Feature Article
1 July 2025
Notable New Zealand poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh has been announced as the first Commonwealth Poet Laureate.
Sustainable impact
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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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1 July 2025
Too many rural whānau are caring for loved ones with mate wareware in silence. A kaupapa led by the Centre for Brain Research is bringing answers to their doorsteps.
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26 June 2025
In response to the climate crisis, a new way to measure how well people and nature are living together has been announced in leading scientific journal Nature.
Arts and culture
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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'.
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1 July 2025
Deities of Indigenous Filipino mythology come to life in new additions to the University’s art collection by Elam alumnus Louie Bretaña.
Business and economy
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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.
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30 June 2025
Researchers have uncovered a novel way to forecast stock market volatility using daily business news.
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23 June 2025
A major international conference in Auckland is exploring how to better support female founders and highlighting wāhine Māori perspectives on entrepreneurship.
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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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.
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1 July 2025
Too many rural whānau are caring for loved ones with mate wareware in silence. A kaupapa led by the Centre for Brain Research is bringing answers to their doorsteps.
Science and technology
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23 February 20210
The recovery of whale populations over the past four decades, including the world’s largest animal the critically endangered blue whale, is increasingly looking like one of conservation’s biggest success stories and the good news just keeps on coming.
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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.
