{"id":5,"date":"2012-11-14T22:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T22:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dev.unitec.ac.nz\/advance\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-11-26T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:57:31","slug":"research-at-unitec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/UnitecResearchBlog\/index.php\/research-at-unitec\/","title":{"rendered":"Research at Unitec"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/UnitecResearchBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/stream-samples-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Samples taken from the Wairaka Stream on Unitec's Mt Albert Campus\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/UnitecResearchBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/stream-samples-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/UnitecResearchBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/stream-samples.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Research at Unitec is applied, practical, collaborative and often industry-partnered. It gives staff and students the opportunity to be creative and innovative while making positive and powerful changes in our industries, our communities and our wh\u0101nau\/iwi\/h\u0101pu. We give priority to research that makes a difference. We are also part of the wider research community across Aotearoa&#8217;s network of ITPs (Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics), working together to support our stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog is a window to some of the work we are doing. Join us and find out what is going on in the fascinating world of research at Unitec. Click <u>here<\/u> to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn more about <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/research\">research at Unitec<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unitec Research Centres include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ng\u0101 Wai a te T\u016bi, M\u0101ori and Indigenous Research Centre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing kaupapa M\u0101ori research to support Indigenous innovation and M\u0101ori development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:ngawaiatetui@unitec.ac.nz\">ngawaiatetui@unitec.ac.nz<\/a> <br>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ngawaiatetui.org.nz%2Fabout-us%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpthomson%40unitec.ac.nz%7C00f70fde98c44827044e08da1c1afcba%7C80f389b273804b67b5277f711a578130%7C0%7C0%7C637853199491676120%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=8cmYgBIjgmphYO2AKmZQ3eQ%2Fs15frTg%2F1J%2FpRxrUGRw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/research-and-enterprise\/nga-wai-a-te-tui-maori-and-indigenous-research-centre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applied Molecular Solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By using existing and emerging technologies, and working to develop and validate new ones, we can address problems raised by the industries and communities that we work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: Dr Sarah Wells <a href=\"mailto:swells@unitec.ac.nz\">swells@unitec.ac.nz<\/a>&nbsp;<br>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/\">unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Digital Heritage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all heritage can be physically retained, and much has been lost. 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