The University of Waikato will hold an event called Kīngitanga Day tomorrow (= Thur 11 September 2025). All sorts of fascinating talks, workshops, performance etc. will be happening on our Hamilton campus as well as Tauranga campus. All welcome. Haere mai! ワイカト大学では、明日、ハミルトンキャンパス、そしてタウランガキャンパスで、キンギタンガ・デーというイベントを行います。いろいろなスピーチ、パフォーマンス、ワークショップなどがあります。どうぞみなさん、来てください! くわしくは、以下のウェブサイトを見てください。 Details: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/events/kingitanga-day/
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Open Day 2025!
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 […]
Continue readingTrimester A will be approaching…
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. […]
Continue reading58 year long wait…
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 […]
Continue readingAn article on NZ health issues
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)
Continue readingKīngitanga Day
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
Continue readingIt is 9 August today.

It is 9 August today again. This is another great opportunity to think about peace for ourselves. By the way. an earthquake hit the Kyushu Island, Japan, yesterday (Nagasaki-city is located in the northern part of Kyushu; the epicenter was close to the southern part of Kyushu). We hope there is little damage. If you […]
Continue readingIt is 6 August again.

It is 6 Augst today. This day definitely makes us think of peace and happiness of our world. And that is so important to us now.
Continue readingAre you interested in studying now!?
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 […]
Continue readingWonderful Kyuushoku!
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 […]
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