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Michael Gifkins Prize
Ruby
Porter.
WRITEFEST is
designed so participants can choose their own adventure. The
programme offers a range of workshops covering topics such
as short story writing, self editing, plot planning,
creative writing and more! Participants can register for
workshops that appeal to them, and have the option of
attending workshops for the whole day, the morning or
afternoon, or even just popping in for a few
sessions.
Organisers
Jonathan Zsofi of
Beginner s Guide
Writing Workshops say they put together a schedule that
would appeal to both newer writers looking to dip their toes
into the world of creative writing as well as more
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 3:31 pm
Small changes can add up to larger, collective action and
Ōpōtiki Library has been considering its own plastic
footprint over recent years. This Plastic Free July has been
a good opportunity to do some analysis and put facts and
figures to the small changes it has been
making.
Library Manager, Jo Hunt, said that Plastic
Free July was a chance to people to be more conscious of how
much plastic was part of our everyday lives and make changes
that start to remove it from our habits and processes.
Plastic pollution has become one of the world’s most
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 4:03 pm
Colombian students at Southern Institute of Technology
(SIT) are counting down the days to celebrate and show their
patriotism on Colombian Independence Day, July 20th, because
this year they are having their first ever ceremony at the
Invercargill campus.
SIT staff member Adriana Rincón,
who is originally from Colombia, says there is a great deal
of excitement building for the day. It will be observed with
a flag-raising ceremony, the playing of the Colombian
national anthem - ¡Oh Gloria Inmarcesible! (Oh Unfading
Glory!), followed by a morning tea with traditional
Colombian food, from 8.30 - 9.00am on Tuesday 20th
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 10:10 am
The high risk of genetic data being misused has led
Unitec Institute of Technology and start-up company
GeneCrypt to partner in the development of a prototype
encryption system that protects the genomic data of
individuals who have had their DNA sequenced.
Over the
past decade, technological advances have made it easy and
inexpensive for anyone to have their DNA mapped. However,
the mapping of this valuable genomic data is commonly
outsourced to offshore companies, raising concerns about
adequate oversight of where it is stored or if it can be
on-sold.
Ensuring anonymity of this genomic data is