.07;
• Lecturers egged, Oamaru Mail, 4.4.07;
• It's no yoke, Wanganui Chronicle, 4.4.07;
• Egged on for insulin pumps, Timaru Herald, 7.4.07;
• Meanwhile, Food Industry Week, 13.4.07;
• Lecturers raise more than $800 in eggs-ceptional event, Community News-Western, 15.4.07;
• Hot stuff has Carolyn gasping, Marlborough Express, 30.4.07.

Dr Therese Arseneau (Political Science and Communication)

• Politics in New Zealand, drop in voter turnout, Radio New Zealand (Sunday Morning with Chris Laidlaw), 1.4.07.

Mr Les Brighton (International)

• Doubts over impact of Saudis, The Press, 11.4.07;
• Saudi students questioned, Taranaki Daily News, 11.4.07.

Mr Barry Brooker (Educational Studies and Human Development)

• John Key's call for standardised tests in primary schools, 3ZB Breakfast, 3.4.07.

Dr Glenn Busch (Fine Arts)

• Disabled stories sadden and uplift, Waikato Times, 14.4.07.

Professor Phil Butler (Astronomy)

• Support for night sky park, Timaru Herald, 20.4.07;
• Race on for sky park in Tekapo, Dominion Post, 23.4.07;
• Tekapo eyed as part in the sky, The Press, 23.4.07;
• Skys the prize for Tekapo backers, Southland Times, 23.4.07;
• Canterbury astronomers push for Mt John University Observatory to be world's first UN Heritage Park in the sky, RNZ (Afternoons with Jim Mora), 20.4.07;
• Astronomers want Mt John Observatory to have heritage park status to protect the sky from light pollution, RNZ (Checkpoint), 23.4.07;
• Tekapo settlement could become centre of astro-tourism if bid goes ahead, Newstalk ZB, 24.4.07;
• Astronomers push for NZ heritage park in the sky, Newswire, 24.4.07.

Mr John Caldwell (Law)

• Media and the family, RNZ, 15.4.07.

Dr John Campbell (Physics and Astronomy)

• What causes lines in sky?, Otago Daily Times, 13.4.07;
• Canada earnest about Rutherford, Otago Daily Times, 21.4.07.

Associate Professor Ursula Cheer (Law)

• Lack of media interest in family court, Newswire, 4.2.07;
• Concern over court wanting to vet article, Dominion Post, 13.4.07;
• Media and the family courts, RNZ, 15.4.07;
• Police consider charging peole who have downloaded images of an attack, RNZ (Morning Report), 19.4.07.

Dr Hamish Cochrane (Forestry)

• Description of gunman who went on a shooting rampage, RNZ, 17.4.07;
• UC student completing an exchange programme at Virginia Tech, Newstalk ZB, 17.4.07;
• Two NZ students attending Virginia Tech have not been hurt, TV3, 17.4.07;
• Virginia Tech prof says rampage likely to fuel gun debate, NZ Education Review, 20.4.07.

Professor Jim Cole (Geological Science)

• About 2000 to graduate this week, The Press, 25.4.07.

Associate Professor Peter Cottrell (Physics and Astronomy)

• Reaching for the heavens, Rotorua Review, 10.4.07.

Professor Tim David (Mechanical Engineering)

• PS3 users can play part in health projects, Southland Times, 9.4.07;
• PS3 users get chance to help cure Alzheimers, The Press, 9.4.07;
• Garners called up to help research on Alzheimers, Marlborough Express, 10.4.07.

Professor David Fergusson (UC Opportunity)

• Bradford's bill and Labour's interference have lit a fire, Gisborne Herald, 7.4.07.

Professor Jeremy Finn (Law)

• Erratic author's life revisited, The Press, 7.4.07.

Professor Garth Fletcher, (Psychology)

• Gay marriage, Herald on Sunday, 22.4.07;
• Marriage actually, Herald on Sunday, 22.4.07.;
• Gay marriage, Oamaru Mail, 23.4.07;
• Marriage actually, Oamaru Mail, 23.4.07.

Dr Ping Gao (Music and Theatre and Film)

• Wellington string quartet draws strong audience, Dominion Post, 17.4.07.

Mr Alan Gilmore (Physics and Astronomy)

• Mackenzie Council briefs, Timaru Herald, 13.4.07.

Dr Mike Grimshaw (Philosophy and Religious Studies)

• Saudi students questioned, Taranaki Daily News, 11.4.07;
• Religious experts concerned over increasing numbers of Saudi Arabian students, Radio New Zealand (Nine to Noon), 11.4.07;
• NZ losing the faith, Press, 27.4.07.

