Feature Article
17 October 2024
Video: Learn more about the work of Celebrating Research Excellence Award winners in the Research Excellence Medal and Research Impact Award categories.
Sustainable impact
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30 October 2024
University of Auckland students on the Future 17 course join global teams to tackle real-world challenges aligned to the UN SDGs.
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25 October 2024
Opinion: Sarosh Muller describes how new innovations are enabling architects to provide transparent data on a project’s environmental footprint.
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24 October 2024
University of Auckland researchers are working with a Gisborne iwi to tackle the pressing issues facing their remote community.
Arts and culture
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1 November 2024
It’s the tenth anniversary of a student prize championing excellence in musical theatre, established by long-time University of Auckland staffer Margaret Crannigan Allen.
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1 November 2024
From mermaids to nursemaids to 'hags', how have archetypal images of women changed since medieval times?
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29 October 2024
Kim Meredith, a proud descendant from the atoll of Fakaofo in Tokelau, is a passionate advocate for Pacific language revitalisation.
Business and economy
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30 October 2024
Analysis: Despite the growing sophistication of AI, investors prefer human expertise when it comes to stock market predictions, writes Gertjan Verdickt.
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25 October 2024
The 2024 Aotearoa Māori Business Leaders Awards celebrated business excellence on 23 October.
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23 October 2024
Analysis: Can NZ’s supply chain build enough resilience and sustainability to survive the next global crisis?
Education and society
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22 October 2024
How housing in New Zealand can better meet the needs of people with disabilities was the focus of University of Auckland BA (Hons) student Airam Magpantay’s recent internship.
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1 October 2024
OPINION: Dr Karamia Müller says examples of housing that meet the needs and aspirations for Māori and Pacific people need to be considered on a larger scale.
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26 September 2024
Netball has been the number one game for girls and women in New Zealand for a century, but we haven’t known much about its early history, until now.
Environment
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25 October 2024
Opinion: Sarosh Muller describes how new innovations are enabling architects to provide transparent data on a project’s environmental footprint.
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20 October 2024
Opinion: If we don’t address the link between kina predators and the loss of kelp forests, our coasts will remain barren and unproductive says Andrew Jeffs.
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19 October 2024
Opinion: The call to give the Hauraki Gulf a chance to recover is ultimately a good thing, but we should be aware of the fish hooks, says Simon Thrush and Conrad Pilditch.
Health and medicine
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1 November 2024
Associate Professor Vili Nosa is leading an innovative project exploring if barbershops can help deliver better health outcomes for Pacific men.
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1 November 2024
As part of the My Space series, which explores the University of Auckland's fascinating spaces and the people who work in them, Brittney Black talks about her work at the AMRF Medical Sciences Learning Centre – Whakaaro Pai.
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30 October 2024
World-leading heart researcher Professor Julian Paton has won one of the University's top research awards.
Politics and law
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1 November 2024
New Zealand’s unregulated crossbreeding industry raises animal welfare and health concerns, says Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere.
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30 October 2024
Opinion: Family Court proceedings in New Zealand enjoy a level of secrecy that's extreme by global standards, writes Carrie Leonetti.
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24 October 2024
Opinion: Philip Polkinghorne’s special treatment at trial is a glaring example of New Zealand’s two-tiered justice system, argues Carrie Leonetti.
Science and technology
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1 November 2024
Hummingbirds, butterflies, beetles, dragonflies, bees and even salamanders provide inspiration for an exploration of fairy physiology.
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16 October 2024
For the second year running the University has come out on top in Australasia in the independent Survey of Commercialisation Outcomes from Public Research.
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14 October 2024
The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is celebrating 21 years of giving students and staff an expert hand to get their innovative ideas out into the world.
University news
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20 October 2024
2024 Celebrating Research Excellence Awards evening recognises impact and innovation in research across the University of Auckland.
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17 October 2024
Video: Hear the winners of the University of Auckland's Early Career Research Excellence and Best Thesis awards for 2024 talk about their research.
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17 October 2024
Video: Learn more about the work of Celebrating Research Excellence Award winners in the Research Excellence Medal and Research Impact Award categories.
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.