Media contacts
If you are a journalist requiring a University of Auckland expert, check the media advisers attached to each faculty or area of interest from the list. For general media queries, contact mediateam@auckland.ac.nz.
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Official Information Act requests
To request information under the Official Information Act (OIA) contact:
General media enquiries
Issues, University, Vice-Chancellor's office
Media manager
Denise Montgomery
Email: mediateam@auckland.ac.nz
Txt: (urgent enquiries) 027 349 7105
Please provide your deadline in your media requests.
Media advisers for each of the faculties are listed below.
Arts and Education
ARTS: Anthropology, culture, development studies, drama, English, global studies, history, languages, linguistics, Māori and Pacific studies, media and communication, philosophy, politics and international relations, sociology, creative writing
CREATIVE ARTS: Fine arts (Elam), music, dance, arts therapy
EDUCATION: Curriculum development, Māori medium education, educational leadership, physical education, teacher preparation for early childhood and primary and secondary education, counselling, refugee issues, social work, youth mentoring
Julianne Evans
DDI: 09 923 6589
Mobile: 027 562 5868
Email: julianne.evans@auckland.ac.nz
Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI)
Assistive and augmented human technologies, sensing technologies, virtual reality, biomimetics, computational physiology, medical devices
Nikki Mandow
Mobile: 021 174 3142
Email: nikki.mandow@auckland.ac.nz
Business
Entrepreneurship, innovation, economics, accounting, finance, commercial law, productivity, sustainability, leadership, governance, management, marketing, property, artificial intelligence, tax, retirement policy
Engineering and Design
ENGINEERING: Civil and environmental, chemical and materials, electrical computer and software engineering, engineering science, mechanical, space
DESIGN: Architecture, urban planning, urban design
Hussein Moses
Mobile: 027 361 1000
Email: hussein.moses@auckland.ac.nz
Law
Constitutional, public, human rights, indigenous rights, land and environmental, criminal law and justice, employment, family, international law and treaties, healthcare, privacy, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution
Sophie Boladeras
Mobile: 022 460 0388
Email: sophie.boladeras@auckland.ac.nz
Web: Auckland Law School
Liggins Institute
Pregnancy, birth, newborn and premature babies, child health, nutrition, diabetes, obesity, microbiome, milk digestion, genetics and disease
Māori
Te ao Māori, Māori staff, students and research, Mataurangi Māori, Te Tiriti
Te Rina Triponel
Kaitohutohu Pāpāho Māori - Media Adviser (Māori)
Mobile: 021 029 90650
Email: te.rina.triponel@auckland.ac.nz
Web: Māori life on campus
Medical and Health Sciences (FMHS)
Health, medicine, nursing, primary care, public health, obstetrics and gynaecology, child health, psychiatry, mental health, neuroscience, surgery, vision, hearing, pharmacy, nutrition, physiology, Māori and Pacific health, health equity
Jodi Yeats
Mobile: 027 202 6372
Email: jodi.yeats@auckland.ac.nz
Pacific
Moana Oceania, Pacific staff, students and research
Science
Biology, chemistry, environment, exercise, marine, mathematics, physics, psychology, statistics, space, AI
International recruitment queries
Email: int-marketing@auckland.ac.nz