Feature Article
24 March 2026
A new portrait of outgoing Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater has been created as part of a long-standing University tradition of honouring its Vice-Chancellors.
Sustainable impact
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25 March 2026
AI tools, a refreshed language app and a new dictionary are all helping shape the next chapter of te reo Māori revitalisation at the University of Auckland.
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25 March 2026
AI is moving fast, but the law is lagging; experts are meeting in Auckland to consider safeguards.
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25 March 2026
A refreshed Te Kūaha app opens the doorway to participating in te reo Māori and tikanga in everyday university life.
Arts and culture
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24 March 2026
Doctoral candidate Laki Tiatia (Nofoali'i, Lelepa, Avao) is examining how growing spiritual diversity is reshaping Pacific identity.
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19 March 2026
Dance Studies doctoral candidate Iatua Felagai Taito pushes the boundaries of academic scholarship and cultural storytelling, reclaiming Siva Sāmoa through a Sāmoan, New Zealand queer lens.
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19 March 2026
New book reveals systems to maintain peace, facilitate negotiation, and ensure balance between communities, having existed for centuries. These are not informal traditions says co-editor Associated Professor Gordon Nanau, they are sophisticated diplomatic practices.
Business and economy
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25 March 2026
AI is moving fast, but the law is lagging; experts are meeting in Auckland to consider safeguards.
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24 March 2026
The Green Party’s proposal to make public transport free for three months would cost a fraction of current fuel relief spending, while cutting reliance on imported oil, says Dr Timothy Welch.
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24 March 2026
Analysis: In the next pandemic, we'll need improved modelling to help policymakers weigh health, social and economic impacts together, says Paula Lorgelly.
Education and society
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19 March 2026
New book reveals systems to maintain peace, facilitate negotiation, and ensure balance between communities, having existed for centuries. These are not informal traditions says co-editor Associated Professor Gordon Nanau, they are sophisticated diplomatic practices.
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16 March 2026
After becoming a father in his teens, Tane Marsters was determined to finish his education. He graduated on 10 March with a Bachelor of Education (Teaching).
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15 March 2026
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the medieval church in Western Europe filled the power vacuum, including enslaving people for life.
Te ao Māori
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25 March 2026
AI tools, a refreshed language app and a new dictionary are all helping shape the next chapter of te reo Māori revitalisation at the University of Auckland.
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25 March 2026
A refreshed Te Kūaha app opens the doorway to participating in te reo Māori and tikanga in everyday university life.
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25 March 2026
Geothermal is a reliable, low-emission, homegrown energy source that runs around the clock - and as energy security concerns grow in New Zealand and globally, demand will only rise, writes Dr John O'Sullivan.
Health and medicine
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25 March 2026
Analysis: The first sign of Parkinson’s disease is a fading sense of smell. In a world-first, NZ researchers have built a 3D model of the olfactory system in a bid to stop the disease early and entirely.
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24 March 2026
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, Centre for Pacific and Global Health has been designated a WHO Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and Climate Change.
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23 March 2026
A rising star in brain research, Dr Molly Swanson has recently been granted $877,000 for research into motor neurone disease.
Politics and law
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25 March 2026
AI is moving fast, but the law is lagging; experts are meeting in Auckland to consider safeguards.
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16 March 2026
Around the world, climate lawsuits are reshaping environmental law. Experts in Auckland are examining what this means for New Zealand.
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16 March 2026
A new collection of local voices explores where we are now – and where we need to go – on climate mitigation and adaptation.
Science and technology
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25 March 2026
Geothermal is a reliable, low-emission, homegrown energy source that runs around the clock - and as energy security concerns grow in New Zealand and globally, demand will only rise, writes Dr John O'Sullivan.
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23 March 2026
New research from The Music Lab points towards humans and other animals having common tastes in sound.
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20 March 2026
The Maurice Wilkins Centre launched its inaugural Pacific Strategy, it provides a commitment to Pacific leadership, partnership and excellence; ensuring biomedical research delivers meaningful outcomes for Pacific peoples.
University news
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25 March 2026
AI tools, a refreshed language app and a new dictionary are all helping shape the next chapter of te reo Māori revitalisation at the University of Auckland.
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24 March 2026
A new portrait of outgoing Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater has been created as part of a long-standing University tradition of honouring its Vice-Chancellors.
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17 March 2026
The University's Geothermal Institute has received $3 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to investigate geothermal heat resources beneath the Whakatāne area.
The Challenge
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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.
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26 February 2026
The venerable University ClockTower marks a century since its formal opening in March.
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19 January 2026
Cutting-edge tools once reserved for astronauts and data scientists are reshaping rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy.
