The February 2012 edition of our Fulbright New Zealand Quarterly newsletter is online now! Read the latest news from the Fulbright New Zealand office, featured Grantee and Alumni Voices and much more.
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Disasters highlight planning need for psychosocial response
A New Zealand mental health nurse who witnessed the aftermath of 9/11 will return to the United States of America next year, to conduct groundbreaking research into the health sector’s preparedness for the psychosocial effects of major disasters.
Māori scholar to research indigenous challenges to property law
University of Otago law academic Jacinta Ruru has been awarded this year’s Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Senior Scholar Award, to research indigenous challenges to Western property law.
Pacific writer to pen a tale of two Samoas
First time novelist Marisa Maepu will weave the story of twins separated at birth into a tumultuous era of Samoan history, as recipient of the 2011 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency.
Auckland artist turns trash into triumph at Wallace Art Awards
An Auckland artist whose work seeks to illuminate links between consumerism and waste has been named as this year’s recipient of the Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award, and will undertake a three month residency at Headlands Center for the Arts near San Francisco.
High-Wire Act: Balancing Families and Jobs at Precarious Points: The Role of Work-Leave in New Zealand and the US
Prepared by Jodie Levin-Epstein, June 2004 with funding from the sponsors of the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy About the author Jodie Levin-Epstein is Deputy Director of…
Adjudicating Sustainability: New Zealand’s Environment Court and the Resource Management Act
Prepared by Bret Birdsong, October 1998 with funding from the sponsors of the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy About the author Bret Birdsong is a Professor of…