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Written by By Sophie Schroder Monday, 19 May 2008

A series of thought-provoking films will be shown as part of the Human Rights Film Festival, which is coming to New Zealand in May. Cinematic stories of struggle and triumph will be displayed at Rialto Cinema in Newmarket from 15-23 May. As well as Auckland, the fourth annual festival will be held in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
The Human Rights Film Festival is especially important this year as it falls at the same time as the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Run by not-for-profit organisation the Human Rights Network, it will showcase ten feature films, which will be accompanied by seven short films and a speaker panel.

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Clean Green image not seen at AUT

Written by By Kay Louise Gould Monday, 19 May 2008

New Zealand’s clean green image is nowhere to be seen around AUT’s student accommodation with Wellesley Student Apartments (WSA) lacking in recycling despite the current system in place on the City and North Shore Campuses.
Wellesley Student Apartments manager Rachael Hutchison says the reason there is no recycling system is because the students did not cooperate with the previous system which led to AUT’s Campus Services taking it away.
“The recycling system we had in place last year was taken away from us because the students did not use it effectively and were mixing their rubbish and not dumping it in the allocated area,” she says.

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Massey Celebrates Achievement in Hotness

Written by By Andrew Vuong Monday, 12 May 2008

In the competitive world of tertiary education, attracting students to your university is hard work, so the folks at Massey decided to go for the proven “sex sells” approach. Rhonda Grant, a 22-year-old former Massey University student, finished third in the Miss Universe New Zealand beauty pageant last month. The university deemed this achievement news-worthy and posted it on to its website, replete with a picture of the science graduate kneeling on the beach in a bikini. The Association of University Staff took umbrage at this and condemned the article as “one of the most banal news features emanating from a university this year.”

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PILOT Project at AUT

Written by noname Monday, 12 May 2008

A group of AUT art students are showcasing an exhibition this week at St Paul 3 to display the talents the Art School has on offer. The PILOT Project is a paper within the Bachelor of Visual Arts focusing on the professional aspect of one’s art practice. PILOT is basically a bunch of art students getting together and running a show from scratch; dealing with all the bells and whistles, including which artworks of theirs to show and how to show them, what food to serve (if any), catalogues, and organising sponsorship. Basically, everything you don’t see when at a gallery opening.

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Anti-fur campaigners standing up for the little guys

Written by By Keira Stephenson Monday, 12 May 2008

Most people baulk at buying mink coats, but animal fur, probably even cat and dog, still finds its way into New Zealand as jacket collars and toys for pets, says animal rights activist John Darroch. Darroch has been campaigning against fur with Auckland Animal Action since he saw footage of animals being tortured in a factory-farming movie when he was 15. He says the group has had a lot of success in getting fur out of fashion stores, largely due to all the public education done by anti-fur activists in the 1970s.

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