UC in the News - May 2007
Published by Communications
and Development
May 2007
Dr Barry Brooker (Educational Studies and Human Development)
- Steeped in teaching, The Press, 22.5.07.
Dr Roger Buckton (Music, Theatre and Film Studies)
- Major contributor, The Press, 29.5.07.
Professor Phil Butler (Astronomy)
- Return to the dark side, New Zealand Listener, 11.5.07.
Dr Marion Bowl (UC Opportunity)
- Education network services adults, The Star, Dunedin, 31.5.07.
Dr Jan Cameron (Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Academic)
- Varsity student cheats to be X-rated, The Press, 3.5.07;
- Cheaters won't prosper, Ashburton Guardian, 3.5.07.
Associate Professor Ursula Cheer (Law)
- Media barely attends Family Court, LawTalk, 7.5.07;
- Complaints forum needs to be fairer, The Press, 16.5.07.
Dr Joanna Cobley (Vice-Chancellor's Office)
- Radio award nomination, Community News (Northern), 20.5.07.
Professor Scott Davidson (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Law)
- Well put messages, The Press, 19.5.07.
Dr Jo Diamond (Fine Arts)
- Prime Minister to open show of artworks from across the ages, Gisborne
Herald, 24.5.07;
- Art buys negate colonial bias, Gisborne Herald, 31.5.07.
Ms Rosemary Du Plessis (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Sticking up for the little guys, The Press, 30.5.07.
Professor Denis Dutton (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
- The left's hijacking of intellectual, Manawatu Standard, 16.5.07;
- Right left out of intellectuals club, Nelson Mail, 16.5.07.
Professor Jeremy Finn (Law)
- Law Foundation grants assist publications, LawTalk, 21.5.07.
Dr Lyndon Fraser (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Book explodes Coast Irish myths, Greymouth Evening Star, 24.5.07;
- New book looks at Coast's Irish, Westport News, 24.5.07.
Dr Chris Gallivan (Law)
- Privy Council decision to quash David Bain's convictions, TV One, 11.5.07.
Professor Michael Hall (Management)
- MFS Living and Leisure to buy Tourism Holdings Ltd Waitomo, Radio New
Zealand (Morning Report), 1.5.07.
Dr Alan Happer (Chemistry)
- A problem of some scale, Otago Daily Times, 18.5.07.
Dr Deirdre Hart (Geography)
- What's on in the city - WEA talk, Christchurch Mail, Waimairi, 30.5.07.
Associate Professor Jack Heinemann (Biological Sciences)
- The Environmental Risk Management received application to field test a
GM crop, Radio New Zealand, 10.5.07.
Dr John Hopkins (Law)
- Freedom as good as it gets for Bain, New Zealand Herald, 18.5.07.
Professor Robert Jackson (Biological Sciences)
- Tiny terrors a scary thought, Herald on Sunday, 27.5.07.
Associate Professor Simon Kingham (Geography)
- CGHS wins quiz, Christchurch Mail, Waimairi, 30.5.07;
- School quiz night, High Country Herald, 30.5.07.
Dr Malakai Koloamatangi (National Centre for Research on Europe)
- Tongan riots: Government warned of more violence, Niu FM, 30.5.07
Dr Susan Krumdieck (Mechanical Engineering)
- Energy symposium, Nelson Mail, 10.5.07.
Professor Koenraad Kuiper (Classics and Linguistics)
- Making Bolognese with tertiery education, NZ Education Review, 25.5.07.
Associate Professor Ian Lochhead (Fine Arts)
- Make Sunnyside more than a memory, The Press, 19.5.07;
- The future of a city's past, The Press, 19.5.07.
Ms Frieda Looser (UC Opportunity)
- Family history helper, Northern Outlook, 16.5.07.
Ms Trish McMenamin (College of Education)
- Certificate a boon for teacher aides, The Press, 29.5.07.
Mr Stuart McMillan (Political Science and Communication)
- Sarkozy has authority to make change, National Business Review, 11.5.07.
Associate Professor Gregory MacRae (Civil Engineering)
- Transit NZ wants to ban trucks from using the Harbour Bridge's outsite
clip-on lanes, Radio New Zealand (Checkpoint), 4.5.07;
- Truck ban on harbour bridge 'clip-on' lanes, Radio New Zealand, 5.5.07.
Associate Professor Euan Mason (Forestry)
- Plantation silviculture at the crossroads, NZ Tree Grower, 31.5.07.
- Assessing interactions between initial stand stocking and genotype
of 17 year-old Pinus radiata, NZ Journal of Forestry, 31.5.07.
- Impact of planting stock quality on initial growth and survival of
radiata pine clones, NZ Journal of Foresty, 31.5.07.
Mr Jae Major (Māori, Social and Cultural Studies in Education)
- Tip of the tongue, NZ Education Review, 25.5.07.
Dame Malvina Major (Music, Theatre and Film Studies)
- Students sing, Christchurch Star, 23.5.07.
