Media mentions
NZWRI is regularly mentioned in the media. A selection of articles is listed below:
Focused innovation needed to stem recession
National Business Review, 4 January 2021
Professor Gail Pacheco comments on the year ahead in the National Business Review (paywalled), the best case, the worst case, and what we can do about it.
Diversity, inclusion and ethnic communities
Honourable Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities, invites Professor Edwina Pio, our University Director of Diversity, for a Parliamentary Diwali celebration.
Māori and Pasifika female academics paid $8k less per year
AUT Director of Diversity Edwina Pio was interviewed by RNZ regarding new research showing Māori and Pasifika woman academics are paid nearly $8,000 less per year than their non-Māori and Pasifika peers.
Seven Sharp – Tuesday 1 Dec
The TVNZ 7 Sharp team discussed the 4-day work week with NZ Work Research Institute Associate Director, Professor Jarrod Haar.
Professor Pio appointed Te Kupenga academic advisory board chair
Professor Edwina Pio, was appointed chair of the academic advisory board of Te Kupenga – Catholic theological college of New Zealand.
The US's workplace safety regulator just released guidance on how to ventilate offices to decrease the airborne spread of COVID-19
Business Insider, 5 November 2020
Advice from Dr. Rachel Morrison, member of NZWRI's Wellbeing and Performance Group, has made its way into the discourse on health and safety in the office.
How to stay focused at work during the US election
Professor Jarrod Haar, NZWRI's Associate Director, joined Kate Hawkesby to discuss how employers can help their US election-obsessed staff.
Silence and sound: Diversity and the media
Director of Diversity Professor Edwina Pio made a presentation on diversity and the media to New Zealand Herald staff at their NZME headquarters.
Business School wins health funding
Member of the NZWRI Leadership Team, Associate Professor Katherine Ravenswood, and new research group member, Tago Mharapara are part of the team recently awarded funding by the Health Research Council.
Seven Sharp – Pandemic puts spotlight on sick leave for workers in New Zealand
AUT Professor of Human Resource Management and one of our Associate Directors, Jarrod Haar, joined the conversation about sick leave on Seven Sharp.
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