Dr Jack Heinemann (Biological Sciences)

• GM crop trials spark fears for public health, Epoch Times, 3.4.07;
• Corn not safe to eat study, The Press, 4.4.07;
• GM Crop trials spark fears for public health, Epoch Times, NY, 5.4.07.

Professor Peter Hempenstall (History)

• Dollar pact is urgent, National Business Review, 27.4.07.

Professor Andrew Hornblow (Health Sciences Centre)

• Power meeting coup, Feilding Herald, 24.4.07;
• Power meeting coup, Rangitikei Mail, 24.4.07.

Professor Simon Kemp (Psychology)

• Set emotion aside when you cash in, The Press, 17.4.07;
• To sell, or not to sell, that is the question, Dominion Post, 17.4.07.

Dr Susan Krumdieck (Mechanical Engineering)

• Sustainable Dunedin City society meeting group plans submission, Otago Daily Times, 2.4.07;
• International speakers at Oamaru forum, Southern Rural Life, 4.4.07;
• Peak oil forum pulls visitors from afar, Oamaru Mail, 5.4.07;
• Sea level rise could threaten Oamaru, Oamaru Mail, 11.4.07.
• New group plans for future challenges, Otago Daily Times, 16.4.07.

Mr Neil Lancaster (College of Education)

• New standards for graduating teachers, The Press, 24.4.07;
• Teacher standards hailed, Nelson Mail, 24.4.07.

Associate Professor Wendy Lawson (Geography)

• NZ scientists predict part of Franz Josef will melt because of climate change, TV3 (3 News), 11.4.07;
• Scientists say NZ South Island glaciers are in danger, RNZ (Morning Report), 12.4.07;
• Franz Josef Glacier melting, Daily Chronicle, 12.4.07;
• Glacier melting, Wanganui Chronicle, 12.4.07;
• Glacier melting, Wairarapa Times-Age, 12.4.07;
• Franz Josef Glacier will melt say experts, Nelson Mail, 12.4.07;
• Franz Josef Glacier melting, Oamaru Mail, 12.4.07;
• Franz Josef Glacier melting, West Coast Times, 12.4.07;
• Tourism at glaciers will drop, Westport News, 13.4.07.

Associate Professor Ian Lochhead (Fine Arts)

• Heritage compromised, The Press, 28.4.07.

Mr John MacDonald (Communications and Development)

• 33 people died in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, Radio Live, 17.4.07.

Ms Alison McMillan (Literacies and Arts in Education)

• Mask making for winter festival, Akaroa Mail, 5.4.07.

Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)

• Saudi king and US at odds over Iraq war, National Business Review, 5.4.07;
• Quebec separatism takes hit, but don't write it off, National Business Review, 13.4.07;
• It's chess, Garry, but not as we know it, National Business Review, 20.4.07;
• France will not be the same after May 6, National Business Review, 27.4.07.

Associate Professor Bruce Manley (Forestry)

• Deforestation data up, new planting numbers down, New Zealand Logger, 30.4.07.

Dr Philippa Mein-Smith (History)

• Dollar pact is urgent, National Business Review, 27.4.07.

Dr Victoria Metcalf (Biological Sciences)

• GM Crop trials spark fears for public health, Epoch Times, NY, 5.4.07.

Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)

• Retaining their rights behind bars, Southland Times, 5.4.07;
• Gangs old, cruel as humanity, Taranaki Daily News, 24.4.07.

Dr Gareth Pritchard (History)

• Varied cultures feature at WEA, Community News-Northern, 15.4.07.
• Varied cultures feature at WEA, Community News-Eastern, 15.4.07
• Varied cultures feature at WEA, Community News-Southern, 15.4.07;
• Varied cultures feature at WEA, Community News-Western, 15.4.07;
• Varied cultures feature at WEA, Canterbury Times, 15.4.07

Associate Professor Lou Reinisch (Physics and Astronomy)

• Free time better than hard hard, The Press, 21.4.07.

Associate Professor Geoff Rice (History)

• Access to public records vital to Kiwi historians, The Press, 26.4.07;
• Social history cannot wait, Dominion Post, 26.4.07.

Mr David Round (Law)

• NZ's changing face: what are the limits?, The Press, 26.4.07;
• Cute cattle gotta go, Manawatu Standard, 24.4.07.

