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Looking to the stars with your feet on the ground

15 October 2020

Opinion: The space sector is one where technological marvels are widely celebrated. This creativity is inspiring, but it also has drawbacks, writes Nicholas Borroz.
Are Covid lockdowns dictatorships by stealth?

15 October 2020

Opinion: Australia and New Zealand have shown that democracies can be just as successful as the most autocratic regimes in combating Covid-19, writes Gehan Gunasekara.
Heart Healer app a winner

9 October 2020

A group of students who created an online tool for employees struggling during the work-from-home lockdown, have placed top in New Zealand, in this year’s MYOB IT Challenge.
Business School student sails into top spot in Blues Awards

30 September 2020

Bachelor of Commerce student Brianna Reynolds-Smith has been named Sportswoman of the Year in the 2020 Blues Awards for her achievements in sailing in an announcement today.
Take care, it’s daylight saving time

26 September 2020

The biannual routine of changing your clock by one hour can induce yawns - both physical and metaphorical - and negatively impacts on accident rates according to research from the University of Auckland.
What the pandemic means for our SMEs

24 September 2020

Opinion: One silver lining to the Covid pandemic is that small and medium-sized firms are now effectively 'on notice' as to risk. Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor explains.
Are we facing a digital dystopia? Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole sounds a warning

24 September 2020

How transparent should our life be to others? Modern societies are struggling with this issue as connected devices, social networks, ratings, artificial intelligence, facial recognition, cheap computer power and various other innovations make it increasingly easy to collect, store and analyse personal data.
Students experience volatile market in annual trading challenge

22 September 2020

The CMC Markets University of Auckland Trading Challenge has concluded, with second-year duo Connie Zhang and David Jiang winning the top spot from among a field of more than 140 teams.
Business School joins global research network

19 September 2020

The Business School has subscribed to the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN), a global open access and searchable repository of new research, which recently surpassed 150 million downloads.
Do not let this Covid crisis go to waste

19 September 2020

Opinion: For New Zealand to emerge from the present crisis in a similar way to how we entered it, with stalled earnings and falling levels of well-being, would be a spectacular missed opportunity, writes Robert MacCulloch.
Study casts doubt on building industry’s ‘green certified’ ratings

9 September 2020

Researchers are questioning the accuracy of some ‘green certified’ rating tools used by the building industry to measure the warmth and efficiency of houses, after independent research failed to verify their claims.
NZ as the beacon of light in a Covid-19 world: Lesson in solidarity, kindness, forgiveness and love

4 September 2020

Rather than battling the so-called ‘lockdown fatigue’, New Zealanders might look to reframe our current predicament as one of opportunity and resilience testing, writes Regan Duff.

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