Issue 17 | Mar 2011

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Mar
01

Going anti-viral

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Funded by the World Bank and the European Union, Massey launches a multimillion-dollar epidemiology education programme in Asia. Bryan Gibson talks to Emeritus Professor Roger Morris (pictured) and programme leader Dr Eric Neumann.

Mar
01

Why sell?

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Selling state assets is a prickly issue in New Zealand and around the world.  When the National Party announced plans to sell up to 49 percent of each of its electricity companies and some other state-owned enterprises should it be re-elected in November, it sparked heated debate and some fierce opposition.  College of Business Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Lawrence C Rose has researched the performance of privatised companies in Australia and New Zealand and believes partial sales are a critical to improving our economic growth rate.  He speaks to Kathryn Farrow.

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Mar
01

Off the grid

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Tony Woods wanted to be a fireman. But the Kiwi entrepreneur ended up establishing a Kabul-based enterprise bringing renewable energy to Afghani villages. He talks to Keri Welham.

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Mar
01

A passion for Cheetah’s

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Katherine Whitehouse-Tedd (Bell): Cheetah researcher

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01

Writing home: Letters from Gallipoli

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Kereama Beal talks to Professor Glyn Harper, the editor of Letters from Gallipoli, New Zealand Soldiers Write Home.

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