Associate Professor Adrian Sawyer (Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems)

• Taxation issues in the twentry-first century, LawTalk, 23.4.07.

Professor Roy Sharp (Vice Chancellor)

• Enrolment upswing for Canterbury and Waikato, NZ Education Review, 6.4.07;
• Moore renews Chinese links, The Press, 7.4.07;
• Chinese varsity enrolments decline, The Press, 7.4.07;
• Student enrolments from China decline, Timaru Herald, 7.4.07;
• Discussion about items of interest and importance to the universities, RNZ, 15.4.07;
• Corbett does about-turn on overseas trips, Christchurch Star, 27.4.07.

Professor Ian Shaw (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Science)

• Deadly link likely, The Press, 5.4.07;
• Case for methyl bromide link, Nelson Mail, 5.4.07.

Professor Ken Strongman (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Arts)

• One just cannot have everything, The Press, 7.4.07.

Dr Rawiri Taonui (Māori and Indigenous Studies)

• Ngai Tahu word today on Chairman, Press, 2.4.07;
• Ngai Tahu ructions anger Blenheim man, Marlborough Express, 2.4.07;
• Ngai Tahu reaches crisis point in power struggle, Waikato Times, 2.4.07;
• Iwi in battle for power, Taranaki Daily News, 2.4.07;
• Ngai Tahu power struggle drags on, Southland Times, 2.4.07;
• Ngai Tahu power struggle continues, Timaru Herald, 2.4.07;
• Ngai Tahu heads fate revealed, Daily Chronicle, 2.4.07;
• Iwi head to learn fate today, Hawkes Bay Today, 2.4.07;
• Cool heads needed, The Press, 4.4.07;
• Ngai Tahu rumblings part of the process, Otago Daily Times, 4.4.07;
• More Māori teachers should be hired according to CU, RNZ (Checkpoint), 10.4.07;
• Time for cool heads and a shared vision, New Zealand Herald, 11.4.07;
• Discussion relating to Māori issues, RNZ (Nine to Noon), 12.4.07;
• University mum on details of stand-down, Southland Times, 16.4.07;
• University of Otago, top academic stood down, The Press, 16.4.07;
• Tamakis offer history lesson with latest venture, New Zealand Herald, 28.4.07;
• Tamakis offer history lesson with latest venture, Gisborne Herald, 28.4.07;
• Tamaki show confronts ignorance of history, Bay of Plenty Times, 28.4.07.

Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)

• Ultimatum, Sunday News, 1.4.07;
• Concern over behaviour of a Herald on Sunday reporter, Newstalk ZB, 1.4.07;
• Shipton sex tapes, Sunday Star Times, 1.4.07;
• Sunday newspaper world very competitive, NZ City, 1.4.07;
• Bickering between the Sunday papers, Radio Live (James Coleman), 2.4.07;
• Mediawatch, culture of media and Police scandals, Radio New Zealand, 8.4.07;
• Fairfax have settled out of court with Andrew Ronald MacMillan, 3ZB News (Ken Ellis), 11.4.07;
• Media law experts back settlement, Otago Daily Times, 11.4.07;
• The story behind the news stories, Bay of Plenty Times, 11.4.07;
• TVNZ hires Australian to run news, New Zealand Herald, 18.4.07;
• TVNZ has new man at head of news and current affairs, RNZ (Morning Report), 18.4.07,
• What's on in the City, Christchurch Mail, Wigram, 25.4.07;
• What's on in the City, Christchurch Mail, Waimairi, 25.4.07;
• Brain food, Sunday Star Times, 29.4.07.

Dr John Watson (Management)

• Egging for charity, Otago Daily Times, 4.4.07;
• Oddspot, Timaru Herald, 4.4.07;
• University lecturers target for eggs, Daily Chronicle, 4.4.07;
• Eggs for lecturers, Greymouth Evening Star, 4.4.07;
• Lecturers to be egged, Ashburton Guardian, 4.4.07;
• Egg on faces of lecturers, Daily Post, 4.4.07;
• Eggstraordinary appeal, Gisborne Herald, 4.4.07;
• Lecturers egged, Oamaru Mail, 4.4.07;
• It's no yoke, Wanganui Chronicle, 4.4.07;
• Egged on for insulin pumps, Timaru Herald, 7.4.07;
• Meanwhile, Food Industry Week, 13.4.07;
• Lecturers raise more than $800 in eggs-ceptional event, Community News-Western, 15.4.07.

Professor Duncan Webb (Law)

• Crossing the lines, Avenues, 30.4.07.