Feature Article
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.
Sustainable impact
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22 November 2024
B201’s architectural brilliance has been recognised at the 2024 New Zealand Architecture Awards, alongside a project by Professor Anthony Hōete.
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20 November 2024
A new study emphasises the value of a carbon tax to effectively decarbonise the economy.
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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.
Arts and culture
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24 November 2024
The 2024 theme for Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week is 'Protektim langguis an kalsa blong yumi - Protect our language and culture' 24 - 30 November.
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21 November 2024
Thousands of elderly Sāmoans now have right to New Zealand citizenship with the passing of the Restoring Citizenship Removed by Citizenship (Western Sāmoa) Act 1982.
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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.
Business and economy
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26 November 2024
Opinion: Finance Minister Nicola Willis promised change, but with stagnant growth and limited reforms, National faces mounting scrutiny, writes Robert MacCulloch.
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21 November 2024
Analysis: Nationalism is emerging as a powerful force that multinational companies cannot afford to ignore, writes Sihong Wu.
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20 November 2024
A new study emphasises the value of a carbon tax to effectively decarbonise the economy.
Education and society
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26 November 2024
How schools can better support young Asian sexual violence survivors in New Zealand is the focus of a new study from the University of Auckland.
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21 November 2024
University of Auckland professor Mark Mullins has won the top humanities medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his distinguished scholarship on religion and politics in modern Japan.
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12 November 2024
What’s the collective noun for a crowd of mathematicians... a set, a class, an enumeration?
Environment
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21 November 2024
Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa has won a prestigious award in recognition of his research which blends mātauranga Māori and Western science.
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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?
Health and medicine
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27 November 2024
The Centre for Brain Research's Autism Research Clinic aims to use genetic diagnoses to improve the lives of families of children with autism.
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26 November 2024
Professor Mike Dragunow has won the New Zealand Association of Scientists Marsden Medal, recognising his lifetime contribution to research on brain disorders.
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24 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.
Politics and law
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27 November 2024
Young people's rights to a stable home are sidelined by laws prioritising adult interests, argue two legal academics in recent research.
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22 November 2024
Opinion: A tax-free Super Fund sounds appealing, but retirees won't magically benefit without budget trade-offs.
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21 November 2024
Analysis: Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – New Zealand’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself, says Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey.
Science and technology
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25 November 2024
Opinion: The Government’s $60m investment in supercritical geothermal technology underscores the pivotal role geothermal energy will play in a more sustainable New Zealand, says John O'Sullivan.
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24 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.
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21 November 2024
Tim Angeli-Gordon's groundbreaking work on diagnosis and treatment of chronic stomach complaints using a sensor measuring electrical activity in the gut has won him the Royal Society's coveted Cooper Award for 2024
University news
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22 November 2024
B201’s architectural brilliance has been recognised at the 2024 New Zealand Architecture Awards, alongside a project by Professor Anthony Hōete.
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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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19 November 2024
Six University of Auckland academics feature in the 2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list.
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.
