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News and opinion

News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Feature Article

Dr Catherine Morgan and Professor Lynette Tippett are developing an AI tool to predict dementia.

25 July 2025

A new AI tool to predict dementia is being developed by a team of experts from the University of Auckland and Singapore.

Sustainable impact

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Business and economy

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Environment

  • Image of the earth surrounded by space junk.

    17 December 2025

    Analysis: Thomas Dowling and Te Kahuratai Moko-Painting provided New Zealand perspectives to a global initiative calling for sustainable development in space.

  • Professor Naresh Singhal says drug resistant pathogens pose a serious threat in wastewater and waterways.

    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.

  • Sign of carpark full

    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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Health and medicine

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Science and technology

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The Challenge

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