Feature Article

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.
Sustainable impact
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9 January 2030
Opinion: Dr Priyanka Dhopade cautions we'll pay a heavy price unless the space industry is incentivised to develop and maintain environmental standards.
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9 November 2029
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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10 April 2025
University researchers are exploring how underground heat can be harnessed to help reduce household power bills.
Arts and culture
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29 May 20212021
In celebration of New Zealand Music Month, Godfrey de Grut, Professional Teaching Fellow from the School of Music discusses some of his favourite tracks by New Zealand musicians.
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31 January 57334
Opinion: The outpouring of support from women for Black Ferns for this historically most masculine of games has been a revelation to many, but we shouldn't be surprised, says Jennifer Curtin
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11 December 2028
School of Music alumna Larissa Kent has been awarded a 2023 Kia Ora Foundation Patricia Pratt Scholarship to support her study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM).
Business and economy
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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.
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10 April 2025
Analysis: If the Government prioritised the health of babies, it would invest more in breastfeeding support and develop a national network of milk banks rather than listening to formula milk marketing, says Gergely Toldi
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9 April 2025
The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity grids.
Education and society
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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.
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31 March 2025
A leading educator and notable dance scholar from the University's Faculty of Arts and Education have been honoured by the Royal Society Te Apārangi as Fellows.
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27 March 2025
Coming back to study with a clear goal at a small campus in her local area has been the secret to success for mature student Logan Petersen, a Bachelor of Education graduate.
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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10 December 57440
Opinion: Pacific Island nations are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19. Inaugural Associate Dean Pacific at FMHS Colin Tukuitonga explains why NZ must protect them.
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11 April 2023
A new University of Auckland study shows two in five (41 percent) children living in Auckland and Northland have one or more decayed, missing or filled tooth when they start school.
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13 October 2027
Psychedelic drug's effects on creativity are tested in the lab.
Politics and law
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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.
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10 March 2025
Analysis: We can’t keep relying on the beneficence of the SPCA to correct the under-enforcement of animal welfare problems, says Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere.
Science and technology
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26 December 2027
Alongside staff and students, hundreds of different plants and creatures find their place on the City Campus.
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10 April 2025
University researchers are exploring how underground heat can be harnessed to help reduce household power bills.
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1 April 2025
Celebrating Mātauranga Māori and Science - Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland will host its second Pūtaiao Research Symposium in Te Tai Tokerau in September.
University news
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12 March 2030
List of top scientists in the world includes University of Auckland researchers from a wide range of disciplines.
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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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27 March 2025
University of Auckland researchers have been honoured as Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to research excellence.
The Challenge
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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.
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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.