Feature Article
17 April 2025
Professor Boyd Swinburn has won the 2025 Critic and Conscience of Society Award in recognition of his advocacy for health policy action.
Sustainable impact
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28 April 2025
University of Auckland scientists are finalists in a global competition for solutions to the ecological crisis.
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17 April 2025
Recent research shows microplastics make up about 0.5 percent of our brains, says French plastics expert Professor Nathalie Gontard.
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17 April 2025
Important lessons from historic Oceania Seabird Symposium highlight need for collaborative efforts to protect seabird populations.
Arts and culture
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28 April 2025
Ingenious podcast: Citizens' Assemblies – ordinary people coming together to make tough political decisions – are gaining traction in a world where traditional democracy is under fire.
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13 April 2025
Opinion: The very same masculinist ideology portrayed in the much talked-about show ‘Adolescence’ is espoused in the words and actions of powerful adult men on the world’s largest political stages, says Nicola Gavey.
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11 April 2025
University of Auckland graduate Lalitpat Chomchoei has been selected as a finalist for a major Australasian design and architecture award.
Business and economy
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23 April 2025
Analysis: Trump's tariffs are shifting the global order, and NZ and similar economies could pursue strategic bilateral trade agreements in response. But a renewed vigour for multilateralism would be even better, says Asha Sundaram.
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17 April 2025
Analysis: The fate of a customer database with sensitive personal data about millions of New Zealanders is uncertain.
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10 April 2025
As more New Zealanders rent and rents continue to climb, new research shows government support is failing to ease housing stress.
Education and society
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28 April 2025
Ingenious podcast: Citizens' Assemblies – ordinary people coming together to make tough political decisions – are gaining traction in a world where traditional democracy is under fire.
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14 April 2025
The perspectives of young people, the largest population engaging in online gaming spaces are often ignored in research. A new report shows an urgent need for more research in this area.
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1 April 2025
Analysis: We probably should ban engineered stone, but we also need to invest in education campaigns to raise awareness about the long-term risks of industrial dust exposure more widely says Kristiann Allen, Anne Bardsley and Jenny Salmond.
Environment
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9 April 2025
The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity grids.
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1 April 2025
Learning to garden changed University of Auckland professional teaching fellow Daniel Kelly – and he wants to spread the seeds of that change.
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27 March 2025
If you’re battling a plague of wasps right now, you’re not alone, says University of Auckland Professor Jacqueline Beggs.
Health and medicine
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24 April 2025
What is Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and why is so difficult to recognise and treat?
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17 April 2025
Professor Boyd Swinburn has won the 2025 Critic and Conscience of Society Award in recognition of his advocacy for health policy action.
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16 April 2025
Commentary: Improved learning and memory? Enhanced mood? Clare Wall explains why you should opt for darker chocolate as you browse the aisles this Easter.
Politics and law
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9 April 2025
Comment: Grant Duncan looks back as the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks, a career is remarkable for its many ups and downs sheer longevity.
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4 April 2025
The impacts of US politics on New Zealand will be examined by former UK High Commissioner Phil Goff and University of Auckland experts on 10 April.
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17 March 2025
A tax revolution is underway as countries put domestic laws ahead of global treaties, says Professor Craig Elliffe, whose research on the topic is up for a prestigious award.
Science and technology
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28 April 2025
Human modification and extreme rainfall triggered 19 landslides on pa site terraces on Maungakiekie two years ago, researchers have found.
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24 April 2025
Auckland Bioengineering Institute's polymer-powered robot fish has had its first outing – a very public swim at a conference in Vancouver.
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17 April 2025
Important lessons from historic Oceania Seabird Symposium highlight need for collaborative efforts to protect seabird populations.
University news
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15 April 2025
With a clear and recognisable design, the refreshed University of Auckland logo brings a modern look while preserving its rich history.
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11 April 2025
Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
The Challenge
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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
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25 March 2025
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute blend art with science to explore and understand the mysteries of human and animal physiology.
