University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank , who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics. .
Press Release – University of Canterbury University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank , who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics. …
University of Canterbury (UC) maths Professor Michael Plank, who has co-led essential Covid-19 modelling work in New Zealand, has won an Australasian award for outstanding research, expertise and distinguished service in the field of Applied Mathematics.
Professor Plank, of UC’s School of Mathematics and Statistics, was awarded the Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) EO Tuck Medal for 2021.
How the fight against Covid-19 conspiracies is changing
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When Peeni Henare headed into the Far North to reassure people over the Covid-19 vaccine, he brought with him something no other minister could. Before Parliament, Henare lived in Moerewa with his family. It s a poor town, a freezing works town, a hearty town, sometimes a troubled town, and largely a Māori town.
It s a place where - like many places in the North - there is a disconnect from central government and faith in the state, which Henare acknowledges. It s a part of the world poorer for centralised services, where often the only time government is seen is when it is taking away something, or someone.