Feature Article
4 May 2024
The solution to preventing asthma attacks could be sitting on your wrist, with researchers trialling a smartwatch-based alert system.
Sustainable impact
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7 May 2026
Told at 15 to lower her ambitions, Abigail McClutchie went on to become a teacher and a doctor, crossing the stage with a PhD shaped by Māori values, leadership and community.
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7 May 2026
Georgia Pringle researched predator control and now works in the field.
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7 May 2026
Candice Tait raised more than $2 billion for start-ups around the world. Now she’s supporting female founders through her own business.
Arts and culture
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7 May 2026
A handbook on therapeutic choirs for people with brain conditions has been created by Dr Alison Talmage, a new graduate from the University of Auckland.
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7 May 2026
Business leader Dame Alison Paterson went back to studying at 85 and is graduating with a Master of Arts in Art History (First Class Honours) on 7 May.
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4 May 2026
Pacific Studies professional teaching fellow Julia Mage’au Gray crossed the finish line of her Master of Art (Dance) and immediately stepped into her doctoral studies.
Business and economy
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7 May 2026
Told at 15 to lower her ambitions, Abigail McClutchie went on to become a teacher and a doctor, crossing the stage with a PhD shaped by Māori values, leadership and community.
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7 May 2026
Candice Tait raised more than $2 billion for start-ups around the world. Now she’s supporting female founders through her own business.
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6 May 2026
OpenAI’s original purpose has been ‘hollowed out', researchers argue.
Education and society
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4 May 2026
New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
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2 May 2026
Analysis: Auckland’s landmark deal is big on promise but light on detail – and will be judged by what happens next.
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1 May 2026
Reverend Petra Zaleski shares her favourite spaces in the University's Maclaurin Chapel.
Te ao Māori
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7 May 2026
Told at 15 to lower her ambitions, Abigail McClutchie went on to become a teacher and a doctor, crossing the stage with a PhD shaped by Māori values, leadership and community.
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6 May 2026
Tiaho Wihongi-Minhinnick is the third sister in her whānau to graduate in engineering at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
Health and medicine
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7 May 2026
A handbook on therapeutic choirs for people with brain conditions has been created by Dr Alison Talmage, a new graduate from the University of Auckland.
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6 May 2026
Growing up in the shadow of Hogwarts castle, Catriona Miller might have dreamed of magic – but found power in science. Her research uses massive datasets to unlock the mysteries of human health.
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5 May 2026
Ever wanted to take a deep dive into the latest research on the human brain?
Politics and law
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7 May 2026
Sociology PhD graduate Nils Makauskas couldn't have imagined how relevant his thesis topic, the rise of far-right ideologies in the US, would still be in 2026.
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6 May 2026
OpenAI’s original purpose has been ‘hollowed out', researchers argue.
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
Science and technology
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6 May 2026
Honeybees collecting myrtle rust spores as food could be helping spread the fungal disease killing native trees, University of Auckland research reveals.
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6 May 2026
Potential risks to kids' development warrant action, according to University of Auckland scientists.
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6 May 2026
Tiaho Wihongi-Minhinnick is the third sister in her whānau to graduate in engineering at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
University news
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5 May 2026
Rising fuel prices and staff feedback have driven the accelerated rollout of a 25 percent staff subsidy
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28 April 2026
The University of Auckland has released its third annual Gender Pay Gap Report as well as its first Gender Equity Strategy and Plan.
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28 April 2026
The study of the human past through material remains, archaeology has placed in the top 30 globally six times since the subject was first ranked in 2016.
The Challenge
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2 March 2026
Piecing together how birds and humans interacted in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia hundreds of years ago is the focus of a revealing new study.
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26 February 2026
The venerable University ClockTower marks a century since its formal opening in March.
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19 January 2026
Cutting-edge tools once reserved for astronauts and data scientists are reshaping rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy.