Feature Article
4 May 2026
The solution to preventing asthma attacks could be sitting on your wrist, with researchers trialling a smartwatch-based alert system.
Sustainable impact
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4 May 2026
A pandemic, border closures and profound personal loss marked Luis Medrano Gomez’s road to a PhD - but this week, he made it.
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4 May 2026
New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
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4 May 2026
Pacific Studies professional teaching fellow Julia Mage’au Gray crossed the finish line of her Master of Art (Dance) and immediately stepped into her doctoral studies.
Arts and culture
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4 May 2026
Pacific Studies professional teaching fellow Julia Mage’au Gray crossed the finish line of her Master of Art (Dance) and immediately stepped into her doctoral studies.
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1 May 2026
The research of musicologist Patrick Savage has included drawing on a classic Exponents anthem to reveal insights into why humans create music.
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1 May 2026
This month's Auckland Writers Festival hosts a blockbuster array of international and local literary talent.
Business and economy
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5 May 2026
University of Auckland alumnus Alexei Dunayev is helping shape the future of voice-based artificial intelligence, making technology more accessible, natural and useful.
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28 April 2026
Analysis: Sione Fanga Taufa writes about the fuel and energy crisis facing Pacific nations, with the current geopolitical tensions. But with this complexity also comes opportunity.
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22 April 2026
Commentary: The agency many of us fear losing in the future is often already traded incrementally in the systems we accept today.
Education and society
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4 May 2026
New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
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1 May 2026
Reverend Petra Zaleski shares her favourite spaces in the University's Maclaurin Chapel.
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23 April 2026
From muddy bottleneck to community hub, design and trade students are teaming up to redesign a school courtyard in One Tree Hill.
Te ao Māori
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
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4 May 2026
New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
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1 May 2026
This month's Auckland Writers Festival hosts a blockbuster array of international and local literary talent.
Health and medicine
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5 May 2026
Ever wanted to take a deep dive into the latest research on the human brain?
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4 May 2026
The solution to preventing asthma attacks could be sitting on your wrist, with researchers trialling a smartwatch-based alert system.
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4 May 2026
Not many people balance lab-based research with writing fantasy fiction and producing a rock album – but Sam Simmonds has built a life where science and creativity coexist.
Politics and law
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30 April 2026
Opinion: In addition to failing to protect its client states from Iran, it appears the US intends to bill them for the costs of the war too says Gehan Gunasekara.
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22 April 2026
Professor Alexandra Andhov’s inaugural lecture dove into the existential challenge of big tech’s influence on democratic governance.
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2 April 2026
Professor Craig Elliffe has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his work on complex international tax issues.
Science and technology
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
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1 May 2026
The research of musicologist Patrick Savage has included drawing on a classic Exponents anthem to reveal insights into why humans create music.
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30 April 2026
Chemical engineers have developed methods to reduce the odour of BioBind, a low‑carbon, plant‑based bitumen replacement for greener road construction.
University news
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28 April 2026
The University of Auckland has released its third annual Gender Pay Gap Report as well as its first Gender Equity Strategy and Plan.
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28 April 2026
The study of the human past through material remains, archaeology has placed in the top 30 globally six times since the subject was first ranked in 2016.
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24 April 2026
Nine University of Auckland research teams have received funding for a further year from the final Endeavour Fund round.
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.