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  • 2 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Isaac Davison

    Vice Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater was among those behind the joint faculty proposal. She said today that the university had listened carefully to feedback in deciding to pause the proposal. A controversial proposal to merge the University of Auckland’s law and business schools has been dropped. Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater emailed staff this afternoon, saying the university had listened carefully to feedback from staff, students and the wider community.

  • 3 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Isaac Davison

    A coroner’s inquest into a terror attack at a New Lynn supermarket in September 2021 began today. Six people were injured in the knife attack by Islamic State supporter Ahamad Samsudeen, who was fatally shot by undercover police. Survivors said today their trauma was ongoing, and they were critical of government agencies’ responses to the attack.

  • 4 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Isaac Davison

    High-profile scientist Siouxsie Wiles incurred more than $350,000 in legal bills in her employment dispute with the University of Auckland. The Employment Court has told the university to pay $205,000 of that total. The university was found to have breached Wiles’ employment agreement - but not her academic freedom - when was subjected to intense abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • 1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Isaac Davison

    A cervical cell sample is applied to a slide. HPV testing became the main screening method for cervical cancer in 2023. HPV testing and reporting was suspended for two weeks at Awanui Labs last month because of a testing issue. The delays did not risk patient safety and none of the samples expired, the company said. It comes a month after Awanui began sending blood tests to Wellington because of a machinery breakdown.

  • 1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Isaac Davison

    Police outside the New Lynn Countdown supermarket following a terrorist atttack in 2021 in which six people were injured. Photo / Alex BurtonA coronial inquest begins next week into the terror attack at a New Lynn supermarket in September 2021. The first phase aims to answer survivors’ questions about whether the knife attack could have been prevented. The attacker, Ahamad Samsudeen, was being surveilled by police at the time, who shot him dead minutes into the attack.

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