Feature Article
10 December 2024
Joshua Brown (Tainui, Ngaati Te Ata) grew up dreaming of becoming a builder. After a decade working as a labourer, he’s downing tools and picking up a stethoscope instead.
Sustainable impact
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10 December 2024
The University of Auckland has been ranked in the top one percent of universities worldwide for sustainability in the latest QS rankings for sustainability.
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9 December 2024
Earth Observation Laboratory Aotearoa has opened the doors to a treasure trove of data for the public good.
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4 December 2024
The concept of Buen vivir has helped older Latin Americans in Auckland to connect with their community, culture and the natural world.
Arts and culture
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11 December 2024
Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren. Songs can’t get stuck in their heads. They have no inner voices.
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9 December 2024
There are higher-than-normal odds of bumping into a mathematician in Auckland this week.
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9 December 2024
Selina Tusitala Marsh was MC at this year's Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours Awards, where she wove the awardees scientific achievements into verse.
Business and economy
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11 December 2024
The hidden struggles of expatriates inside Kabul’s fortified compounds are explored by doctoral candidate Sam Mackay.
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2 December 2024
Professor Andhov delves into the gap between the rapid evolution of AI and the legal systems that might regulate it.
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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.
Education and society
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10 December 2024
The University of Auckland has been ranked in the top one percent of universities worldwide for sustainability in the latest QS rankings for sustainability.
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29 November 2024
Analysis: Will an AI teaching assistant be better received if it's warm and friendly or professional and competent?
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29 November 2024
What young people in Aotearoa most need to thrive is the focus of Our Voices, a project led by the University of Auckland, and an exhibition at Auckland Museum opening 4 December.
Environment
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9 December 2024
Earth Observation Laboratory Aotearoa has opened the doors to a treasure trove of data for the public good.
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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.
Health and medicine
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13 December 2024
What makes for a healthy life at each stage of our journey? The Liggins Institute's focus on this big question has driven a year of leading research and achievement.
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13 December 2024
A doctoral researcher, Nicki Macklin, has defined kindness in healthcare, as distinct from compassion and empathy.
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12 December 2024
A $600,000 award gives University of Auckland researcher Catherine Morgan the freedom to focus full-time on research to predict dementia.
Politics and law
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12 December 2024
Two decades after its creation, is the Supreme Court hearing the right cases and meeting its statutory objectives? A new book critically examines its performance.
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11 December 2024
The hidden struggles of expatriates inside Kabul’s fortified compounds are explored by doctoral candidate Sam Mackay.
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10 December 2024
Analysis: Claims of judicial activism are reigniting debates about the roles of judges, courts and parliament in lawmaking, Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere explores.
Science and technology
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14 January 2026
AI-powered MRIs could cut the potentially toxic dyes used in traditional MRIs by up to 80 percent, but will patients embrace AI-driven brain scans?
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11 December 2024
Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren. Songs can’t get stuck in their heads. They have no inner voices.
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University news
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12 June 2028
The Associate Dean Pacific of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Sir Collin Tukuitonga hosted the Pacific Health Research Symposium 2022 at the Te Tai Tonga campus on Wednesday 30 November.
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12 December 2027
A group of 25 education students recently graduated in front of proud whānau in the Tai Tokerau June ceremony.
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13 December 2024
What makes for a healthy life at each stage of our journey? The Liggins Institute's focus on this big question has driven a year of leading research and achievement.
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.
