22/06/2020
Travis Horton is a key member of our Frontiers Abroad team. Travis mentors our student research projects here in Aotearoa New Zealand, with many working alongside him on his ground backing whale research.
Fascinating world of humpback whales illuminated in ground-breaking, New Zealand-led study
“Humpback whales are absolutely inspiring ... they're very much like people.”
15/05/2020
Current FA students made the most of NZ lockdown and produced the People's Choice Award winning cake in RockSoc Canterbury Bake-Off. What a great looking cake!!
Firstly, we just want to thank everyone for sending in their impressive baking. We were overwhelmed with the amount of talented bakers in our RockSoc community and had a lot of fun finding our winners (it wasn’t easy)! Congratulations to our winners, we will be in contact about collection of your prizes. Once again, thank you to everyone who participated 😍 Chelsea Jack Zoe Dietrich Niku Darafshi Camryn Kluetmeier
01/05/2020
Second and third authors are two of our FA Alum!!! While in NZ their research was mentored by Ben Kennedy and Marlène Villeneuve
Whakaari (White Island) rocks hold clues to eruption risk – new research
Cracked rocks on Whakaari (White Island) act like valves allowing gas to escape and releasing the build-up of pressure that triggers volcanic ...
10/03/2020
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24/09/2019
Frontiers Abroad students have been actively presenting at GSA 2019 in Phoenix on their research undertaken while in New Zealand.
23/08/2019
Drones help solve the problem of, how on earth do you give a whale a medical?
A University of Canterbury researcher and his team are pioneering a groundbreaking way to do whale check-ups.