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Kia ora Michele Crawshaw – welcome to the team

Kia ora Michele Crawshaw – welcome to the team

by ksch009 | Jul 20, 2020 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, Media release, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning

Kia ora and welcome to Michele Crawshaw. Michele is our new Senior Communications & Marketing Adviser. Michele brings with her a wealth of experience as an award-winning magazine editor and a passionate digital, social media, video and print storyteller. We...
Aroha features on new NZ multimedia hub

Aroha features on new NZ multimedia hub

by ksch009 | Jul 1, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens

Aroha features in a new multimedia hub for New Zealand’s tech industry, Umbrellar Connect. Digital journalist Cat Mules recently interviewed the Challenge’s Dr Sarah Hetrick and Tania Cargo about Aroha – a co-designed evidence-based chatbot designed...
Supporting early literacy success

Supporting early literacy success

by ksch009 | Jun 23, 2020 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning

A new series of stories for young New Zealanders has been released by the University of Canterbury’s Child Wellbeing Research Institute. Challenge Deputy Director, Professor Gail Gillon, Director of the University of Canterbury (UC) Child Wellbeing Research...
ABS Challenge Director awarded this year’s Gluckman Medal

ABS Challenge Director awarded this year’s Gluckman Medal

by ksch009 | Jun 9, 2020 | Big Data, Directorate, Healthy Weight, Media release, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning

Congratulations to A Better Start’s Challenge Director, Professor Wayne Cutfield, who has been awarded this year’s Gluckman Medal for his outstanding contributions to research. The Gluckman Medal is an extremely prestigious award and is awarded each year...
Congratulations to this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients

Congratulations to this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients

by ksch009 | Jun 2, 2020 | Media release

A Better Start congratulates the recipients of this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours awards. Distinguished Professor Jane Harding was made a dame for world-leading research into newborn babies. A well-deserved honour and a great recognition of Dame...

Resilient Teens team describe the system architecture for Aroha chatbot

by ksch009 | May 25, 2020 | Media release, Resilient Teens

A Better Start’s Resilient Teens team describe the system architecture for their youth mental health chatbot systems, including the new Aroha chatbot, which supports youth with Covid-19 related issues. See the published pre-print paper.
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