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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Feature Article

Award winners holding up their awards

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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Environment

  • Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa

    21 November 2024

    Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa has won a prestigious award in recognition of his research which blends mātauranga Māori and Western science.

  • Cleantech illustration by Jericho Jayme

    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.

  • Tui on kowhai tree in flower

    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?

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