Feature Article

4 August 2025
A ground-breaking new project is set to transform how te reo Māori is spoken and learned across Aotearoa, thanks to a $1 million research grant.
Sustainable impact
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4 August 2025
William Sheard is determined to devise ways to extract the wealth of metals from electronic waste.
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1 August 2025
PhD candidate Sönke Stern investigates Kuwae eruption in Vanuatu five centuries ago and impact on global climate.
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1 August 2025
Te Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani (Cook Islands Māori Language Week) marks a celebration of language and culture 3 – 9 August.
Arts and culture
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1 August 2025
Artist, researcher and educator Steve Lovett offers an inside look at Elam's Mātātuhi/Print Lab.
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1 August 2025
A huge whakairo created by Engineering PhD candidate Paraone Lutein-Apirana has been installed in a City Rail Link station.
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1 August 2025
Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh reflects on being named the Commonwealth's first Poet Laureate.
Business and economy
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30 July 2025
Researchers say green-rating systems could improve clarity and effectiveness by explicitly defining ‘drier’ and using two measures of humidity.
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25 July 2025
Opinion: Auckland’s State of the City report shows that Auckland’s innovation infrastructure needs attention, writes CIE director Dasel Keane.
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23 July 2025
Fear-based health campaigns may grab attention, but could the use of more positive emotions generate better outcomes?
Education and society
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4 August 2025
Language education is at the forefront of the rapid changes in AI and we need to get on board, says Danping Wang, an associate professor of Chinese language.
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4 August 2025
A ground-breaking new project is set to transform how te reo Māori is spoken and learned across Aotearoa, thanks to a $1 million research grant.
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31 July 2025
Opinion: At a conference for geographers recently, Nicolas Lewis was asked what the industrial debate was like in New Zealand. "I was embarrassed to say it was ‘Grow, baby, grow!’"
Environment
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31 July 2025
Opinion: At a conference for geographers recently, Nicolas Lewis was asked what the industrial debate was like in New Zealand. "I was embarrassed to say it was ‘Grow, baby, grow!’"
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31 July 2025
Opinion: The Government's draft geothermal strategy shows it sees the long-term opportunity of geothermal energy and is willing to put its weight behind it, says John O'Sullivan.
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22 July 2025
Rising levels of drug-resistant pathogens pose a serious threat in New Zealand, says University of Auckland Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Naresh Singhal.
Health and medicine
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4 August 2025
More than 100 have now completed University course serving as pathway for Pacific aspirations says Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Associate Dean Pacific (FMHS).
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31 July 2025
The first Pacific woman to hold the public health director role encourages young people to take opportunities, accept support and always find ways to give back .
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30 July 2025
Opinion: Extending community pharmacy services to mental health support is a logical progression of the work pharmacists already do, says Frederick Sundram and Amy Chan.
Politics and law
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5 August 2025
The topic of constitutional conventions doesn't come up every day but doctoral student Kelly Shuttleworth explains how important they are in a democracy.
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29 July 2025
Opinion: The rise of anti-immigration and "Japan First" politics in Japan, shows the country is not immune from the xenophobia affecting much of the developed world, says Nobuki Yamashita.
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24 July 2025
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa (Centre for Pacific and Global Health) welcomes international ruling countries can be held legally accountable for greenhouse gas emissions.
Science and technology
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3 August 2025
Opinion: The success of NZ’s space sector can sometimes get short shrift in a country whose agricultural exports are often seen as our defining characteristic, says Richard Easther.
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1 August 2025
Dr David Krofcheck’s career has seen him contribute to major scientific discoveries at the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
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1 August 2025
PhD candidate Sönke Stern investigates Kuwae eruption in Vanuatu five centuries ago and impact on global climate.
University news
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28 July 2025
The 2025 Te Rau Hiringa awards go to research support staff at Liggins Institute and Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa – Centre for Pacific and Global Health, a University Research Centre.
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21 July 2025
Internationally renowned scholar Vivienne Gray, an Emeritus Professor of Classics, is farewelled by a colleague and several former students at the University of Auckland.
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18 July 2025
Staff from across the University have been celebrated for their efforts and achievements at the annual VC’s Recognition Dinner.
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.