{"id":5485,"date":"2017-02-01T11:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2017-02-02T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T23:07:49","slug":"kia-ora-and-welcome-to-thesislink-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/?p=5485","title":{"rendered":"Kia ora and Welcome to Thesislink 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ko te mutunga oranga, he t\u012bmatatanga kaha!<\/em>\u00a0 <em>Winning starts with beginning!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the start of a new year and with the new year comes new beginnings,\u00a0goals and\u00a0aspirations. For M\u0101ori the koru or silver fern frond uncurling\u00a0symbolises a new beginning, a new start or the spirit of rejuvenation.\u00a0 So it seems appropriate to\u00a0start the year off with this symbol.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5486\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/koru-1091917_960_720.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"koru-1091917_960_720\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/koru-1091917_960_720.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/koru-1091917_960_720.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/koru-1091917_960_720.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/koru-1091917_960_720.jpg?resize=750%2C500&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesislink.aut.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/koru-1091917_960_720.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year we have lots of interesting blog posts lined up for you.\u00a0\u00a0We begin next week with a post about doctoral oral exam surprises.\u00a0This post will be followed with tips for transforming your published paper into a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>At Thesislink we would love <strong>more<\/strong> feedback. In fact, there will be a couple of posts about <strong>feedback<\/strong> which will be posted in February. In the meantime, if you would like to write a blog post for Thesislink or have an idea you want us to write about\u00a0please leave a comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to Hazel Abraham for the whakatauki \/M\u0101ori proverb<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ko te mutunga oranga, he t&#299;matatanga kaha!&nbsp; Winning starts with beginning! It&rsquo;s the start of a new year and with the new year comes new beginnings,&nbsp;goals and&nbsp;aspirations. 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