Feature Article
31 December 2025
University of Auckland staff and alumni have been acknowledged in the King’s 2026 New Year Honours list, led by Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer.
Sustainable impact
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18 December 2025
Recycled shell waste from the mussel industry could soon be used to help restore New Zealand’s coasts.
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17 December 2025
Ideas for tackling ‘forever chemicals’ in central Auckland soil have blossomed into an award-winning design feat for University of Auckland graduand Marissa Porteous.
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17 December 2025
After more than three decades playing a quiet but key role at the University of Auckland, Loto Meletupe Lufetoa Lagitupu has set down her cleaning supplies.
Arts and culture
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10 December 2025
Archival recordings of Aucklanders born around 1900 are giving linguists a fresh perspective on the evolution of the New Zealand accent.
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2 December 2025
Opinion: Arts funding is not simply about revenue, there are ‘spillover effects’ that benefit sectors such as tourism and youth development, says Camilla Highfield.
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28 November 2025
The inaugural Te Pae Huinga Manu event showcased Māori-led research excellence, a key research strength at the University of Auckland.
Business and economy
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12 December 2025
Faster and cheaper - but better? The devil will lie in the detail of the new Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill, writes Bill McKay.
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11 December 2025
The "road toll" conversation typically stops at the obvious costs: injuries, deaths, emergency response. But it misses a lot, writes Tim Welch.
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10 December 2025
Analysis: Rod McNaughton asks whether New Zealand's new tertiary strategy will reward real risk takers.
Education and society
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18 December 2025
Opinion: Cambodia and Thailand have little chance of sustaining long-term peace without a regional body to monitor, investigate and enforce it, writes Chanrith Ngin.
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17 December 2025
Opinion: Opinion: The settlement of IHC’s Human Rights Review Tribunal claim from 2012 is a good education news story, and should support the development of an inclusive education system says Jude MacArthur.
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16 December 2025
Opinion: Some employees would sooner disappear into the nearest fire exit than unwrap a novelty mug in front of colleagues, writes Barbara Plester.
Te ao Māori
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18 December 2025
Jodeci Naumau’ulu-Sio wants patients and future doctors from Ōtara to find a sense of home and belonging in medicine.
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16 December 2025
From Aotearoa to Greenland and Mexico, Claire Charters' inaugural lecture examined how Indigenous self-determination is playing out around the world.
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16 December 2025
Fellowship provides potential to transform healthcare by creating affordable, accessible treatments says Dr Natalie Netzler.
Health and medicine
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19 December 2025
University of Auckland graduate Grace Wei is dedicated to helping children and teenagers navigate their way through difficult situations and into happier lives.
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18 December 2025
Jodeci Naumau’ulu-Sio wants patients and future doctors from Ōtara to find a sense of home and belonging in medicine.
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17 December 2025
Socioeconomic deprivation is linked to lower survival times and higher rates of some blood cancers, new research from the University of Auckland shows.
Politics and law
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18 December 2025
Opinion: Cambodia and Thailand have little chance of sustaining long-term peace without a regional body to monitor, investigate and enforce it, writes Chanrith Ngin.
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17 December 2025
Drug treatment courts offer a different path for people whose offending is driven by substance use.
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16 December 2025
From Aotearoa to Greenland and Mexico, Claire Charters' inaugural lecture examined how Indigenous self-determination is playing out around the world.
Science and technology
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18 December 2025
Recycled shell waste from the mussel industry could soon be used to help restore New Zealand’s coasts.
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18 December 2025
University of Auckland researchers are leading a proposal to establsh a nationwide research platform to develop next generation AI applications.
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17 December 2025
Ideas for tackling ‘forever chemicals’ in central Auckland soil have blossomed into an award-winning design feat for University of Auckland graduand Marissa Porteous.
University news
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31 December 2025
University of Auckland staff and alumni have been acknowledged in the King’s 2026 New Year Honours list, led by Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer.
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18 December 2025
University of Auckland researchers are leading a proposal to establsh a nationwide research platform to develop next generation AI applications.
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17 December 2025
Eisdell Moore Centre's new designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre recognises its leadership in addressing hearing loss and ear disease.
The Challenge
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26 November 2025
Rather than seeing the Roman Republic as a vast, imperial nation-state, it may have been more like a modern-day social media brand.
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28 October 2025
University of Auckland researchers are working on four smart ideas to enhance resilience and sustainabilty in the country's energy needs.
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21 October 2025
Sir Richard Faull, founder of the Centre for Brain Research is one of the country's most eminent scientists. On his 80th year, we celebrate his journey to explore the human brain.
