Feature Article
2 March 2026
Professor Simon Mitchell’s abiding passion for scuba diving and dive medicine has led to him winning a major award for his work advancing dive practice worldwide.
Sustainable impact
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11 March 2026
Senior Research Fellow Dr Tess Moeke Maxwell and the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group have launched new Indigenous tools and conceptualised an assisted dying framework.
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10 March 2026
Sharp swings in global oil prices highlight the risks of relying on fossil fuels and the urgency of scaling up renewable energy, says Associate Professor Sadiq Zarrouk.
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9 March 2026
A new University of Auckland project aims to turn about 1200 Auckland houses destroyed by cyclones into a resource for a more sustainable future.
Arts and culture
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11 March 2026
Four University of Auckland opera graduates have been accepted into some of the world’s most prestigious music conservatoires and are fundraising to support their studies.
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6 March 2026
Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn's new paper “An apology to my body” traces a deeply personal journey through childhood, body image and her diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).
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3 March 2026
Pacific Studies doctoral candidate Amanda SullivanLee examines Pusiaki, a Tongan relational, multilayered kinship system that predates missionary contact and differs fundamentally from Western legal adoption.
Business and economy
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10 March 2026
We live in a dense jungle of rules that can be irksome and ineffective; what we need, says the author of Stupid Rules, is more authority.
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10 March 2026
Sharp swings in global oil prices highlight the risks of relying on fossil fuels and the urgency of scaling up renewable energy, says Associate Professor Sadiq Zarrouk.
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7 March 2026
Analysis: NZ’s ‘just-in-time’ supply chain works up until the moment a supreme leader is killed and an insurance underwriter stops answering the phone, says Dulani Jayasuriya.
Education and society
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10 March 2026
Sharp swings in global oil prices highlight the risks of relying on fossil fuels and the urgency of scaling up renewable energy, says Associate Professor Sadiq Zarrouk.
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9 March 2026
Despite hellish conditions, educators in Gaza have continued to teach in makeshift spaces using whatever is to hand, and a new project will document their efforts.
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6 March 2026
Tertiary student numbers are up all over the country for Semester One. Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland is proving an extremely popular option.
Te ao Māori
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11 March 2026
Senior Research Fellow Dr Tess Moeke Maxwell and the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group have launched new Indigenous tools and conceptualised an assisted dying framework.
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8 March 2026
In lab experiments, chemically-treated harakeke stripped "forever chemicals" from water.
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6 March 2026
University of Auckland's Suzanne Jackson is "buzzing" that her team just won gold in the Vantage National Masters hockey tournament for the third year in a row.
Health and medicine
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11 March 2026
Senior Research Fellow Dr Tess Moeke Maxwell and the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group have launched new Indigenous tools and conceptualised an assisted dying framework.
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7 March 2026
The University's Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa will lead a $5.1M Pacific cervical cancer elimination initiative, expanding HPV vaccination, self testing and diagnostics. Professor Judith McCool says, “We are building sustainable, system level change through Pacific leadership and aligned regional partnerships.”
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6 March 2026
University of Auckland's Suzanne Jackson is "buzzing" that her team just won gold in the Vantage National Masters hockey tournament for the third year in a row.
Politics and law
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10 March 2026
We live in a dense jungle of rules that can be irksome and ineffective; what we need, says the author of Stupid Rules, is more authority.
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5 March 2026
Nearly 20 years after major ACC reform, a health law expert says it’s time to review the impact on patients, providers, and the health system.
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5 March 2026
Analysis: If the government is serious about reducing dog attacks, it needs to engage with expert advice and consider major reform, writes Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere.
Science and technology
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9 March 2026
A world leader in phase change materials is exploring how the technology could transform milk delivery trucks and everyday chilly bins.
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3 March 2026
The long shadow from whaling extends to basic behaviour such as breeding, new research shows.
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2 March 2026
UniNews takes a tour of the University's arc/sec Lab, where the digital world is brought to life.
University news
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6 March 2026
Tertiary student numbers are up all over the country for Semester One. Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland is proving an extremely popular option.
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5 March 2026
University signs strategic MoU in Sydney to build Pacific research capacity and expand trans-Tasman opportunities for Pacific scholars, students and communities across.
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2 March 2026
The University of Auckland's Department of Exercise Sciences has morphed into a school, a reflection of its growth and success.
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.
