Meet our research students
Hear from students who are part of our vibrant research community, get a taste of their exciting research and find out why the University was their No 1 choice.
A place to belong
Hine Funaki explored views of the future for young Māori and Pacific people for her Master of Arts in Education thesis.
Climate change and Pacific nationhood
International Law PhD candidate Nathan Ross is exploring what cultural rights Pacific ‘climate change migrants’ will have in a new country.
Salvation in the soil
Biotechnology PhD candidate Luke Stevenson is digging to discover new antibiotics from the bacteria in New Zealand soil.
Better supporting victims
Phone calls to Victim Support are analysed by Psychology PhD candidate Emma Tennent to identify patterns that could help it improve its service.
Safeguarding wildlife through landscape design
Landscape Architecture PhD candidate Amin Rastandeh looks at whether urban green spaces can help safeguard indigenous wildlife against climate change.
Improving web service composition
Alexandre Sawczuk da Silva is an Engineering PhD candidate using evolutionary computation to find better ways to build programs.
Examining public sector resilience
The often-changing public service can be a challenging place for workers—Human Resources PhD candidate Esme Franken looks at how to create resilience.
Dream of the dragon
Master of Arts in Political Science student Adam Osborne-Smith is sifting the truth from the spin in Chinese state media.
Better health for Pacific kids
Nursing PhD candidate Ellaine Ete-Rasch is looking to find out what’s going wrong in health services for Pacific children.
Examining Roman elections
Tim Smith’s Master of Arts research confirms our modern political systems owe a lot to events that occurred in Roman times.