News archive for Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Several people standing and sitting on/by metal barrels on a background of green trees

Seasonal bush walks with young Coromandel kiwis (08.02.2022)

Kiwis (self-reference used by New Zealanders) refer to their native subtropical forest with its tree giants and unique flora and fauna somewhat depreciatively as bush.

A person in yellow and orange among trees, both standing up and having been cut down

In tune with seasonality (08.02.2022)

It's noisy in the gardens, and the melody of birds, chainsaws, ice and robots keeps harmony with the seasonal rhythms of the gardens.

A small stripe of water surrounded by moss and other forest greenery

Veins of blue infrastructure (08.02.2022)

On my first day in the university gardens, the head gardener broke down the work by colour: "Green" work with plants, "grey" work with landscaping and "blue" work on water and drainage.