Christian Dennison is the President of the Māori Students’ Law Association, making a return to the University of Auckland after completely a degree in full immersion te reo Māori at Takiura. Christian phones in to chat with Rosetta and Milly about Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, his reo journey and his mahi at UoA! Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by William Sheard: PhD researcher at UoA's Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. William's research looks at extracting the wealth of metals from the mountains of e-waste discarded each year. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Milly and Rosetta have a kōrero with PhD candidate in Pacific Studies Liam Kokaua, whose research topic is ʻWhat are the opportunities and challenges to revitalise the pondfield landscapes within the Takuva’ine Water Catchment?’ The trio chat all things ancient taro growing methods, kai sovereignty, and climate resilience. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Roan Zaedi speaks with Rosetta and Milly about her research on ways to improve early detection of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)—a serious lung disease that is the
fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Roan's research focuses on using machine learning - a form of artificial
intelligence (AI) that learns patterns from data - to personalise health profiles to predict who might be at risk from COPD. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Associate Professor Chris Ogden speaks to Milly and Rosetta about his involvement in the Raising the Bar event in Auckland next Tuesday 26 August - which involves University of Auckland academics giving 20 talks in 10 central Auckland bars! His talk is on Global authoritarianism: how to spot it and how to stop it. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Olaf Diegel, Professor of Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, about his research and mahi in 3D Printing! You can hear Olaf speak at Raising the Bar across the inner city on 26 August. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, doctoral candidate Kelly Shuttleworth is up in the studio to chat about her research in Constitutional Conventions! Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Dr Preeti Cowan is up in the studio to chat with Milly and Rosetta about her research in training AI to detect astroids and comets in outer space! Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly are joined on air by Dr. Sereana Naepi, who is an associate Professor of Sociology at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland. Sereana was an editor on the newly published book Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa - an unflinching examination of racism in NZ, featuring essays from 13 Pacific academics analysing racism across education, health, justice and society. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dr Alicia Didsbury, a research fellow in the Faculty of Science, joins Hugh Sundae in the studio to chat about her research into cell and gene based therapies for Cancer treatment.