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“It is essential that New Zealanders start dealing much more actively with urban issues,” asserts Professor Harvey Perkins.  >>

Evidence that the critically endangered New Zealand storm petrel is breeding on islands in the Hauraki Gulf.  >>

When Stacey D’Mello was a five-year-old growing up in Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, she was diagnosed with Chlorodial Macular Degeneration in both eyes and told she’d eventually go blind.  >>

Popeye is an extreme example of “you are what you eat” as he downs a tin of spinach and gets a muscle-bulging burst of superhuman strength.  >>

In by far the most significant technology transfer deal ever achieved by a New Zealand university, car travel worldwide is set to be transformed by revolutionary technology developed by The University of Auckland.  >>

Turn on the tap and water comes out. If that doesn’t happen, no activity in a city can be sustained. So how does our water get to taps and how long can we take it for granted?  >>

Delivering electricity without plugs or cables may sound like science fiction but engineering and commerce graduate Fady Mishriki (pictured left) has turned it into commercial fact.  >>

New research shows that “friendship bullying” is rife among female high school students. Vaneesa Bellew investigates.  >>

What were first educational encounters between Pākehā and Māori really like? Answering this question has taken two University alumnae and education scholars on a unique academic journey. Rose Yukich tells their story.  >>

The serenading gondoliers of Venice have some competition this summer, with the New Zealand installation at the 2011 Venice Biennale being as much about music as art.  >>

When the earthquake hit Christchurch in February, emergency response teams around the country quickly called up large sets of data and images from key sources.  >>

In the chaos of the Christchurch earthquakes St John has to get its ambulance service right: are there enough ambulances and paramedics in the worst-hit areas? Are their responses fast enough? If not, what has to be done to get them there and quickly  >>

In a previous life, after completing registration as a medical doctor in the 1980s, Professor Rod Dunbar wrote musical plays for professional production.  >>