Resources

Guidelines to support filling in of summer studentship application forms. 

Application forms for 2024 Te Niwha Summer Studentships. 

Guidelines to support filling in of summer studentship application forms. 

Application forms for 2024 Te Niwha Summer Studentships. 

We are interested in hearing from students and supervisors about gaps in research support, for example for internships. 

Avian influenza (HPAI) is evolving and presents a growing threat globally. Te Niwha, the national infectious diseases research platform, hosted a webinar on 22 May 2024 to provide expert information on the virus, surveillance, research activities, and how Aotearoa New Zealand is preparing for an animal or human case.

Te Niwha shares with you this recording of a Sydney ID Distinguished Lecture, hosted by the University of Sydney. The lecture was given by Professor Thijs Kuiken, Professor of Comparative Pathology at the Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam: ‘The expansion of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza’. 

The lecture:

The currently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5 causes illness and death in wild and domestic birds and mammals, as well as in humans.

The virus evolved from the Goose / Guangdong lineage of HPAI H5 virus, which emerged in commercial poultry in China in 1996, spilled over into wild birds, and spread through Asia, Europe, Africa by 2006, North America by 2021, South America by 2023, and Antarctica starting in 2024.

To prevent more of such emerging infectious disease events in wildlife, livestock and humans from happening in the future, a paradigm shift is needed in infectious disease prevention and control.

Information on the Kia Niwha Leader Fellowship programme, and application guidelines. 

Application form to use for the Kia Niwha Leader Fellowship programme.

CV template for Kia Niwha Leader Fellowship applications. 

This spreadsheet comprises part A of the report “Likely future pandemic agents and scenarios: An epidemiological and public health framework” and should be read alongside the framework.

This is the executive summary of the report “Likely future pandemic agents and scenarios: An epidemiological and public health framework”. The report was commissioned to support Te Manatū Hauora, the Public Health Agency and decision makers and partners involved in pandemic planning.

The full report “Likely future pandemic agents and scenarios: An epidemiological and public health framework” and accompanying spreadsheet was commissioned to support Te Manatū Hauora, the Public Health Agency and decision makers and partners involved in pandemic planning to ensure we are well-prepared for future pandemics.  This document is motivated by the need for a more comprehensive approach that considers a range of likely scenarios and agents, new technologies, and learnings from the COVID-19 experience.