Breadcrumbs List.
The Challenge
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Gravitational waves set to reveal new insights on evolution of universe
29 October 2024
University researchers have joined the global challenge to understand what gravitational waves can tell us about the universe and how everything began.
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Netball the national game for women turns 100
22 October 2024
Netball is celebrating its centenery in New Zealand. Auckland University researcher Dr Margaret Henley has been digging deep in the archives.
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How to talk respectfully about genetic modification
10 October 2024
Discussion about the use of genetic modification technology outside the lab can easily become polarised. Research suggests a way to avoid this.
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Why family violence is a wider health issue
23 September 2024
University of Auckland researchers say intimate partner violence is a wider health issue that comes at a cost of many billions each year.
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Ruby's legacy: finding answers to a terrible and rare disease
23 September 2024
A young woman with the rare disease gastroparesis starved to death. Her legacy, the charity Ruby's Voice, is supporting University of Auckland research to find answers.
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Solving the mystery of Aotearoa's colourful fungi
9 September 2024
A 30-year-old theory explaining why some New Zealand fungi are so colourful has been confirmed.
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Coastlines the frontline against plastic pollution
7 August 2024
Research reveals how streams and estuaries are the key to slowing the spread of plastics in our oceans.
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The Liggins legacy
22 July 2024
Hundreds of thousands of babies worldwide owe their lives to the modest scientist who gave his name to the Liggins Institute.
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Have a kōrero and take the time to sit and listen
24 June 2024
How a bioengineer and a health advocate are changing the way researchers partner with Māori.
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Our tiniest bird sparks rethink in avian evolution
20 June 2024
University of Auckland research leads to a rethink of how vocal learning has evolved in birds.
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Multinationals: what about their local employees?
15 May 2024
When it comes to research on multinational corporations, for every 50 papers about the expatriate employees, there is one paper on the local employees.
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Dislocation in an age of ever more connection
14 May 2024
In an increasingly unstable world, 30,000 people become refugees each day. Their experience will likely be traumatic. But should trauma alone define how refugees are treated?