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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Feature Article

Josephine Davis is the first Māori to be appointed as Head of School of Nursing. Photo: Chris Loufte

25 May 2026

Josephine Davis will take over as Head of School of Nursing at the University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, marking a historic moment for Māori nursing leadership.

Sustainable impact

  • Sir Collin Tukuitonga portrait

    29 May 2026

    Ingenio: As many Pacific countries face urgent health and climate-change challenges, and powerful states exert shifting influences in the region, Owen Poland asks what role can and should we be playing in the Pacific today.

  • Image of Jemaima Tiatia-Siau and mother Joyce Tiatia

    28 May 2026

    Celebrating Sāmoa Language Week, 31 May – 6 June. The journey of gagana Sāmoa is a lifelong one says Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific, Fonoiā Professor Sipaea Jemaima Tiatia Siau.

  • 27 May 2026

    People living in deprived neighbourhoods have a significantly higher risk of premature ‘deaths of despair,' according to an international study using NZ data.

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