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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8 September 2028
Dilys Johns, a Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Auckland, has received a lifetime achievement award for her work conserving taonga found in wet sites throughout Aotearoa.
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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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10 April 2025
Doctoral candidate Sainimere Boladuadua is undertaking a Fulbright fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, she recently delivered a lecture focusing on the Pacific.
Arts and culture
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11 December 2028
Ron Te Kawa’s unmissable quilted wall-hanging is a recent addition to the University of Auckland art collection.
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18 March 2028
Opinion: Māori construction is everywhere, all we need to do is open our eyes and our minds to include it in our city’s ever-evolving story, writes Deidre Brown.
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11 April 2025
University of Auckland graduate Lalitpat Chomchoei has been selected as a finalist for a major Australasian design and architecture award.
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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9 April 2025
Analyisis: Unlike cities grappling with over-tourism, such as Amsterdam and Lisbon, New Zealand cities can benefit from short-term rentals says Elham Bahmanteymouri.
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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.
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 April 2025
Doctoral candidate Sainimere Boladuadua is undertaking a Fulbright fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, she recently delivered a lecture focusing on the Pacific.
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8 April 2025
Auckland researchers are looking for funding to investigate a brain pressure marker which could potentially signpost cognitive decline risk 20-30 years before symptoms appear.
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4 April 2025
His clinical work has helped the hearts of Olympic gold-medal winners; now cardiologist Professor Martin Stiles has been acknowledged by the University of Auckland for the impact of his research.
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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11 April 2025
Dr David Krofcheck has been awarded as part of the team discovering new realities with the Large Hadron Collider.
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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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11 April 2025
Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland.
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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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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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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.