Feature Article
17 October 2025
The University's first ever Repair Cafe has shown a strong appetite on campus for fixing items and shifting away from throwaway culture.
Sustainable impact
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23 October 2025
In a recent public lecture at the University of Auckland, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Dr Agnès Callamard said we're in the fight of our lives to preserve democracy, the environment and human rights.
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23 October 2025
Meeting between University of Auckland and the University of South Pacific renewed existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) while exploring innovative ways to support Pacific learners across the region.
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22 October 2025
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa - Centre for Pacific and Global Health, governing council member Dr Paula Vivili is the new Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC).
Arts and culture
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23 October 2025
Meeting between University of Auckland and the University of South Pacific renewed existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) while exploring innovative ways to support Pacific learners across the region.
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14 October 2025
Ngarino Ellis is the first Māori professor of art history in Aotearoa. Her inaugural lecture is on 15 October.
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13 October 2025
Friends pay tribute to former art history lecturer Liz Eastmond: scholar, fierce advocate for New Zealand women artists and tireless activist for Palestine.
Business and economy
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22 October 2025
Opinion: We can’t continue to treat climate adaptation as a fiscal liability – we need a transformative plan, not 'business as usual', says Sasha Maher.
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17 October 2025
From the Southern Alps to Milford Sound, dramatic landscapes take our breath away; they might also make us rethink our next purchase.
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17 October 2025
An AI tool designed to support fertility treatments has taken top honours in the Velocity $100k Challenge, alongside start-ups in space optics and live sports gaming.
Education and society
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23 October 2025
A new study examines the risks of using AI in planning and policymaking, including how it could unintentionally favour some communities while overlooking others.
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21 October 2025
Opinion: How much did the Government pay for a curriculum that is so inferior to the version already mandated in our schools, and how else might we have spent that money? wonders Lisa Darragh.
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17 October 2025
The University's first ever Repair Cafe has shown a strong appetite on campus for fixing items and shifting away from throwaway culture.
Te ao Māori
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16 October 2025
New research, from exploring Māori self-determination in social services to tackling barriers in welfare and tenancy law, is being supported by the Borrin Foundation.
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16 October 2025
University of Auckland graduate Dr Kara Beckford found herself showered with praise from complete strangers after a mishap pushed her into the public eye.
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14 October 2025
Ngarino Ellis is the first Māori professor of art history in Aotearoa. Her inaugural lecture is on 15 October.
Health and medicine
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22 October 2025
Gender differences at a cellular level may unlock new treatments for painful osteoarthritis.
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22 October 2025
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa - Centre for Pacific and Global Health, governing council member Dr Paula Vivili is the new Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC).
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21 October 2025
Neuroscientist Dr Helen Murray has research news you can use: delay children's involvement in contact sport until they are older.
Politics and law
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23 October 2025
In a recent public lecture at the University of Auckland, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Dr Agnès Callamard said we're in the fight of our lives to preserve democracy, the environment and human rights.
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17 October 2025
Opinion: The No Kings protests in the US aims to show that power and authority to govern belong to ‘We the People’, not a self-appointed monarch, but will they make a difference? Jennifer Frost says they will.
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16 October 2025
New research, from exploring Māori self-determination in social services to tackling barriers in welfare and tenancy law, is being supported by the Borrin Foundation.
Science and technology
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23 October 2025
Opinion: Lauren Baal considers what we have and haven't learned from past mistakes regarding the containment of new gene technologies.
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23 October 2025
A new study examines the risks of using AI in planning and policymaking, including how it could unintentionally favour some communities while overlooking others.
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22 October 2025
University of Auckland scientists checked on the frequent use of antibiotics to keep the birds healthy.
University news
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15 October 2025
A quarter of the country's leading researchers hail from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, in an international analysis of the world's top 2 percent of scientists.
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9 October 2025
A new owner has been found for the old UBIQ bookstore and Campus Books will be opening its doors this month.
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9 October 2025
The University remains No 1 in Aotearoa New Zealand and is ranked 156th globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.
The Challenge
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21 October 2025
Sir Richard Faull, founder of the Centre for Brain Research is one of the country's most eminent scientists. On his 80th year, we celebrate his journey to explore the human brain.
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9 October 2025
The real story behind scientific 'breakthroughs' is strong fundamental research, hard slog and a little bit of serendipity.
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6 October 2025
As AI tools like MidJourney churn out striking art, the core question remains: when the spark comes from prompts and past data, is it creation - or just clever theft?
