Feature Article
7 November 2024
Feature: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
Sustainable impact
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7 November 2024
Marsden Fund grants will support engineering researchers in projects exploring public health, climate adaptation and cultural heritage.
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7 November 2024
University of Auckland to host the 2nd Faculty of Science Pacific Research Symposium at Fale Pasifika showcasing new research developments 11 - 13 November.
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7 November 2024
Feature: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
Arts and culture
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14 November 2024
A cohort of Indigenous and Pacific changemakers have been selected as the 2025 Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, a partnership between Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and the University of Melbourne.
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12 November 2024
Over 12 years in the making, new book Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art explores the vibrant legacy of toi Māori.
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11 November 2024
A dark comedy by successful screenwriter Gavin Strawhan has won the University of Auckland Phoenix Prize for the best Master of Creative Writing dissertation.
Business and economy
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15 November 2024
Operating like a spell checker for toxic language, a new tool flags potentially harmful messages before they are sent, encouraging users to reconsider their words.
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14 November 2024
Opinion: A well-resourced university and science system is critical to maintain a competitive edge, says Darsel Keane.
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7 November 2024
Feature: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
Education and society
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12 November 2024
What’s the collective noun for a crowd of mathematicians... a set, a class, an enumeration?
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11 November 2024
Opinion: The Government’s approach to redress for the survivors of abuse in care will be judged in comparison with measures taken overseas, says Stephen Winter;
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8 November 2024
Dr Gavin Ellis says, given journalism is an indispensable part of the engine that drives our democracy, more must be done to convince the public to care about it.
Environment
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7 November 2024
Feature: Now, more than ever, we need to develop new, ‘clean’ technologies that help create a more environmentally sustainable future. Owen Poland meets academic and alumni innovators in New Zealand’s fast-growing cleantech sector.
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1 November 2024
Opinion: Aotearoa New Zealand is a biodiversity hotspot, defined as a global centre of high biodiversity with a high proportion of species under threat. So where was New Zealand at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Colombia?
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26 October 2024
Opinion: Even though we have known about fungi for hundreds of years, they've only been officially recognised since 1969. But where would we be without them, wonders Maj Padamsee.
Health and medicine
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12 November 2024
The Poetical Lobe Anthology comprises verse penned by people with neurological conditions.
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11 November 2024
Opinion: The WHO has adopted the Global Strategy for Cervical Cancer Elimination with Rwanda and Scotland leading the way in achieving that goal, while New Zealand is dragging the chain says Helen Petousis-Harris.
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8 November 2024
Analysis: Infectious diseases specialist Mark Thomas explains what to look out for if something you’ve eaten has gone down wrong and, as it did recently with over 100 university students, comes back up.
Politics and law
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14 November 2024
Opinion: John Morgan uses geography to make sense of the Trump re-election and concludes he appealed to left-behind people in left-behind places.
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5 November 2024
Opinion: Many bettors wagered on a Trump win - not from belief, but by following others - creating a potentially misleading consensus.
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4 November 2024
Opinion: Former PM Sir John Key said Donald Trump would be good for US economy, but Neal Curtis wonders if we can separate the US presidential candidate’s economic policies from fascist characteristics.
Science and technology
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14 November 2024
A new project will address critical gaps in satellite technology to support the agriculture industry across New Zealand and Australia.
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7 November 2024
Marsden Fund grants will support engineering researchers in projects exploring public health, climate adaptation and cultural heritage.
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7 November 2024
University of Auckland to host the 2nd Faculty of Science Pacific Research Symposium at Fale Pasifika showcasing new research developments 11 - 13 November.
University news
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15 November 2024
University researchers recognised as future leaders with a total of $6.56m in Royal Society fellowships.
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6 November 2024
A Marsden Fund Council grant of $3m for a nationwide programme to understand the factors children need to succeed in life is a feature in the 2024 Marsden funding round.
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4 November 2024
A summary of the sixth annual report on sustainability from the University of Auckland shows good progress.
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.
