X-Nico

2 unusual facts about University of Waikato


Tsunami bomb

Analysis of the declassified documents in 1999 by the University of Waikato suggested the weapon would be viable.

William Arthur Sewell

He returned to New Zealand in 1965 to become professor of English at the University of Waikato until he retired in 1969.


Ben Goertzel

Before entering the software industry, he served as a university faculty in several departments of mathematics, computer science and cognitive science, including the University of Nevada, City University of New York, the University of Waikato, and the University of Western Australia.

Prognosis Show

The Prognosis Show was a Progressive rock radio show hosted by Richard Stockwell which aired on Contact 89 FM, a student radio station based at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Theresa Gattung

Gattung was educated at McKillop College, Rotorua, the University of Waikato (Bachelor of Management Studies in marketing) and Victoria University of Wellington (Bachelor of Laws)


see also

Healy Trough

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Terry R. Healy, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, who, with John Shaw, published observations on the formation of the Labyrinth following a visit in the 1975-76 season.