A newly funded study will investigate why Māori are overrepresented in the national drowning statistics despite having a strong cultural connection to the water.
Sir Robert Stewart, KNZM, has completed his term of six years as yesterday he stepped down from his role as Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).
A third round of funding through the Breast Cancer Research in New Zealand partnership will be outlined in a Request for Proposals (RFP) in late-January 2016.
Edmond Fehoko from AUT University has been awarded a special PhD award to help identify strategies and interventions to minimise gambling-related harm among Tongan males.
Dr Apo Aporosa from Waikato University has received a HRC Pacific postdoctoral fellowship to examine the effects of the popular Pacific Island drink, kava, on driver ability and road safety.