June 2023

Priyanka Dhopade: Making space technology sustainable

When NASA visited recently, it said New Zealand was well-placed to play a role in ‘the golden age of space exploration’. But how sustainable and future-proof is space technology?

Grant Searchfield: the buzz over tuning out tinnitus

A novel therapy to deal with tinnitus – an annoying false perception of buzzing in the ears – is sparking interest from around the globe.

McLaren engineering scholars reflect on whirlwind time

Mechanical engineering students Sabrina Yarndley and Joshua Cates are well on the road to success after an opportunity of a lifetime.

Morag Atchison's album celebrates her high-school teacher

Morag Atchison is one of New Zealand’s top operatic talents. Her debut album is testament to how it all began.

Ron Te Kawa artwork celebrates magic of te ao Māori

Ron Te Kawa’s unmissable quilted wall-hanging is a recent addition to the University of Auckland art collection.

Māramatanga: repairing damage wrought by rhetoric

Opinion: Professor Peter Adams asks why it is so hard to purge society of metaphors that he says inflict damaging and out-of-date concepts.