Feature Article

29 May 2025
The opening of the University's new recreation centre signals a significant investment in students’ well-being. So, what are the connections between physical activity and academic success?
Sustainable impact
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30 May 2025
Three documentaries exploring myrtle rust and kauri dieback disease will be screened at an Eco Film Festival in Auckland on 7 June.
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30 May 2025
Analysis: Melanie Kah recommends taking a precautionary approach where our reliance on chemicals is minimal and limited to situations where their benefits clearly exceed the potential associated risk.
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30 May 2025
Celebrate Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa - Sāmoa Language Week 1 - 7 June.
Arts and culture
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4 June 2025
Despite being far from the world's great music hubs, New Zealand had a thriving early jazz scene, says music historian Dr Aleisha Ward.
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3 June 2025
Graduate Will Chomchoei wins Australasian design and architecture award, announced at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne on 28 May.
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3 June 2025
Fresh from winning a prestigious New Zealand music prize, the academic known musically as Mokotron, will perform at Glastonbury this month.
Business and economy
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4 June 2025
Auckland has problems but it also has enormous potential and that potential hinges on people, writes Darsel Keane.
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26 May 2025
Savvy media interaction can shape the perception and success of community-led health initiatives, particularly for Māori and Pacific people, according to a recent study.
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22 May 2025
Analysis: As geopolitics reshape the space race, New Zealand’s neutral stance and growing sector could position it as a key player in the new space economy.
Education and society
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29 May 2025
Applications are now open for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity 2026 cohort.
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29 May 2025
The opening of the University's new recreation centre signals a significant investment in students’ well-being. So, what are the connections between physical activity and academic success?
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Environment
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27 May 2025
Opinion: Auckland Council's plan for higher building limits is a long-overdue move for a city afraid of heights. But, by international standards, Auckland is chasing the past, says Tim Welch.
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2 May 2025
Oceans are heating faster across two latitudinal bands, according to research led by a University of Auckland climate scientist.
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1 May 2025
Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate, according to international research led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists.
Health and medicine
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2 May 9025
Magic mushrooms are coming under the microscope, as scientists at the University of Auckland forage for evidence to support a drug-checking service with the goal of reducing harm.
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24 September 2025
Two Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences students will receive around $25,000 each for study-related travel as part of new-look philanthropic funding.
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4 June 2025
A large-scale study covering more than 230 million people sheds light on the relationship between Guillain-Barré syndrome after certain Covid vaccines or SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Politics and law
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24 August 57417
In an excerpt from her inaugural lecture, Alex Sims discusses her educational journey and research interests, highlighting the influences that have shaped her career.
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17 August 2025
Opinion: Tim Dare examines what SkyCity's 'de-platforming' of controversial speaker, Princeton Philosophy Professor Peter Singer, might mean for free speech.
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3 June 2025
Associate Professor Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere says our animal welfare legislation needs better enforcement and resourcing to give it teeth.
Science and technology
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3 June 2025
Making space for Indigenous science to flourish and promoting inclusive research that benefits communities and academia are part of the Māori health leader’s big vision.
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30 May 2025
Researchers investigated what happens when parents sing more to their babies at home.
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28 May 2025
Analysis: Without more regulation on how to safely dispose of lithium-ion batteries we’re going to have more fires caused by them, says Shanghai Wei.
University news
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3 June 2025
Academics and alumni from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland have been recognised in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours.
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29 May 2025
Opening in 2028, the University’s new student accommodation will be the largest of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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27 May 2025
Minister Hon Paul Goldsmith was welcomed back on campus to experience the creative talent and cutting-edge research happening across the University.
The Challenge
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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.
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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.