This week marks the 19th annual
International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, which celebrates and promotes the benefits of international education and exchange programs worldwide. Initially created so that America could inspire its students to travel abroad, IEW now encourages and supports foreign students interested ...
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By Mike Cousins | 13 November, 2018 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Education, News | Tags: #IEW2018, Fulbright New Zealand, IEW18, International Education Week, Occidental College, Oscar Yip, University of Otago
Professor Craig Rodger is the Head of the Physics Department at the University of Otago in New Zealand. His primary research field is “Space Weather”, and he also acts as an independent advisor to NASA. He has travelled multiple times to Antarctica, won a Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Award in 2015 – and plays a ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 29 August, 2018 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News, Science & Tech | Tags: Lightning Storms, NASA, Professor Craig Rodger, University of Otago, World Wide Lightning Location Network, WWLLN
Auckland, New Zealand. 24-26 January 2018. Bringing together Pacific health leaders to strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika and dengue, in the Pacific region. TechCamp New Zealand is a two-day interactive technology-focused workshop aimed to support organizational capacity and strengthen innovation, solutions, and communication around mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika and dengue, ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 24 January, 2018 | Categories: Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, East Asia & Pacific, Environment, News | Tags: and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Australia, Australia’s Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, NASA GLOBE Observer Program, National Institute for Health Innovation, New Zealand, New Zealand’s Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Niue, Pacific Community (SPC), Pacific health, Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, TechCamp, TechCampNZ, the Zika Foundation, Tonga, U.S. Navy, University of Otago
By Mara Hosoda and Victoria Triegaardt, Public Affairs U.S. Consulate Auckland and U.S. Embassy Wellington. The U.S. Embassy in New Zealand has run the U.S.-New Zealand Youth Council program since 2010. The program is based on the university structure with a student group at the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Victoria University of ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 18 May, 2016 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Education, U.S. & New Zealand, U.S. Consulate Auckland, U.S. Embassy Wellington, Youth Outreach | Tags: Ambassador Gilbert, Auckland University of Technology, Craig Halbmaier, Robert Tate, U.S.-New Zealand Youth Council, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, USNZYouthCouncil, Victoria University of Wellington
By Mara Hosoda, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General, Auckland. On April 13 and 14, 2016 the U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, made their first official visit to Dunedin, New Zealand. The Gilberts met with a cross section of Dunedin’s government, business, university, and civil society sectors. It was a ...
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By Mike Cousins | 21 April, 2016 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Doing Business in the U.S., First People's Connect, Former Ambassadors, News, Science & Tech, U.S. & New Zealand | Tags: Animation Research, Craig Halbmaier, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, Fulbright, Harlene Hayne, Nancy Gilbert, NASA, Otago Business School, Otago Museum, Pacific Islands Centre, TPP, U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert, University of Otago, Vice-Chancellor, Visiting Executives Program, Youth Council