Feature Article

3 July 2025
Legacy of outgoing Faculty of Science Kaiarahi Teariki Tuiono set to strengthen support for students.
Sustainable impact
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10 July 2025
A team of architecture and engineering students have just won a 72-hour design competition with a flood-resistant housing scheme focused on community.
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9 July 2025
Opinion: The idea our economy requires constant growth to avoid collapse is a social construct and is not based on the biophysical reality – and there’s an alternative says Phil Shane.
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8 July 2025
A new book, Oceans Between Us, features ten essays analysing racism across education, health, justice and society.
Arts and culture
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7 July 2025
Pacific Studies doctoral candidate and proud I-Kiribati woman Roi Burnett says her home nation is much more than just ‘climate change’.
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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'.
Business and economy
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9 July 2025
What if your income tax didn’t go to the government but into your own savings account? A bold proposal makes the case.
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7 July 2025
From esports arenas to workplaces, rivalry could hold the answer to stronger teams, research on millions of gamers suggests.
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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.
Education and society
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10 July 2025
A team of architecture and engineering students have just won a 72-hour design competition with a flood-resistant housing scheme focused on community.
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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.
Environment
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9 July 2025
Opinion: The idea our economy requires constant growth to avoid collapse is a social construct and is not based on the biophysical reality – and there’s an alternative says Phil Shane.
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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.
Health and medicine
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9 July 2025
Comment: With phase 2 of the Covid inquiry underway it’s essential we learn from mistakes, says Helen Petousis-Harris.
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8 July 2025
Opinion: The cosy relationship between the alcohol industry and politicians extends to how the alcohol levy fund is administered, argues Peter Adams.
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4 July 2025
Plans are under way to bring life-saving cell-based cancer treatments to patients in New Zealand.
Politics and law
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2 July 2025
An independent watchdog would shine a light into the shadowy world of security and counterterrorism, says Associate Professor John Ip in a research paper.
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1 July 2025
Giving people from refugee backgrounds an official voice on issues that affect them has been the focus of the inaugural New Zealand Refugee Advisory Panel.
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1 July 2025
Analysis: The end of the Cold War was supposed to mark a new era, but little has changed, says Tom Wilkinson.
Science and technology
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6 July 2025
Computer scientists investigated the email phishing scams likely to succeed against Pacific Island workers.
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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.