HARKNESS

Monthly Archives: June 2014


Harkness Fellowships Trust welcomes Government investment

The Chairman of the NZ Harkness Fellowships Trust Board, Ross Tanner, has welcomed the announcement by Iain Rennie, State Services Commissioner and Chair of the Board of the Leadership Development Centre, that the Government is to make a $2 million…

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Remembered: Ian Baumgart 1920 – 2013

by Ross Tanner The longevity of the Harkness fellowships means that sadly, from time to time, we have to farewell old friends and fellows.   One such Fellow, Ian Baumgart QSO, died on Friday 27 September, 2013 at Riverleigh Rest Home…

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From Facebook to the marae

Dr Acushla Dee O’Carroll’s Fulbright-Harkness Fellowship research trip to the US  in 2013 examined how native Hawaiians and First Nation American indigenous groups use social networks to revitalise and preserve their culture. Read this Q&A interview to find out more about…

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