Events
Conferences, forums, webinars and workshopsDeputy Director Barry Taylor talks Healthier Kiwis
Research from the eleven National Science Challenges featured in panel discussions over four evenings from 4-7 July 2023, discussing how scientific evidence can make important contributions to many aspects of life in Aotearoa New Zealand and some of it's biggest...
Food for thought: Optimal nutrition for parents and their babies
Optimal nutrition begins before conception. Join us to find out how good nutrition for parents and babies can improve lifelong health. Even before you were a twinkle in your father’s eye, your future was being shaped by both your mum’s and dad’s health. During...
Last Chance, Tues 4 July! Get your tickets now! Healthier Kiwis: National Science Challenge Panel
This is a very interesting talk that is well worth attending and is happening tomorrow Tuesday 4th July 5.30pm -7.00pm and A Better Start is excited to be a part of this years New Zealand Science Festival. With our very own A Better Starts' Deputy Director...
Healthier Kiwis: A National Science Challenges Panel
A Better Start is excited to be a part of this years New Zealand Science Festival. With our very own A Better Starts' Deputy Director Professor Barry Taylor joining Healthier Kiwis: A National Science Challenges Panel to discuss how can we improve the health and...
NZ literacy rate in spotlight & Better Start Literacy Approach | Paddy Gower Has Issues
NZ literacy rate in spotlight as principal calls out 'malpractice' | Paddy Gower Has Issues The first episode in TV Three's new show "Paddy Gower Has Issues" featured our very own a Better Start Literacy Approach. Interviewed on the show was Professor Brigid...
Pacific Wildbeing Conference – A Perspective from Dr Tupa’ilevaililigi Riz Firestone
The Pacific Child Wellbeing conference was held in Auckland 30-31 March 2023. It was well attended by a vibrant collective of health and education workers, community members, NGOs, academics, practitioners, ministry personnel, grandparents and children. The...
EIT | Te Pūkenga researcher relishes working on worthwhile project in home region.
Dr Rachael Glassey is a Senior Research Fellow in the newly created Te Kura I Awarua Rangahau Māori Centre at EIT | Te Pūkenga. Rachael, 33, joined EIT | Te Pūkenga last year to work on a community research project, Nourishing Hawke’s Bay: He wairua tō te kai. She...
Better Start Literacy Approach on RNZ’s The Panel
Professor Brigid McNeill from the University of Canterbury and A Better Start Literacy Approach joined RNZ's The Panel to talk about improving literacy levels in Aotearoa New Zealand's tamariki. The Better Start Literacy Approach is a structured approach to...
Professors Taylor, Pihama & Holdaway Elected Fellows
Thirty-four new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows and Ngā Ahurei Honore a Te Apārangi Honorary Fellows have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities. They...
Read our first e-news for 2023
Say hello to our Feb 2023 update, Read it here and remember to subscribe so you can receive our quarterly updates direct to your inbox! In This Issue: From the Director Simulation Modelling Project Led by Associate Professor Barry Milne Research Excellence Award:...
