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Issue 48 – Monday 21 December 2020
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....
Issue 47 – Monday 07 December 2020
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...
Issue 46 – Monday 23 November 2020
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...
Issue 45 – Monday 09 November 2020
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...
Issue 44 – Tuesday 27 October 2020
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’....
Issue 43 – Monday 12th October 2020
Contents HeadSup Kia ora koutou It was so nice to catch up in 3-D with students in my 700-level course on Friday. I am amazed at the generosity of spirit our students extend to us, and the incredible effort our teaching and supervision teams have made to maintaining a...
Issue 42 – Monday 28th September 2020
Contents Vaiaso o te ‘Gana Tuvalu HeadSup Fakatalofa atu Spring has sprung and it is breezy…too breezy for some! I had a good look at the sheared off strut on the Harbour Bridge before it got swapped out for a pipe…wow! Hasn’t it been an...
Issue 41 – Monday 14th September 2020
Contents Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori HeadSup Kia ora koutou This is a great week to give te reo a go. Here’s a really simple video on ‘How to pronounce te reo Māori‘. In our School, we often talk about places in our teaching, research and learning....
Issue 40 – Monday 31st August 2020
Contents COVID-19: work from home if you can Say yes to the test HeadSup Kia ora koutou Thanks very much to everyone who contributed feedback on the ENV 2021-2023 Strategic Plan: in total I received >8000 words of feedback, and not just from one author!...
Issue 39 – Monday 17th August 2020
Contents COVID-19: no time for complacency, stay well, keep UOA open…oh darn! Say yes to the test HeadSup There is a forum tomorrow for all ENV teaching and professional staff from 3-4pm to raise concerns and ask questions about our current Covid-19 response....