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You might want to think again, before eating shellfish 8 July 2021
A University of Waikato study has found tiny plastic particles throughout shellfish in the Bay of Plenty.
Tuatua, cockles and wedge shells had high levels.
Researcher Anita Lewis says it s a real problem for people eating the seafood.
She says it s definitely a widespread issue, that needs to be investigated further across the country.
Survival of the fittest: More people retraining and upskilling post-lockdown
2 May, 2021 01:00 AM
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Tertiary enrolments are on the rise post lockdown. Photo / Getty Images
Jimi Hunt graduated with a bachelor of management studies earlier this month - and it only took him 20 years to get there. Hunt used to travel the world as an ambassador and public speaker for mental health and wellbeing but border closures put a stop to that.
He has lived most of his life in Mexico and before the lockdown he used to split his time between there and Tauranga for work and study.
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Monday, 15 March 2021, 4:03 pm
A University of Waikato academic has played a key role in
an international study researching human experience,
behaviour and attitudes towards the Covid-19
pandemic.
Dr Taciano Milfont joined the COVIDiSTRESS
global survey which gathered data from participants across
the globe in the early months of the pandemic last
year.
In a study published in Royal
Society Open Science, the team examined stress and worry
across over 170,000 respondents from 48
countries.
While there were no clear geographical
boundaries, respondents in Western European countries
expressed greater stress and worry about Covid-19 and more
trust in governments’ effort to handle the crisis than