Feature Article
9 October 2025
A new owner has been found for the old UBIQ bookstore and Campus Books will be opening its doors this month.
Sustainable impact
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17 October 2025
From the Southern Alps to Milford Sound, dramatic landscapes take our breath away; they might also make us rethink our next purchase.
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17 October 2025
The University's first ever Repair Cafe has shown a strong appetite on campus for fixing items and shifting away from throwaway culture.
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17 October 2025
Black Fern Theresa Setefano expressed surprise and joy at being awarded Sportswoman of the Year and Most Meritorious Performance (Sport).
Arts and culture
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14 October 2025
Ngarino Ellis is the first Māori professor of art history in Aotearoa. Her inaugural lecture is on 15 October.
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13 October 2025
Friends pay tribute to former art history lecturer Liz Eastmond: scholar, fierce advocate for New Zealand women artists and tireless activist for Palestine.
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10 October 2025
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Māori Land March with a new exhibition.
Business and economy
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17 October 2025
From the Southern Alps to Milford Sound, dramatic landscapes take our breath away; they might also make us rethink our next purchase.
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17 October 2025
An AI tool designed to support fertility treatments has taken top honours in the Velocity $100k Challenge, alongside start-ups in space optics and live sports gaming.
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10 October 2025
Analysis: Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further, writes Susan St John.
Education and society
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17 October 2025
The University's first ever Repair Cafe has shown a strong appetite on campus for fixing items and shifting away from throwaway culture.
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15 October 2025
A project from the Design Programme is empowering girls in New Zealand and Sri Lanka to see themselves in technology careers.
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9 October 2025
Young people in New Zealand have started to think about their entire lives as a health project, a new book by a University of Auckland anthropologist has revealed.
Te ao Māori
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16 October 2025
New research, from exploring Māori self-determination in social services to tackling barriers in welfare and tenancy law, is being supported by the Borrin Foundation.
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16 October 2025
University of Auckland graduate Dr Kara Beckford found herself showered with praise from complete strangers after a mishap pushed her into the public eye.
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14 October 2025
Ngarino Ellis is the first Māori professor of art history in Aotearoa. Her inaugural lecture is on 15 October.
Health and medicine
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17 October 2025
Black Fern Theresa Setefano expressed surprise and joy at being awarded Sportswoman of the Year and Most Meritorious Performance (Sport).
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17 October 2025
Aotearoa celebrates Niue Language Week 19 – 25 October. Its theme is a powerful call to action: ‘Fakatapunu, Ofania, mo e Fakaaoga e Vagahau Niue! Elevate the language, cherish it as a taoga (treasure) and use it every day!'
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13 October 2025
The power of Indigenous knowledge was a key focus at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) annual scientific meeting, Hui Pūtaiao a-tau.
Politics and law
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17 October 2025
Opinion: The No Kings protests in the US aims to show that power and authority to govern belong to ‘We the People’, not a self-appointed monarch, but will they make a difference? Jennifer Frost says they will.
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16 October 2025
New research, from exploring Māori self-determination in social services to tackling barriers in welfare and tenancy law, is being supported by the Borrin Foundation.
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10 October 2025
Opinion: Nobuki Tamashita reflects on Japan's return to nationalism, with Sanae Takaichi winning the leadership election of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Science and technology
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16 October 2025
University of Auckland graduate Dr Kara Beckford found herself showered with praise from complete strangers after a mishap pushed her into the public eye.
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10 October 2025
The Blue and Green Technology Conference aims to bring brilliant minds together to examine how new tools can tackle environmental problems.
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6 October 2025
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Aotearoa, and Heemi Kapa-Kingi (Faculty of Science) has teamed up with Ngāpuhi Iwi Social Services to bridge the gap for Māori in mental and emotional well-being.
University news
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15 October 2025
A quarter of the country's leading researchers hail from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, in an international analysis of the world's top 2 percent of scientists.
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9 October 2025
A new owner has been found for the old UBIQ bookstore and Campus Books will be opening its doors this month.
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9 October 2025
The University remains No 1 in Aotearoa New Zealand and is ranked 156th globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.
The Challenge
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9 October 2025
The real story behind scientific 'breakthroughs' is strong fundamental research, hard slog and a little bit of serendipity.
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6 October 2025
As AI tools like MidJourney churn out striking art, the core question remains: when the spark comes from prompts and past data, is it creation - or just clever theft?
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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.
