Feature Article

11 March 2025
The doors have opened at He Āhuru Mōwai – a special space dedicated to enhancing the well-being and success of tauira Māori.
Sustainable impact
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14 March 2025
Researchers have developed technology that helps timber buildings survive major earthquakes and recover afterwards.
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13 March 2025
AI experts from New Zealand are partnering with German researchers to address the growing problem of phone battery waste.
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12 March 2025
Opinion: Stressed marine environments can turn from carbon sinks to sources, writes Professor Simon Thrush.
Arts and culture
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11 March 2025
Known for launching the careers of some of the country’s most notable musicians, the 57th National Concerto Competition features two talented young finalists taught by Stephen De Pledge from the University of Auckland.
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9 March 2025
Tamar Torrance explores how viewing art on a screen differs from seeing it in person, and whether virtual reality can offer a similar aesthetic experience
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6 March 2025
The first comprehensive survey of Māori art from precolonial times to the present day has been shortlisted in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Business and economy
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11 March 2025
Comment: We can’t put our heads in the sand and ignore the rising fiscal pressures that come with an ageing population, says Susan St John.
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7 March 2025
The skills and insights shaped by gender can be a game-changer for women in entrepreneurship.
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5 March 2025
With an ageing population set to strain the pension system, economist Susan St John proposes a way to reduce costs without deep cuts.
Education and society
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11 March 2025
The doors have opened at He Āhuru Mōwai – a special space dedicated to enhancing the well-being and success of tauira Māori.
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11 March 2025
Opinion: It pays not to leap to support ‘equality’ without first asking who it will apply to, who benefits and who doesn’t, argues Avril Bell.
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8 March 2025
Comment: Should New Zealanders be concerned about the rights of women, given the global rollback of human rights? Professor Liz Beddoe argues we can’t take anything for granted.
Environment
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13 March 2025
Comment: The expansion of satellite activity has, in part, led to the increased push by certain communities to seek DarkSky certification. Salene Schloffel-Armstrong and Robin Kearns report.
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12 March 2025
Opinion: Stressed marine environments can turn from carbon sinks to sources, writes Professor Simon Thrush.
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11 March 2025
Opinion: After a summer of sharks, here’s a tale to top them all, writes Professor Rochelle Constantine.
Health and medicine
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12 March 2025
Brain scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease linked to repeated head blows.
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7 March 2025
Age is no barrier to playing hockey at a national level for Suzanne Jackson from the University of Auckland - but why is there so little media coverage of masters sport?
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7 March 2025
Diabetic women are twice as likely to get heart disease than diabetic men, but most research focuses on men. When her mum got diagnosed with type 2, Iranian-born Maryam Rahmani wanted to change that.
Politics and law
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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.
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7 March 2025
Opinion: The Government got a few things right in its new stalking bill, but in some ways it will actually weaken protections for victims, writes Carrie Leonetti.
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3 March 2025
Drawing on her family’s heritage as educators has helped Dr Suliana Mone inspire the next generation of legal minds.
Science and technology
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14 March 2025
Researchers have developed technology that helps timber buildings survive major earthquakes and recover afterwards.
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13 March 2025
AI experts from New Zealand are partnering with German researchers to address the growing problem of phone battery waste.
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9 March 2025
Tamar Torrance explores how viewing art on a screen differs from seeing it in person, and whether virtual reality can offer a similar aesthetic experience
University news
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13 March 2025
UniServices has a new CEO, Dr Greg Murison, following the retirement of Dr Andy Shenk.
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12 March 2025
With 27 subjects in the world's top 100 in the QS 2025 Subject Rankings, the University of Auckland is showing strength across a broad range of disciplines.
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4 March 2025
The University of Auckland has launched Ingenious, a podcast taking a deep dive into the world and minds of researchers. The first episode explores the science behind lactose intolerance and how a 5,000-year-old genetic mutation determines whether milk is friend or foe.
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.