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 is moving fast, but the law is lagging; experts are meeting in Auckland to consider safeguards.
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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.
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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23 March 2026
A lively evening of presentations will showcase the diverse Māori and Pacific approaches shaping research at Waipapa Taumata Rau, while strengthening connections across the Moana.
Health and medicine
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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.
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18 March 2026
Pollution from cars in Auckland kills around 700 people a year and hospitalises 4,000 more, with health researchers calling for policy changes in response.
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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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.
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18 March 2026
Analysis: Some seabirds breeding in New Zealand’s largest marine park struggled to raise chicks this summer, most likely because climate change is forcing them to travel too far in search of food.
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.