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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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Charles McGhee portrait

3 November 2025

Ingenio feature: From creating corneas from stem cells to investigating eye drops to replace reading glasses, Owen Poland explores University of Auckland research that's changing how we see the world.

Sustainable impact

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Arts and culture

  • Tamar Torrance art gallery research setup

    4 November 2025

    How does science explain moments when we are captivated by the arts? Janet McAllister goes in search of new research that explores the ways in which to be human is to need the arts.

  • Lexie-Buchanan-jazz-band

    3 November 2025

    A jazz quintet with a difference entertained at this year’s Golden Graduates lunch.

  • A black and white historical photo of Māori whānau outside a raupō house. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library, Mrs Scott Collection.

    3 November 2025

    Pre-colonial Māori didn’t have a housing problem. The Crown created one. Can the past give us clues to fix housing today?

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Business and economy

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Education and society

  • Protests stock image

    4 November 2025

    Taking to the streets has long been a way to demand action from our leaders. But Ingenio asks six academics: are protests still an effective means to bring about change?

  • Image of Professor Rebecca Jesson wearing a purple jacket, leaning in and smiling.

    30 October 2025

    Literacy expert Professor Rebecca Jesson looks back on some of the many useful things she's learned in a career devoted to changing education for the better.

  • A marble alcove in the Auckland Museum commemorating the New Zealand Wars.

    28 October 2025

    Rā Maumahara, the National Day of Commemoration for the New Zealand Wars, is marked every year on 28 October. Historian Dr Rowan Light believes it's an important chance to acknowledge and learn these histories.

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Te ao Māori

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Health and medicine

  • Professor Sam Marsh in front of a window.

    4 November 2025

    Researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland are urging doctors and pharmacists to talk to patients about how to take paracetamol correctly, because of its high potential for toxicity.

  • Charles McGhee portrait

    3 November 2025

    Ingenio feature: From creating corneas from stem cells to investigating eye drops to replace reading glasses, Owen Poland explores University of Auckland research that's changing how we see the world.

  • Dr Neil Anderson, Phoebe Wilson, Ryan Semmens and Raphaella Rae

    3 November 2025

    A new programme is giving trainee doctors a taste of life and work in rural locations.

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Politics and law

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Science and technology

  • Tamar Torrance art gallery research setup

    4 November 2025

    How does science explain moments when we are captivated by the arts? Janet McAllister goes in search of new research that explores the ways in which to be human is to need the arts.

  • Marcel Thompson portrait

    4 November 2025

    Working with some of the gin world’s biggest brands straight out of University launched Marcel Thompson into a career steeped in the spirit.

  • Macgregor Jones portrait

    3 November 2025

    The CEO of the Auckland FSAE Team talks about life in the workshop, and how this year's racecar will fare in competition.

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University news

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The Challenge

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