Sustainable impact
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9 May 2024
Just days after being admitted to the Bar, masters graduate Sabina Salome Wright crossed the floor to receive her degree.
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2 May 2024
To help address the ‘polycrisis’ of climate change, biodiversity collapse and energy consumption, our cities need to be greener, healthier and more sustainable. Urban designer Zoë Avery is leading the charge.
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1 May 2024
The impacts of climate change on company values are explored in a forthcoming paper.
Arts and culture
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9 May 2024
After being immersed in te āo Māori throughout his life, Hikawai Te Nahu reflects on how his kura kaupapa Māori roots have held stong as he navigated the world of mainstream tertiary education.
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9 May 2024
Antonia Tangatakino-McIntyre has found positive ways to bridge two worlds to improve her education journey and for all Māori.
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1 May 2024
Opinion: News media are locked in a military strategist’s worst nightmare, fighting a war on multiple fronts. Media analyst, researcher and former editor Gavin Ellis suggests what could save NZ journalism
Business and economy
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9 May 2024
The Business School's Wasay Majid says there are three flaws in the accommodation supplement that need fixing.
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9 May 2024
Brothers Suraj and Niraj Ranjit, born in Nepal five years apart, graduated together this week, fulfilling a shared goal.
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1 May 2024
The impacts of climate change on company values are explored in a forthcoming paper.
Education and society
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2 May 2024
Opinion: The University of Auckland’s four Pro Vice-Chancellors outline why the University's support networks for diverse groups are so vital to academic success.
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1 May 2024
Opinion: News media are locked in a military strategist’s worst nightmare, fighting a war on multiple fronts. Media analyst, researcher and former editor Gavin Ellis suggests what could save NZ journalism
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30 April 2024
Opinion: Students at girls-only and boys-only secondary schools do better at maths and science than their peers at co-ed schools, but why, asks Tanya Evans
Environment
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2 May 2024
To help address the ‘polycrisis’ of climate change, biodiversity collapse and energy consumption, our cities need to be greener, healthier and more sustainable. Urban designer Zoë Avery is leading the charge.
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24 April 2024
New research shows low levels of PFAS in New Zealand’s drinking water – but caution is urged.
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24 April 2024
Opinion: Margaret Stanley highlights risks from letting companies bypass environmental laws.
Health and medicine
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9 May 2024
Dr Patelisio Na’a Patelisio graduates with a masters, thanks to parents Kosilio and Patinia Patelisio who sacrificed to support him through earlier medical training.
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9 May 2024
When Dr Te Piere Warahi (Ngāti Maniapoto) embarked on a doctorate about caring for kaumātua, he had no idea it would lead to changing his name and growing personally
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8 May 2024
Metua Daniel-Atutolu’s research journey into the mental health of Cook Island adolescents highlights the importance of indigenous voices in research and sheds light on a deepening crisis.
Politics and law
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9 May 2024
The fast-track law could expose future New Zealand governments to expensive trade disputes, writes Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey.
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9 May 2024
From a prison in Southern Cameroon to Auckland’s Spark Arena, social work PhD graduate Bernard Sama has travelled a long way to reach this moment.
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29 April 2024
Analysis: Swiss women won a landmark case against their government's climate strategy. Vernon Rive examines the implications for climate justice in Aotearoa.
Science and technology
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9 May 2024
Wayve's funding will be used to develop and launch the first “embodied AI” technology for self-driving vehicles.
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8 May 2024
Xichen Chen's unexpected choice to pursue a PhD came amid personal challenges that have helped to shape her engineering career.
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7 May 2024
Dr Bethany Forsythe's expertise will help efforts to identify human remains from war in Vietnam.
University news
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6 May 2024
On her first visit to New Zealand, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was the University of Auckland's guest at a showcase on research and innovation in the space sector.
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6 May 2024
The 2024 Autumn Graduation ceremonies are under way, with dedicated ceremonies for each faculty.
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2 May 2024
Prize-winning psychologist studies why humans make music.
The Challenge
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10 May 2024
Three thirsty crops, rice, wheat and maize comprise more than half of humanity's diet. In a world running out of fresh water, we need to look for a more sustainable staple food crop.
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9 May 2024
The anaesthetic gases released from one hospital in one year add as much greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as 500 return flights between Auckland and London.
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16 April 2024
Mātātaki |The Challenge: Psychologist Jade Le Grice brings a mātauranga Māori lens to complex issues, from attitudes to abortion to ending sexual violence.