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Eye on the top prize for creative writing alumna

28 May 2019

A Kiwi story about two old friends, a visit to a rest home and a kapa haka performance has been named a regional winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Lessons in living from a vanishing world

21 May 2019

Living for almost a year in Papua New Guinea gave a recent PhD graduate rare insight into the impact of colonisation on food production and social systems.
Outstanding Māori business leaders honoured

12 May 2019

A renowned astrologer and leading authority on the Māori lunar calendar, experts in Māori tourism, and funeral directors who are also Netflix stars, are some of the winners of this year’s University of Auckland Aotearoa Māori Business Leaders Awards.
Making modernist jewellery based on the modernist houses of West Auckland

7 May 2019

Gina Hochstein looked at the relationship between modernist architecture and jewellery for her Masters degree, which also involved making her own jewellery based on the houses of Titirangi.
How do callers complain in Saudi Arabia?

7 May 2019

The language used in complaint calls to a Saudi Arabian company is the thesis topic of a University of Auckland student, who graduated with a PhD in Linguistics last week.
Made in lights, in honour of da Vinci’s tribute to Vitruvius

6 May 2019

An installation by Matt Liggins, Professional Teaching Fellow at the School of Architecture, is one of almost 20 artworks lighting up the waterfront at this week’s Bright Lights exhibition.
The special pressures on top Pasifika rugby players

3 May 2019

Opinion: Pacific athletes are a strong force in elite rugby but face particular pressures and need support to look after their mental well-being, writes Caleb Marsters.
Young leaders awarded Kupe Leadership Scholarships

2 May 2019

Fourteen of the nation’s young leaders have been recognised with prestigious postgraduate scholarships to support them in making a meaningful contribution in their chosen fields.
New fossil evidence claims first discovery of taro in Māori gardens

1 May 2019

The first discovery of Polynesian taro grown in Māori gardens in the 1400s can be claimed by an archaeological research project on Ahuahu-Great Mercury Island.
Climate chaos in home country inspires PhD

1 May 2019

Growing up in the Ba Province of Fiji gave University of Auckland PhD student Sivendra Michael a first-hand appreciation of how climate change is destroying Pacific communities.
Robots won’t replace all that makes us human

29 April 2019

Opinion: The changing world of work is already upon us, writes Faculty of Arts Dean Robert Greenberg, but technology won’t replace every human skill.
What future for the body and soul of France?

29 April 2019

Opinion: Deborah Walker-Morrison looks at massive donations made by the super-rich to restore Notre-Dame while social inequity and homelessness grows in France.

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