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Non-Māori-speaking New Zealanders can recognise more than 1000 te reo Māori words or part-words, but only understand meanings of about 70, a new University of Canterbury study shows.

The Christchurch Game Developers Association, Screen CanterburyNZ, ChristchurchNZ and the University of Canterbury (UC) have teamed up to stimulate the game development industry in Canterbury.

On The Conversation, experts including University of Canterbury Associate Professor Huibert Peter de Vries and Dr Nadeera Ranabahu say refugees need more help to settle in NZ.

University of Canterbury Professor Paul Millar is the recipient of the 2022 Pou Aronui Award, for distinguished service to humanities-aronui, announced last night by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Children at Canterbury schools and early childhood centres are being given a series of new books about local Māori legends that have been beautifully illustrated by young artists.

The University of Canterbury is hosting Aotearoa New Zealand’s first sector-wide Transforming Tertiary symposium on 5 and 6 September 2022, because we want to make university and tertiary education more equitable and accessible to a wider population. Professor Catherine Moran, Tumu Tuarua Akoranga | Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic explains.

Exploring the link between our environment and Māori health has become a driving force for University of Canterbury graduate Sophie Thrupp (Ngāti Tūwharetoa).