Feature Article
20 July 2026
From microscopic ocean life to children's eye health, 13 doctoral candidates captivated the audience at the University of Auckland's Three Minute Thesis Final, where Faith Culas kept her cool to claim the top prize.
Sustainable impact
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17 July 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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17 July 2026
From Te Tai Tokerau to London, a newly researched collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows how Māori-led harakeke trade reached the world stage in the nineteenth century.
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17 July 2026
University of Auckland optometry student Nathan Lloyd spent six weeks tackling eye-health mysteries in the Far North, gaining valuable rural healthcare experience and securing the dream job that will launch his career.
Arts and culture
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16 July 2026
The connection between an early 20th century bohemian woman artist and a Bachelor of Fine Arts student is at the heart of a solo show opening on 21 July at Elam Galleries.
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13 July 2026
Deborah Shepard, the biographer of New Zealand poet Riemke Ensing, is the 2026 recipient of the University's Ripiro Beach Non-Fiction Writing Residency.
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13 July 2026
At just 19, University of Auckland Bachelor or Music student Samuel Mataele has won the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest, worth $50,000.
Business and economy
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17 July 2026
A University of Auckland engineering team has earned a place among the world’s top young innovators, taking its AI fragrance concept Mémoire to the global finals of L’Oréal’s Brandstorm competition in Paris.
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16 July 2026
As the winter doldrums set in and deals to sunnier places pop up – is there any way of reducing the environmental and climate cost of going somewhere new?
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15 July 2026
Researchers at the University of Auckland are investigating whether zoning reform can advance educational equity, using Auckland as a case study.
Education and society
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17 July 2026
Commentary: As governments copy Australia’s under-16 social media ban, Terryann Clark and Sarah Hetrick argue that targeting screen time ignores wider economic drivers of youth distress.
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14 July 2026
The church in medieval England rigidly policed and punished the sexual habits of its parishioners, as Three Minute Thesis finalist Nicholas Ringwood discovered.
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13 July 2026
Celebrating wāhine Māori leadership, Dr Maia Hetaraka and Dr Piata Allen join Te Whare Rangahau o Himi Henare as its new co-directors.
Te ao Māori
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17 July 2026
From Te Tai Tokerau to London, a newly researched collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows how Māori-led harakeke trade reached the world stage in the nineteenth century.
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15 July 2026
Hīnātore, an immersive exhibition combining Māori pūrākau (oral histories), mahi toi (arts) and Western science, will illuminate the story of Tāne bringing light into the universe.
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13 July 2026
Celebrating wāhine Māori leadership, Dr Maia Hetaraka and Dr Piata Allen join Te Whare Rangahau o Himi Henare as its new co-directors.
Health and medicine
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17 July 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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17 July 2026
Commentary: As governments copy Australia’s under-16 social media ban, Terryann Clark and Sarah Hetrick argue that targeting screen time ignores wider economic drivers of youth distress.
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17 July 2026
University of Auckland optometry student Nathan Lloyd spent six weeks tackling eye-health mysteries in the Far North, gaining valuable rural healthcare experience and securing the dream job that will launch his career.
Politics and law
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13 July 2026
An international search for researchers with a focus on nature-based solutions to improve business, the environment and the economy is underway.
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7 July 2026
Analysis: New Zealand wants to end climate lawsuits. Justin Sobion asks how that sits with the country's international commitments.
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1 July 2026
Privacy was a nascent area of the law when the commercial law professor first began his research in the field; now it’s central to how we negotiate our digital world.
Science and technology
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16 July 2026
A tiny New Zealand satellite will help the world keep track of objects in orbit.
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15 July 2026
Hīnātore, an immersive exhibition combining Māori pūrākau (oral histories), mahi toi (arts) and Western science, will illuminate the story of Tāne bringing light into the universe.
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12 July 2026
PhD student Sandra Gómez-Gálvez is working on AI for predator control.
University news
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13 July 2026
Celebrating wāhine Māori leadership, Dr Maia Hetaraka and Dr Piata Allen join Te Whare Rangahau o Himi Henare as its new co-directors.
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8 July 2026
Staff from across the University have been celebrated for their efforts and achievements at the annual VC’s Recognition Dinner on Wednesday 1 July.
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6 July 2026
OPINION: Interim Vice-Chancellor Professor Frank Bloomfield writes that the newly launched Signature Research Areas are a way to strengthen University research in a rapidly changing world.
The Challenge
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13 July 2026
Te Pūnaha Ātea-1, (TPA-1) a satellite home-grown in New Zealand launched in June last year. On its 515km high orbit it has been capturing fresh images of our planet.
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28 May 2026
The re-dedication of the Sir James Henare Research Centre recalls the layers of history and renews aspirations for the future.
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19 May 2026
The albatross population of Antipodes Island in the Southern Seas is critically endangered. With more data researchers hope to bring their numbers back.
