Feature Article

15 September 2025
As Aotearoa marks 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland reflects on its role in revitalising te reo Māori.
Sustainable impact
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18 September 2025
What if the insects you hit with your car could contribute to research on climate change?
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17 September 2025
Grapes can be turned into wine, but can unwanted fruit be transformed into new sustainable foods?
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17 September 2025
Climate news can move markets in unexpected ways, with research suggesting it can reduce the value of some of the world's best wines.
Arts and culture
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17 September 2025
The life of a dance teacher in China has become ever more tenuous, fraught with risks as well as opportunities, according to Yue Liu, who has graduated with a PhD in Dance Studies.
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9 September 2025
The significance of chiefly headdresses in Sāmoa, Tonga and Fiji are the focus of art history graduate Talei Tu’inukuafe’s doctoral thesis.
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8 September 2025
Leaving the military at 25, Darrien Jerard Mitchell discovered a new path in Aotearoa New Zealand that reshaped his life, faith and approach to mentoring.
Business and economy
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18 September 2025
Opinion: There's been a lot of change at the Reserve Bank, including the resignation of chair Neil Quigley, but the organisation needs more than a change of personnel, writes Tim Hazledine.
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17 September 2025
Climate news can move markets in unexpected ways, with research suggesting it can reduce the value of some of the world's best wines.
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16 September 2025
The University has earned international recognition for its leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Education and society
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17 September 2025
New Zealand is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, thanks to a radical rethink of immigration policy from the 1980s; a new book looks at how we got here.
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16 September 2025
Opinion: Professor Rod McNaughton says university is “too late in the pipeline” for students to be introduced to entrepreneurship education
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10 September 2025
A seven-year PhD journey has put mātauranga Māori at the centre of geothermal decision-making in Aotearoa, giving Iwi and hapū a meaningful seat at the table.
Te ao Māori
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15 September 2025
Blending decades of design experience with a new understanding of mātauranga Māori, Zane Egginton's masters research helps communities prepare for natural hazards.
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15 September 2025
As Aotearoa marks 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland reflects on its role in revitalising te reo Māori.
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15 September 2025
It's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, and the way we learn the language is set to be enhanced by the development of AI tools that support learning, from pronunciation coaching to recognising the emotions in speech.
Health and medicine
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16 September 2025
Opinion: "Once I’ve got the skin cells then I can make the brain cells. The aim is to turn those skin cells into oligos, and neurons; to grow the brain cells of the New Zealand MS community in a dish," says Amy Caughey-Chapman.
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16 September 2025
Almost all parents (86%) tell their donor-conceived children about their origins, with single parents (89%) and same-sex parents (96%) the most likely to do so.
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16 September 2025
The Ministry of Health has not submitted data to the OECD for many years, leaving the organisation guessing, say two professors in a report commissioned by the senior doctors' union.
Politics and law
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11 September 2025
Veronica Kirisome balanced law with motherhood, graduating just before her daughter’s fifth birthday.
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11 September 2025
Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce graduate Lisi-Malia Pereira crossed the stage carrying the legacy of her ancestors.
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4 September 2025
Inspired by his own lived experience of forced displacement, Andrew Wai Phyo Kyaw hopes to improve agency among urban refugee communities.
Science and technology
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18 September 2025
What if the insects you hit with your car could contribute to research on climate change?
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18 September 2025
Auckland Biogengineering Institute researchers will work with Oden Institute, University of Texas, to develop physics informed AI computational modelling.
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17 September 2025
Grapes can be turned into wine, but can unwanted fruit be transformed into new sustainable foods?
University news
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18 September 2025
Auckland Biogengineering Institute researchers will work with Oden Institute, University of Texas, to develop physics informed AI computational modelling.
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16 September 2025
The University has earned international recognition for its leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship.
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8 September 2025
Big ideas earned University students thousands in cash prizes at this year’s Solve It, where they teamed up with industry to test their creativity and problem-solving skills.
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.