Mr Tom Music (Student Recruitment and Development)
- Making the most of the expo, The Press, 10.5.07.
Associate Professor Greg Newbold (Sociology and Anthropology)
- Inside Story, allegations of corruption, Herald on Sunday, 6.5.07;
- Fatal shooting of two-year-old in Wanganui raises calls for gangs to
be outlawed, Radio New Zealand, 7.5.07;
- Fatal shooting of two-year-old in Wanganui, Radio New Zealand (Nine to
Noon), 7.5.07;
- Warning over dress sense in gangs war, Newstalk ZB, 8.5.07;
- Weekend shooting in Wanganui, NewstalkZB, 8.5.07;
- Calls for gangs to be smashed, Taranaki Daily News, 8.5.07;
- Gang issues, bFM (The Wire), 10.5.07;
- Does Cullen think Kiwis are spend thrifts?, Wanganui Chronicle, 16.5.07;
- David Bain bailed to the home of Joe Karam, Newstalk ZB, 16.5.07.
Dr Jamie Pearce (Geography)
- Fast food closer at hand in poorer suburbs, The Press, 7.5.07;
- People in flash suburbs travel twice as far for fast food, Radio New
Zealand, 7.5.07;
- Dr Jamie Pearce, Convenience Food, Nelson Mail, 7.5.07;
- People in flash suburbs have to travel twice as far, Newstalk ZB, 8.5.07;
- More fast-food outlets in poorer neighbourhoods - study shows, Ashburton
Guardian, 8.5.07.
Professor Geoffrey Rice (History)
- Pandemic - not if, but when, Hurunui News, 19.5.07.
Mr David Round (Law)
- New law will not stop child abuse, The Press, 8.5.07.
Professor Roy Sharp (Vice-Chancellor)
- Plan to raise arts degrees quality, The Press, 3.5.07;
- Canty University eyes supercomputer, The Press, 8.5.07;
- On centrecourt, The Press, 9.5.07;
- Higher rankings for university, Community News (Western), 13.5.07;
- Still popular, The Press, 14.5.07
- Tertiary education: few surprises for universities, The Press, 18.5.07;
- South popular for study, The Press, 18.5.07;
- N. Island students heading south to study, Ashburton Guardian, 18.5.07;
- Varsity buys, Greymouth Evening Star, 31.5.07;
- Canterbury University will soon have the most powerful computer, Radio
Live, 31.5.07;
- Canterbury University has acquired a supercomputer, TV One (One News),
31.5.07.
Professor Ian Shaw (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Science)
- Scientists face redundancies, The Press, 9.5.07;
- Scientists given stay of execution, The Press, 10.5.07;
- Subjects of choice, NZ Education Review, 11.5.07;
- Call for finance clarity, The Press, 12.5.07.
Dr David Small (Educational Studies and Human Development)
- Plan to raise arts degrees quality, Press, 3.5.07.
Professor Bryan Storey (Gateway Antarctica)
- Hunt for ghost mountains, The Press, 12.5.07;
- NZ Team faces Antarctic ghost, Manawatu Standard, 12.5.07;
- Kiwis set to unmark 'ghost mountains', The Southland Times, 12.5.07.
Professor Ken Strongman (Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Arts)
- Plan to raise arts degrees quality, The Press, 3.5.07;
- Canterbury hints at BA change, Manawatu Standard, 5.5.07;
- Horrors without end, The Press, 12.5.07;
- Plans to books BA quality, Taranaki Daily News, 16.5.07;
- Plans to Boost BA quality, North Taranki Midweek, 30.5.07.
Dr Rawiri Taonui (Māori and Indigenous Studies)
- Any moves to tackle gangs must address safety issues, Radio New Zealand
(Checkpoint), 8.5.07;
- Māori muted applause greets spending, The Press, 18.5.07;
- Mixed reaction to Māori funding, Southland Times, 18.5.07;
- At home in nude Zealand, The Press, 19.5.07;
- Urban poverty is the real crime, Sunday Star Times, 20.5.07;
- Māori fishing interests have delayed plans for a Fisheries, Radio Live,
23.5.07;
- Jail TV meets Māori charter, The Press, 24.5.07.
Mr Jim Tully (Political Science and Communication)
- Freeview digital TV rolls out today with five channels, Radio New Zealand
(Morning Report), 2.5.07;
- David and Goliath appeal to Georges tale, says expert, Taranaki Daily
News, 5.5.07;
- CanWest has agreed to sell its stake in CanWest MediaWorks, bFM (The
Wire), 8.5.07;
- Calling time on news?, Herald on Sunday, 20.5.07;
- Six o'clock news ratings slump - but TV bosses happy to stay with timeslot,
Christchurch Star, 23.5.07.
Professor John Walker (Forestry)
- Upright trees, Manawatu Standard, 21.5.07.
Dr Richard Watts (Physics and Astronomy)
- Research director named, The Press, 24.5.07.
Professor Duncan Webb (Law)
- Paying for the party, Avenues, 31.5.07.
