Fumiko’s Posts

Kīngitanga Day (11 Sep 2025)

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 […]

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58 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 […]

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It is 9 August today.

It 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 […]

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Wonderful 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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