Feature Article
2 June 2026
Feature: Ever wondered how New Zealanders started sounding like ‘Nyew Ziliners’? As Janet McAllister discovers, University of Auckland researchers are on the case.
Sustainable impact
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10 June 2026
Analysis: Retrofitting homes effectively needs more than understanding the house, but the way people inside live, say Luis Mendrano.
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9 June 2026
Global collaboration grounded in Indigenous knowledge launches at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
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5 June 2026
Innovative solutions to environmental problems are urgently needed, because our well-being depends on it, says Professor Dan Tompkins, the new director of the Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society, Ngā Ara Whetū.
Arts and culture
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9 June 2026
Global collaboration grounded in Indigenous knowledge launches at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
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3 June 2026
Alumni profile: Violinist, organist and conductor Zosia Herlihy-O’Brien has found her calling bringing classical music to a wide range of audiences, including at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall.
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3 June 2026
Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa, Sāmoa Language Week in Aotearoa, is a time to celebrate those that uplift Pacific youth to succeed at Waipapa Taumata Rau.
Business and economy
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10 June 2026
Beatrice Faumuinā is the new director of the University of Auckland's Kupe Leadership Scholarship, an elite programme dedicated to developing exceptional leaders.
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8 June 2026
Analysis: A growing number of cases against OpenAI and other tech giants investigate harms their products are alleged to have caused. Alexandra Andhov discusses.
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2 June 2026
Comment: Despite opposition from politicians on both the left and right, a form of mandatory saving for retirement could make economic sense, say Leonard Hong and Robert MacCulloch.
Education and society
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10 June 2026
Analysis: Retrofitting homes effectively needs more than understanding the house, but the way people inside live, say Luis Mendrano.
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28 May 2026
Comment: Education is complicated, and we should be wary of stories that suggest it is otherwise like the one the kids failing at maths, says Lisa Darragh.
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28 May 2026
Celebrating Sāmoa Language Week, 31 May – 6 June. The journey of gagana Sāmoa is a lifelong one says Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific, Fonoiā Professor Sipaea Jemaima Tiatia Siau.
Te ao Māori
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10 June 2026
Beatrice Faumuinā is the new director of the University of Auckland's Kupe Leadership Scholarship, an elite programme dedicated to developing exceptional leaders.
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9 June 2026
Global collaboration grounded in Indigenous knowledge launches at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
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8 June 2026
Professor Julia Slark steps aside to focus on stroke research, saying it is time for Josephine Davis's Māori leadership to shine.
Health and medicine
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10 June 2026
Analysis - For many older New Zealanders, the rapid march of technology has helped build a wall rather than open doors.
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8 June 2026
Professor Julia Slark steps aside to focus on stroke research, saying it is time for Josephine Davis's Māori leadership to shine.
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3 June 2026
Significant differences can be seen in the brains of recovering methamphetamine addicts, compared to those of non-users, a study involving University of Auckland scientists has found.
Politics and law
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8 June 2026
The Christchurch mosque terrorist left a trail of explicit online clues about his plans for 15 March 2019, we just didn't pick them up, a new book reveals.
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8 June 2026
Analysis: A growing number of cases against OpenAI and other tech giants investigate harms their products are alleged to have caused. Alexandra Andhov discusses.
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3 June 2026
The first comprehensive guide to prison law in Aotearoa New Zealand is being developed with the support of a $153,000 grant.
Science and technology
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8 June 2026
Doctoral candidate Georgia Hulme is combining lived experience with academic rigour to better understand what meaningful support looks like for families.
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5 June 2026
Innovative solutions to environmental problems are urgently needed, because our well-being depends on it, says Professor Dan Tompkins, the new director of the Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society, Ngā Ara Whetū.
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3 June 2026
Feature: AI is developing at such breakneck speed it’s hard to know how the technology will next materially impact our lives and work. Anthony Doesburg asks alumni working on the front lines of tech about where AI is taking us in the next 12 months.
University news
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10 June 2026
Beatrice Faumuinā is the new director of the University of Auckland's Kupe Leadership Scholarship, an elite programme dedicated to developing exceptional leaders.
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1 June 2026
Seven University of Auckland staff have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, including Professor Elizabeth Rata who becomes a dame and Associate Professor Paul Baker who becomes a knight.
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25 May 2026
Josephine Davis will take over as Head of School of Nursing at the University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, marking a historic moment for Māori nursing leadership.
The Challenge
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28 May 2026
The re-dedication of the Sir James Henare Research Centre recalls the layers of history and renews aspirations for the future.
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19 May 2026
The albatross population of Antipodes Island in the Southern Seas is critically endangered. With more data researchers hope to bring their numbers back.
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2 March 2026
Piecing together how birds and humans interacted in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia hundreds of years ago is the focus of a revealing new study.
