Feature Article
23 May 2025
Water infrastructure in Aotearoa is in a 'dire state', requiring not only major investment but a mindset shift, says University of Auckland's Dr Dan Hikuroa.
Sustainable impact
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23 May 2025
Water infrastructure in Aotearoa is in a 'dire state', requiring not only major investment but a mindset shift, says University of Auckland's Dr Dan Hikuroa.
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22 May 2025
A heritage church destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes has been transformed into an award-winning social housing project.
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Arts and culture
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22 May 2025
Law and Arts graduate Nikita Sionetali-Tuitea has had dreams of becoming a lawyer since her days at primary school. She crossed the stage on 15 May.
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22 May 2025
A heritage church destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes has been transformed into an award-winning social housing project.
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19 May 2025
Law and Arts graduate Siobhan Sharkey has followed in the footsteps of her pioneering mother Judge Tania Sharkey, awarded a conjoint degree in Law and Arts on 15 May.
Business and economy
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26 May 2025
Savvy media interaction can shape the perception and success of community-led health initiatives, particularly for Māori and Pacific people, according to a recent study.
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22 May 2025
Analysis: As geopolitics reshape the space race, New Zealand’s neutral stance and growing sector could position it as a key player in the new space economy.
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21 May 2025
Analysis: New Zealand has become a country of two halves whose paths rarely cross: a social time bomb with unimaginable consequences, says Susan St John.
Education and society
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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19 May 2025
Designed to be used after distressing experiences and to support young children generally, a new set of arts-based teaching resources aimed at early childhood is now available.
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19 May 2025
Pacific masters graduate Roselie Leota noticed a gap in the school curriculum, and is now a speech and language therapist.
Environment
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2 May 2025
Oceans are heating faster across two latitudinal bands, according to research led by a University of Auckland climate scientist.
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1 May 2025
Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate, according to international research led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists.
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9 April 2025
The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity grids.
Health and medicine
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26 May 2025
The immune system is regulated by a body clock and is more active during the day, scientists at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland have discovered.
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21 May 2025
A 'natural' pacemaker with a beat that varies according to respiration is being trialled in humans for the first time, with hopes it will improve heart failure treatment.
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20 May 2025
Up to 40 percent of breast cancer survivors will develop a debilitating and incurable condition after their treatment – lymphoedema – which they will need to manage for the rest of their lives. Hayley Reynolds explains what she hopes to do about it.
Politics and law
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22 May 2025
Law and Arts graduate Nikita Sionetali-Tuitea has had dreams of becoming a lawyer since her days at primary school. She crossed the stage on 15 May.
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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19 May 2025
Law and Arts graduate Siobhan Sharkey has followed in the footsteps of her pioneering mother Judge Tania Sharkey, awarded a conjoint degree in Law and Arts on 15 May.
Science and technology
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26 May 2025
How much plastic are we inhaling where we work and live?
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23 May 2025
Feeling financially hard done by may have flow-on health effects, a School of Psychology study suggests.
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22 May 2025
Opinion: Professor Nicola Gaston analyses the government's approach to funding scientific research.
University news
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13 May 2025
The University and the Cawthron Institute signed an agreement for a Joint Graduate School, making formal an existing successful partnership.
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9 May 2025
Hiwa's basketball courts received New Zealand's most decorated Olympian recently, when Dame Lisa Carrington came to deliver an announcement.
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7 May 2025
Two leading University academics have been appointed to the newly formed Prime Minister's Science and Technology Advisory Council.
The Challenge
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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
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25 March 2025
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute blend art with science to explore and understand the mysteries of human and animal physiology.
