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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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Award winners holding up their awards

21 November 2024

A number of University of Auckland academics have been recognised for excellence in scholarship or innovation, making a significant contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand through their research careers.

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Environment

  • Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa

    21 November 2024

    Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa has won a prestigious award in recognition of his research which blends mātauranga Māori and Western science.

  • Cleantech illustration by Jericho Jayme

    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.

  • Tui on kowhai tree in flower

    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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Health and medicine

  • The two professors  in front of screen with digital model of heart displayed

    21 November 2024

    A team creating virtual models of the heart and placenta to study links between low birth weight babies and heart disease has secured $1 million in funding.

  • Image of Sir

    20 November 2024

    Launch of Pacific Islands Report 'Sustainability and Resilience in Pacific Island Health Systems' will see world experts converge in Auckland next week.

  • Lynn Sadler, Helen Nagels, Marian Showell, Melissa Vercoe, Cindy Farquhar, Magda Bofill, Karyn Anderson, Vanessa Jordan in an atrium.

    20 November 2024

    Professor Cindy Farquhar and her research team have been honoured for influencing global fertility and gynaecology practices with a HRC Beaven Medal.

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The Challenge

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