Free speech v hate speech: Victoria University postpones debate after student backlash

Event pushed back after fears it could be a platform for hate speech.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik in hot water for handling of pro-Palestinian protests

As pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University continue, university president Minouche Shafik finds herself under fire from all sides as politicians, students and faculty all call for her to resign over her handling of the sit-ins....

Israel-Hamas war: Columbia University extends talks with Gaza war protesters

Students protesting are demanding faculties cut financial ties to Israel.

University of Auckland taken to Employment Relations Authority by ‘Plan B’ academic Simon Thornley

The basis for Thornley’s dispute is not known. He and the university declined to comment.

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, targeting financial ties with Israel

Students at an increasing number of US universities are gathering in protest camps to demand that their schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies that are enabling its months-long conflict in Gaza. FRANCE 24's New York...

Sir Paul Adams receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waikato in Tauranga

He is the first to receive the award in Tauranga.

Dozens arrested on US campuses as tensions flare over Gaza war

Classes at Columbia University were shifted online Monday as protests over the Israel-Hamas war heightened tensions on US campuses and led to dozens of arrests at Yale University.

International doctors struggle with cultural adaptation: Otago study

New Zealand's cultural integration model for GPs needs work, study finds.

Wellington’s Gordon Wilson Flats could be demolished for Victoria University accommodation

The eyesore building has sat empty since 2012 and could finally get a new lease on life.

Bondi mall stabbings: Benjamin Cohen will sue Channel 7 News after he was wrongly identified as Sydney killer

The actual killer is now confirmed as Queenslander Joel Cauchi.

Abuse against MPs: Nearly all report harassment, 27 per cent receive death threats, University of Otago study shows

One MP says someone came to their office to try to stab them.

University of Auckland targets entrance parity for Māori and Pacific learners

'This would be a sector-leading approach, the first of this kind domestically.'

How your alcohol tolerance changes with age – and ways to minimise the damage

If you think you can drink like a 20-year-old in your 60s, think again.

Physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle’, has died at 94

The physicist's work helps scientists understand the riddles of the universe.

Spark and University of Waikato join forces on cloud services project

Spark is investing $15 million into the project.

Elvia Espinoza death: Florida man kills mother because ‘she got on my nerves’

The local sheriff called it: "An inexplicable, vicious murder".

Designing a constitution for Aotearoa based on Moana Jackson’s teachings

A conference looks to the future of Māoridom and a fit-for-purpose constitution.

University of Canterbury student has charges dismissed for alleged weapons in halls of residence

But he has since been banned from the halls and dropped his studies.

Harvard says it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book

Afterlife book was bound with skin doctor took from the body of a deceased female patient.

Hillbrook Dairies: North Otago field trip gives pupils a taste of farming life

“Don’t get limited to thinking you need to be a farmer to be involved in agriculture."

As college cost passes $90K, 'the middle class is losing ground'

The price of college just surpassed $90,000 per year at several prestigious universities. CNN's Michael Smerconish speaks to Princeton Professor Frederick Wh...