Feature Article
18 February 2025
The Applied Doctoral Scheme was launched by Minister Hon Dr Shane Reti at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute today.
Sustainable impact
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20 February 2025
International report co-authored by University of Auckland shows hundreds of thousands die each year through lack of access to medical oxygen.
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19 February 2025
Businesses can cut energy waste by creating a workplace where saving power feels encouraged, not enforced, research shows.
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17 February 2025
Three women are running a cancer clinical trial with a difference at the University of Auckland and Auckland City Hospital.
Arts and culture
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26 January 2025
Opinion: Public buildings offer a unique opportunity to create architectural experiences that belong to the whole community, which is what makes investing in quality civic design so vital, says Sarosh Mulla.
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22 January 2025
Opinion: Neal Curtis reflect on the forces behind the veil of pomp at the Trump inauguration.
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11 December 2024
Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren. Songs can’t get stuck in their heads. They have no inner voices.
Business and economy
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20 February 2025
Mark Zuckerberg wants business to ‘man up’, but what it really needs is more women entrepreneurs, say Darsel Keane and Rod McNaughton.
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19 February 2025
Businesses can cut energy waste by creating a workplace where saving power feels encouraged, not enforced, research shows.
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18 February 2025
Opinion: Wealthy migrants aren’t necessarily entrepreneurial migrants, so Brent Burmester wonders why the Government is revising pay-for-residency visas despite research failing to find economic justification for them?
Education and society
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19 February 2025
School friendships and social connections are vital to positive student experiences so need to be actively fostered, according to findings from the Our Voices project at the University of Auckland
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28 January 2025
While most children will soon be back at school, some will struggle to attend regularly, and a new report looks at why and what can be done about it.
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23 December 2024
Opinion: Latest international test results don't support the Government’s narrative about maths teaching. Lisa Darragh, Raewyn Eden and David Pomeroy ask what's really behind the apparent 'crisis'.
Environment
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4 February 2025
Opinion: Taking Shane Jones’ provocations seriously distracts from the fact his minerals strategy sets the playing field to transform the sector through responsible and sustainable practices, says Professor JR Rowland.
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15 January 2025
Analysis: Thomas Dowling and Te Kahuratai Moko-Painting provided New Zealand perspectives to a global initative calling for sustainable development in space.
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8 January 2025
Analysis: Now is a good time to build resilience to weather extremes as new research shows prospects for even more ocean warming, says Kevin Trenberth.
Health and medicine
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20 February 2025
International report co-authored by University of Auckland shows hundreds of thousands die each year through lack of access to medical oxygen.
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18 February 2025
Opinion: NZ must not follow Trump in wanting to cut health research overheads for grants, or his ditching of diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, says Peter Davis.
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18 February 2025
Science Minister Shane Reti chose the Auckland Bioengineering Institute as the venue to announce a new PhD funding scheme.
Politics and law
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12 February 2025
Conflict expert Dr Thomas Gregory has written the first book to show how civilian protection can be weaponised to enable and excuse the harm inflicted on civilians in wars.
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7 February 2025
Opinion: Our connections to the Pacific and traditionally independent approach to international politics puts us in a prime position to play an important leadership role, says Guy Fiti Sinclair.
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5 February 2025
Taylor Swift’s re-recordings rocked the music industry - can other artists reclaim their music too? A journal article explores the options.
Science and technology
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12 February 2025
Dr Bryan Ruddy’s first foray into robots came through fight-to-the-death BattleBot combat. Now he builds robots designed to help humans live better lives
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12 February 2025
Opinion: We need more women studying STEM subjects, to help inform that way we better health problems that are specific to women and girls, says Jenny Kruger and Kelly Burrowes.
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10 February 2025
Opinion: The Government’s changes to blue-skies research funding is at odds with its growth plan, and flies in the face of the idea that ‘basic scientific research is scientific capital’, says Austen Ganley.
University news
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18 February 2025
The Applied Doctoral Scheme was launched by Minister Hon Dr Shane Reti at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute today.
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18 February 2025
Waipapa Taumata Rau has been recognised as one of the top 200 universities globally in the Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings.
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10 February 2025
Two prominent US-based New Zealanders are behind an innovative programme where local businesses will host interns from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
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.
