Feature Article
5 December 2025
One of the city’s most significant heritage buildings, Old Choral Hall, has been officially reopened on the University's City Campus following an extensive restoration and refurbishment.
Sustainable impact
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10 December 2025
Dr Linda Palavi crossed the stage to receive her doctoral degree in Population Health on 9 December, she dedicated her thesis to her young nieces and nephew.
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10 December 2025
Medical graduate Joseph Johnston will be the first doctor in his family, but followed his father's lead in many ways.
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9 December 2025
University of Auckland students were recognised on the Australasian stage for smart solutions to counter modern slavery in supply chains.
Arts and culture
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10 December 2025
Archival recordings of Aucklanders born around 1900 are giving linguists a fresh perspective on the evolution of the New Zealand accent.
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2 December 2025
Opinion: Arts funding is not simply about revenue, there are ‘spillover effects’ that benefit sectors such as tourism and youth development, says Camilla Highfield.
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28 November 2025
The inaugural Te Pae Huinga Manu event showcased Māori-led research excellence, a key research strength at the University of Auckland.
Business and economy
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10 December 2025
Analysis: Rod McNaughton asks whether New Zealand's new tertiary strategy will reward real risk takers.
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8 December 2025
Opinion: Fonterra's recent sale of its consumer brands may have delivered a windfall to farmers, but it's also symptomatic of years of underperformance, argues Tim Hazledine.
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4 December 2025
Māori leaders and international partners are driving a new era of Indigenous trade, highlighted by the Kiingitanga’s launch of the Kotahitanga Fund and major 2025 business wānanga.
Education and society
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10 December 2025
Imagine a world without gender restrictions limiting both men and women; this is the central premise of a new book by sociologist Ciara Cremin.
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10 December 2025
Archival recordings of Aucklanders born around 1900 are giving linguists a fresh perspective on the evolution of the New Zealand accent.
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8 December 2025
Primary school teachers around New Zealand are wanted for a large survey on the new mathematics and statistics curriculum in 2026.
Te ao Māori
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10 December 2025
Medical graduate Joseph Johnston will be the first doctor in his family, but followed his father's lead in many ways.
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4 December 2025
The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity have announced a new group of 20 budding Indigenous change makers for 2026, including Cath Dunphy.
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4 December 2025
Associate Professor Michael Davis is the first person of Pacific heritage to head the School of Architecture and Planning.
Health and medicine
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10 December 2025
Grace Su is moving to Tauranga after graduation to work in an optometry clinic where she worked while participating in Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland's Rural Health Immersion Programme.
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10 December 2025
Dr Linda Palavi crossed the stage to receive her doctoral degree in Population Health on 9 December, she dedicated her thesis to her young nieces and nephew.
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10 December 2025
Doctoral graduate Zanetta Toomata was amazed at high school in Hawaii to learn that something as tiny as DNA could hold the blueprint for life and is now dedicated to genetics.
Politics and law
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9 December 2025
University of Auckland students were recognised on the Australasian stage for smart solutions to counter modern slavery in supply chains.
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1 December 2025
Rising meth harm is fuelling calls to expand drug treatment courts in New Zealand.
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24 November 2025
Where to for globalisation: cooperation, competition, or collapse? World-leading thinkers are exploring what comes next at the first-ever International Economics Workshop in Auckland.
Science and technology
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8 December 2025
A new plant-based nutrient that could boost older people’s brain health is being brewed in the lab of University of Auckland Professor Siew-Young Quek.
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5 December 2025
As dementia numbers soar, can music play a larger role in New Zealand's response?
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3 December 2025
Kākāpō may be about to have their biggest breeding season since records began.
University news
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5 December 2025
Professor Manfred Hochstein, a head of the University's Geothermal Institute, died last month.
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5 December 2025
One of the city’s most significant heritage buildings, Old Choral Hall, has been officially reopened on the University's City Campus following an extensive restoration and refurbishment.
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3 December 2025
The opening and blessing of the Fa’anānā Efeso Collins Space at Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui | General Library was held 3 December, to honour the late politician and his legacy.
The Challenge
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28 October 2025
University of Auckland researchers are working on four smart ideas to enhance resilience and sustainabilty in the country's energy needs.
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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.
