Sustainable impact
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22 April 2024
Dr Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher and colleagues have looked at ways to live within the planet's ecological boundaries.
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10 April 2024
The impact of Aotearoa’s main tool in the fight against climate change could be heightened if five sectors were better regulated, according to a new study.
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2 April 2024
Opinion: Scientists have predicted a billion climate deaths over the coming century – but cutting out or back on fossil fuels and shifting to renewable energy could give our children a future, says Ralph Cooney
Arts and culture
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3 April 2024
Opinion: Exploring Pacific women's faith and mental well-being reveals the profound impact of their relationship with God.
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22 March 2024
ASB Polyfest festival now one of the world’s largest cultural festivals, enjoys strong support from University of Auckland.
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21 March 2024
Tāwhirimātea and Kaa Williams receive honorary doctorates from Waipapa Taumata Rau for their contribution to Māori education and culture.
Business and economy
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23 April 2024
In this excerpt from her inaugural lecture, Professor Alex Sims discusses her educational journey and research interests, highlighting the influences that have shaped her academic career.
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17 April 2024
Opinion: Emeritus Professor Tim Hazledine says the key to whether the next few years turn out to be good or bad, depends on what people think is going to happen.
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10 April 2024
The impact of Aotearoa’s main tool in the fight against climate change could be heightened if five sectors were better regulated, according to a new study.
Education and society
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13 April 2024
Opinion: Brendon Dunphy, a Pākehā in the School of Biological Sciences, reflects on the importance and inclusivity of Māori/Pasifika spaces at the University
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11 April 2024
The University of Auckland has launched a new initiative to improve Māori and Pacific University Entrance pass rates and increase success at tertiary level.
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10 April 2024
Opinion: Cognitive science has shown us that information stored in our long-term memory is instrumental in facilitating thinking and learning, and we should apply that knowledge to the way we teach maths, says Tanya Evans
Environment
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9 April 2024
Professor Craig Stevens writes on the freeze-thaw cycle of Antarctic sea ice, a defining property of our planet.
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3 April 2024
Waka ama racing has provided a pathway for engineer Nona Taute to deepen his connection with family, culture and the natural world.
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19 March 2024
Opinion: Blanket speed limits might be a minor inconvenience to some drivers, but we know for sure they also save lives, says Tim Welch
Health and medicine
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23 April 2024
50-year follow up finds no adverse heart health risk from landmark steroid study to reduce illness and death for pre-term babies
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21 April 2024
Opinion: Drs Kathryn Bradbury and Helen Eyles provide a guide to cheaper and healthy alternatives to the increasingly costly olive oil, for drizzling, baking and frying.
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15 April 2024
Kiwi kids spend the most time on the internet in class in the world, with a new study finding multiple health harms.
Politics and law
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23 April 2024
Opinion: Tom Baker sees potential risks from ex-politicians running universities.
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23 April 2024
In this excerpt from her inaugural lecture, Professor Alex Sims discusses her educational journey and research interests, highlighting the influences that have shaped her academic career.
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18 April 2024
Pacific law academic and lecturer Fuimaono Dylan Asafo says restrengthening connections between Māori and Pacific important first step for Tiriti-based constitution.
Science and technology
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17 April 2024
The Department of Mathematics is celebrating prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards.
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9 April 2024
You probably don’t give a second thought to what you flush down the toilet. But wastewater and all that it contains provides valuable knowledge to researchers.
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9 April 2024
Professor Craig Stevens writes on the freeze-thaw cycle of Antarctic sea ice, a defining property of our planet.
University news
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11 April 2024
The University of Auckland has launched a new initiative to improve Māori and Pacific University Entrance pass rates and increase success at tertiary level.
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10 April 2024
The University 's research, reputation and teaching is having a global impact, with ten subjects it teaches ranked in the top 50 subjects of universities worldwide.
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10 April 2024
Comprehensive range of University researchers feature in two international surveys of the top researchers in the world.
The Challenge
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16 April 2024
Mātātaki |The Challenge: Psychologist Jade Le Grice brings a mātauranga Māori lens to complex issues, from attitudes to abortion to ending sexual violence.
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12 March 2024
A team of researchers are bringing innovative engineering, business nous and design thinking together to stem the endless streams of plastic waste.
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25 February 2024
Researcher Geoffrey Waterhouse is developing the next generation of catalysts for cheaper and better hydrogen fuel cells.