Feature Article
14 January 2025
Children with traumatic experiences have a higher risk of obesity – but this can be turned around.
Sustainable impact
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15 January 2025
An environmental law expert examines some of the arguments in the International Court of Justice’s landmark climate change hearing.
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15 January 2025
Analysis: Thomas Dowling and Te Kahuratai Moko-Painting provided New Zealand perspectives to a global initative calling for sustainable development in space.
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9 January 2025
Analysis: Ocean temperatures are the most reliable indicator of a warming planet. Kevin Trenberth explains how 2024 was a year with a stark warning.
Arts and culture
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11 December 2024
Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren. Songs can’t get stuck in their heads. They have no inner voices.
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9 December 2024
Selina Tusitala Marsh was MC at this year's Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Awards, where she wove the awardees scientific achievements into verse.
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2 December 2024
A reading room and exhibition area has opened in the University Library. Its first exhibition highlights pioneering creatives who helped revolutionise Māori modernism.
Business and economy
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15 January 2025
Analysis: As global trends reshape industries, local startups could take the lead. Rod McNaughton details eight key trends set to define their path in 2025.
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13 January 2025
Analysis: Even in a tough economic climate, there are ways small and medium-sized businesses can improve their prospects in 2025.
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11 December 2024
The hidden struggles of expatriates inside Kabul’s fortified compounds are explored by doctoral candidate Sam Mackay.
Education and society
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18 December 2024
What educational success might look like for Māori is the focus of a new book by Dr Maia Hetaraka from Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland.
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10 December 2024
The University of Auckland has been ranked in the top one percent of universities worldwide for sustainability in the latest QS rankings for sustainability.
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6 December 2024
Opinion: Cutting social sciences and humanities from NZ’s ‘blue skies’ research funding means dark times for independent thought, says Tom Baker.
Environment
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15 January 2025
Analysis: Thomas Dowling and Te Kahuratai Moko-Painting provided New Zealand perspectives to a global initative calling for sustainable development in space.
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9 January 2025
Analysis: Ocean temperatures are the most reliable indicator of a warming planet. Kevin Trenberth explains how 2024 was a year with a stark warning.
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17 December 2024
As the climate crisis intensifies, a new report reveals how extreme heat, rising seas, and disease threaten millions across Small Island Nations.
Health and medicine
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15 January 2025
The University of Auckland-led project plans to develop a tool to predict the risk and mitigate the effect of flu and other respiratory illness.
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15 January 2025
Analysis: Shruti Sharma and Brigid Ryan have completed the first study of the diagnostic pathway of young-onset dementia in New Zealand.
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14 January 2025
Children with traumatic experiences have a higher risk of obesity – but this can be turned around.
Politics and law
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15 January 2025
An environmental law expert examines some of the arguments in the International Court of Justice’s landmark climate change hearing.
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15 January 2025
Aotearoa's family courts should take note of the UK’s stance on parental alienation, writes Carrie Leonetti.
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13 January 2025
Opinion: Scrutinising even the smallest changes on either side of the political spectrum is crucial in protecting democracy, writes doctoral candidate Joshua Greenwood.
Science and technology
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11 December 2024
Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren. Songs can’t get stuck in their heads. They have no inner voices.
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University news
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13 January 2025
Two new leadership roles have been made in the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation.
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31 December 2024
Dr Makarena Dudley and Dr Rachel Simon-Kumar have been made Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit among other University people in the 2025 New Year Honours.
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17 December 2024
The University of Auckland's men's football team will represent Oceania at the 2025 FISU Football World Cup. Captain Connor Turton explains how they got this far.
The Challenge
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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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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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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.
