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Marking 25 years of irrelevant research
A study showing that nearly all mammals take the same amount of time to urinate has won a prize in the 25th year of Ig Nobel awards at Harvard University.
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New Zealand calls on PNA to respect Pacific Leaders
Audio 18 Sep 2015New Zealand's Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development has called on the Parties to the Nauru Agreement to respect the wishes of Pacific leaders regarding the future of fisheries management in the… Audio
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Classroom technology fails knowledge test
Investing heavily in school computers and classroom technology does not improve pupils' performance, a global study from the OECD shows.
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Tonga concerned over student pass rates
The Tonga Government is working with a team from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community to reach student achievement levels.
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Cook Islands PM's incorrect figures come back to haunt
Audio 25 Aug 2015Cook Island residents are raising concerns about the Prime Minister's leadership after he denied the country had a serious depopulation issue. Audio
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Gold for Burling and Tuke
New Zealand 49er sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have won gold at the Rio Olympics test event after placing fourth in the medal race on Guanabara Bay.
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Warriors hopes quashed in Cowboys rout
The Warriors' mathematical hopes of making the NRL playoffs have been emphatically ended with a 50-16 home thrashing by North Queensland.
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Warriors put out of their misery
The Warriors' mathematical hopes of making the NRL playoffs have been emphatically ended with a 50-16 home thrashing by North Queensland.
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From climate change to card tricks, Maths has the answers!
Need a mortgage? Buying a new car? Going on holiday? You won't get far unless you have a basic grasp of mathematics. But for something that plays such a vital role in our everyday lives, maths has a… Audio
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US volunteers bolster teacher numbers in American Samoa
American Samoa's schools are again getting teaching support from volunteers with US -based 'World Teach'.
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Chance to correct NZ's poor marks
Several thousand 15-year-olds hold the international reputation of New Zealand's education system in their hands. Audio
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Best of the Week- 1 August 2015
Audio 1 Aug 2015This week.....The Serco run Mt Eden prison is much in the news - an investigative journalist looks at how Serco operates in other parts of the world, it seems just losing your rag in front of the… Audio
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Mathematics
Making the numbers add up is Dr Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research: game theory. John Nash (the subject of the film A Beautiful Mind)… Audio
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Mining for meaning in the data maze
Journalism schools are now teaching what was once considered the domain of computer science or applied mathematics; so is data analysis media's new best friend? Audio
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Mining for meaning in the age of digitised data
Writing code, understanding algorithms and dealing with dumps of digital data: computer science and applied maths methods are becoming key skills in the world's newsrooms. Specialist data journalists… Audio
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Mining for meaning in the age of digitised data
Writing code, understanding algorithms and dealing with dumps of digital data: computer science and applied maths methods are becoming key skills in the world's newsrooms. Specialist data journalists…
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Japan - Motoko Kakubayashi
Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, pop. 126,434,964 (est… Audio
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Jiwi's Machines
The exhibits inside MOTAT, the Auckland museum of transport and technology, are all about design and efficiency. Except for their latest acquisition. Joseph Herscher is a kinetic artist who builds… Video, Audio
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Graeme Wake: maths, crime, laundry and education
Professor Emeritus of Industrial Mathematics at Massey University, and leader of the new Mathematics-in-Industry NZ group, which is getting a hundred mathematical scientists to brainstorm real-world… Audio
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Indian teachers possible in American Samoa.
The Governor of American Samoa Lolo Matalasi Moliga has suggested hiring teachers from countries like India to help improve education in the territory.
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Is New Zealand's strategy for teaching maths failing?
Glenda Anthony, Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence for Research in Mathematics Education at Massey University. Audio
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Maths teaching in NZ: has the numeracy project failed?
A new report being launched by the Education Minister today has criticised the way maths is taught to primary students, saying there is a lack of emphasis on the basics which is holding children back… Audio
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NZ win world sevens title
New Zealand has won the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series for the third year in a row.
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Mathematics
Making the numbers add up is Dr Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research. An account of what it is like to actually work on a new mathematical… Audio
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Online insecurity
If you click "I forgot my password" and get emailed back your old password, you should be worried.
