P-cubed Newsletters

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou If you’ve been keeping up with the emails, there’s some shuffling underway in the School. I’ve been asked to step into the acting Deputy Dean role until John Hosking returns from his sojourn as DVC (Strategic...

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou We had some great news last week: Mark Costello was awarded the Shorland Medal from the NZ Association of Scientists. This medal recognises a major and continued contribution to basic or applied research that has added significantly to...

Contents HeadSup As salaam alaikum The 15th March is a date that reminds us to reflect on and reaffirm our values, to consider our place in the world and how we can share it peacefully and responsibly. On Wednesday we will resume our 10.30 am morning teas for all...

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou A warm welcome to Semester 1! Although we are not kicking off in the ideal fashion I hope everyone finds opportunities to enjoy touching base with our new cohorts in each year level. I know that Ako has been underway setting up support...

Contents HeadSup Welcome back! …which, in the context of today’s Covid lockdown may cause you to reply “back to what?” Unfortunately, we appear to be reliving 2020 all over again and having to work from home. (Own up: how many of you have used...

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou Well done everyone getting to the end of 2020. It’s been a heck of a year. I would like to thank everyone for the enormous contributions made to stay operational under extraordinary circumstances. We have some staffing news....

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou I am sure that you are all experiencing an’end-year feeling’ and that this will have brought on varying degrees of relief and anxiety (all of the unfinished projects). It’s been an odd year and so I strongly encourage...

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou It’s nice to be winding down with only a few key academic activities remaining to tie off Semester 2, and some social events to look forward to in the lead up to the Christmas-New Year break. I hope to see all our PhD cohort and...

Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou Happy Monday! We’ve reached the end of the teaching year, and what a ‘different’ one it turned out to be. I’m sure we are all looking forward to some rest, recovery and reflection; but it’s also a time for...

Contents HeadSup Mālō ni It’s Tokelau language week and the theme is ‘Apoapo tau foe, i nā tāfea i te galutau. Ke mau mai, ke mau mai’ which in English translates to, ‘Never give up hope, even amidst chaos and much uncertainty. Stay united, stay strong’....