Feature Article

3 July 2025
Legacy of outgoing Faculty of Science Kaiarahi Teariki Tuiono set to strengthen support for students.
Sustainable impact
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8 July 2025
A new book, Oceans Between Us, features ten essays analysing racism across education, health, justice and society.
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7 July 2025
Pacific Studies doctoral candidate and proud I-Kiribati woman Roi Burnett says her home nation is much more than just ‘climate change’.
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6 July 2025
Engineering and Design Masters student Jessica Tokanikai Vandermeer celebrates Kiribati Language Week, 6–12 July.
Arts and culture
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7 July 2025
Pacific Studies doctoral candidate and proud I-Kiribati woman Roi Burnett says her home nation is much more than just ‘climate change’.
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1 July 2025
When David Lines’ great-grandmother travelled from Scotland to New Zealand, her piano came too. Today, the professor continues to walk in her footsteps.
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1 July 2025
Gus Fisher Gallery curator Lisa Beauchamp gives UniNews a tour of the gallery before the launch of its latest shows, 'Tala o le tau' and 'Because of where I live'.
Business and economy
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9 July 2025
What if your income tax didn’t go to the government but into your own savings account? A bold proposal makes the case.
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7 July 2025
From esports arenas to workplaces, rivalry could hold the answer to stronger teams, research on millions of gamers suggests.
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1 July 2025
Two entrepreneurs behind a billion-dollar Kiwi-born company are teaching a new course aimed to inspire aspiring start-up founders.
Education and society
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4 July 2025
Comment: New Zealand is about to lose its only real interisland rail-ferry link. It's a clear sign of how short-term thinking keeps sinking our big infrastructure projects, says Tim Welch.
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30 June 2025
Dr Timothy Welch highlights five steps councils can take to lessen the impact of rising urban heat before summer.
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11 June 2025
Professor Dawn Freshwater has indicated her intention to step down from her role as Vice-Chancellor after nearly six years in office.
Environment
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30 June 2025
Dr Timothy Welch highlights five steps councils can take to lessen the impact of rising urban heat before summer.
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13 June 2025
PhD student Nicole Whitelock is exploring strategies to safeguard the survival of the endemic tara iti.
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27 May 2025
Opinion: Auckland Council's plan for higher building limits is a long-overdue move for a city afraid of heights. But, by international standards, Auckland is chasing the past, says Tim Welch.
Health and medicine
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8 July 2025
Opinion: The cosy relationship between the alcohol industry and politicians extends to how the alcohol levy fund is administered, argues Peter Adams.
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4 July 2025
Plans are under way to bring life-saving cell-based cancer treatments to patients in New Zealand.
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2 July 2025
More than 160 of New Zealand’s brightest high school students competed in the NZ Brain Bee Challenge, hosted by the University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research recently.
Politics and law
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2 July 2025
An independent watchdog would shine a light into the shadowy world of security and counterterrorism, says Associate Professor John Ip in a research paper.
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1 July 2025
Giving people from refugee backgrounds an official voice on issues that affect them has been the focus of the inaugural New Zealand Refugee Advisory Panel.
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1 July 2025
Analysis: The end of the Cold War was supposed to mark a new era, but little has changed, says Tom Wilkinson.
Science and technology
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6 July 2025
Computer scientists investigated the email phishing scams likely to succeed against Pacific Island workers.
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3 July 2025
Legacy of outgoing Faculty of Science Kaiarahi Teariki Tuiono set to strengthen support for students.
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2 July 2025
MethaneSAT LLC has confirmed a loss of contact with the MethaneSAT satellite, which the University was scheduled to operate through its Mission Operations Control Centre.
University news
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3 July 2025
Students and staff have been able to see the French international rugby side working out in Hiwa.
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2 July 2025
MethaneSAT LLC has confirmed a loss of contact with the MethaneSAT satellite, which the University was scheduled to operate through its Mission Operations Control Centre.
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1 July 2025
The 2025 Hīkina Kia Tutaki, Celebrating Research Excellence Award winners recognise the achievements of University researchers at all levels of an academic career.
The Challenge
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24 June 2025
Psychology professor Ginny Braun on how she came to co-author the century’s third most-cited scientific paper.
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27 May 2025
Rocks collected by an expedition to Antarctica hold clues to an extinction event 183 million years ago.
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26 May 2025
In its first season new podcast Ingenious showcases research taking on society's most persistent challenges.