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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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.
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11 December 2024
Dr Stacy-Ria Harlee Te Kurapa-King, a kaihaka and trailblazer in health sciences, will begin her journey as a doctor in January.
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11 December 2024
New junior doctor Tarah Fepulea’i received a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree at the Auckland Town Hall on 10 December.
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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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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10 December 2024
Professor Markus Luczak-Roesch is the Co-Director of Te Pūnaha Matatini, Aotearoa New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence for Complex Systems, hosted by the University of Auckland.
University news
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10 December 2024
Professor Sir Richard Faull, director of the Centre for Brain Research, awarded prestigious honour from University of Otago.
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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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2 December 2024
In its latest funding round the Health Research Council has awarded funding to researchers at the University of Auckland.
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.
