Universities launch programme to support Māori academics

14 July 2022 | news

Te Kei, the first Māori academic career development programme funded by Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara (UNZ), has been launched. Te Kei is jointly led by UNZ’s committee of Māori academi...

Trusted Research – Protective Security Requirements Guide for Senior Leaders

01 September 2022 | publications

This is the online home of Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara's Trusted Research–Protective Security Requirements Guide for Senior University Leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand. The guide will ...

Submission on International Education Strategy

04 July 2022 | submissions

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara has sent a submission to the Government on its refreshed International Education Strategy 2022–2030. Read the submission [PDF].

Georgetti scholarship recipients boost research important for New Zealand

27 June 2022 | news

The nine recipients of a 2022 William Georgetti Scholarship are addressing everything from healthcare delivery inequities experienced by refugees to the best use of agricultural land to keep within...

Scholarships support young musicians’ first steps on the world stage

21 June 2022 | news

Three outstanding young Aotearoa New Zealand musicians have been awarded a Kia Ora Foundation Patricia Pratt Scholarship to support their artistic growth at prestigious international academies. Be...

Doctoral students and their outcomes

13 June 2022 | publications

University New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara has prepared a new resource to help researchers better understand the value of PhDs and other doctorates to the people who get them and to society generally....

Reopen, but now we need to agree international goals

13 June 2022 | news

Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara wasted no time welcoming the Government’s 11 May announcement that New Zealand’s borders would be fully reopen for international student and other visa app...

How doctorates tip the scales in a student's favour

13 June 2022 | news

New Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara analysis debunks the myth that most people who invest time and money in a doctoral degree end up under- or unemployed. On the contrary, the analysis sh...

From the Chair: Critical infrastructure that needs proper funding

13 June 2022 | news

By Professor Jan ThomasVice-Chancellor, Massey UniversityChair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee “That’s us.” I wasn’t far through the Government’s Budget 2022 before I first thought ...

Law scholarship recipients tackle bias in public decision-making and how to draw on tikanga Māori

07 June 2022 | news

Finding ways to use litigation to remedy bias in public decision-making and provide greater recognition of tikanga Māori are the aims of the two recipients of this year’s New Zealand Law Foundation...