Explore study options, take a campus tour, view the Halls of Residence, talk to staff and experience what it is like to be a student at University of Waikato! Yes, we will hold an amazing OPEN DAY at our campuses. Hamilton campus Open Day: Fri 23 May 2025 Tauranga campus Open Day: Wed 25 June […]

It feels like that we just celebrated a new year the other day, but we are now close to the end of January ( ﾟДﾟ). Anyway. Did you know that Trimester A 2025 at the University of Waikato will begin within a month? Yes, we still have a month to prepare for the new trimester. […]

This news seems to be reported all over the world now – I am talking about an 88 yr old Japanese man who was acquitted in retrial yesterday. このニュースは世界中で報[ほう]じられているようです。昨日、再審[さいしん]で無罪[むざい]になった88歳の日本人男性の話です。 His name is Iwao Hakamada. Hakamada wrongly convicted of the murders of a family of four in Shizuoka, Japan, which took place 58 years ago. Hakamada […]

I found a really interesting article on equity within New Zealand’s health system. I would like to share the information with you: Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer – and that is a problem for Māori (theconversation.com)

Kīngitanga Day will be held tomorrow (on Thursday 12 September) this year.  As usual, all welcome! For more details, please see: Kīngitanga Day :: University of Waikato

We are now finishing up assessments, marking and so on for Trimester A. Trimester B will start in a month. You might think you need to start uni study at the beginning of year, which is not necessarily true. There are quite a few papers you can take in Trimester B for the first time […]

I happened to find an article mentioning the Japanese school lunch programme on the Radio New Zealand website (see below) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516529/school-lunch-programmes-that-new-zealand-could-learn-from This article shows a few photos of yummy looking Japanese 給食 (school lunch). An interesting part of 給食 is, I think, that school kids are involved in its preparation. All food is prepared by […]

It’s the final day today of this year’s ‘Golden Week’ in Japan. Hope people in Japan are having a great time. In case you might never have heard of ‘Golden Week’… There are quite a few public holidays between the end of April and the beginning of May (which is now) in Japan and it […]