Feature Article
1 September 2026
Associate Professor Samantha Holdsworth is determined to turn insights from leading imaging technology research into better health outcomes in Tairāwhiti, and other communities.
Sustainable impact
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9 September 2026
One solution to dramatic cuts to environmental science funding in recent years: philanthropic endowments guarantee support for research long term.
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9 September 2026
Engineering researchers are developing low-cost sensors that could transform how New Zealand monitors nitrate in its freshwater ecosystems.
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8 September 2026
Commonly prescribed antidepressants often fail to improve anxiety and depression in people with substance-use disorders, researchers say.
Arts and culture
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9 September 2026
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher and journalist Dr Atakohu Middleton is celebrating the launch of what is believed to be the first sole-authored collection of short stories written entirely in te reo Māori.
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5 September 2026
Papua New Guinean scholar, cultural practitioner and doctoral candidate Julia Mage'au Gray exemplifies the importance of ensuring Indigenous knowledge systems flourish within contemporary settings.
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4 September 2026
Dr Jean M Uasike Allen says a social media ban for under-16s risks framing young people as the problem, rather than examining the systems that create many of these challenges.
Business and economy
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8 September 2026
Analysis: New Zealand risks losing migrant entrepreneurs, and their businesses, if it focuses on attracting them without providing the support they need, writes Farzana Adeel.
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1 September 2026
Comment: Children online still face the same Meta algorithms on Instagram and Facebook, and the same extraction of their attention and their data says Alexandra Andhov.
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31 August 2026
Road dust is a significant source of particulate air pollution in Tāmaki Makaurau, at times having a greater impact than vehicle exhaust, research suggests.
Education and society
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3 September 2026
Professor Penny Brothers, an honorary academic with the University's School of Chemical Sciences, will head the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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1 September 2026
What if we could all use logic to better understand each other, thereby making the world a less divided place? University of Auckland philosopher Patrick Girard believes we can.
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1 September 2026
Comment: Children online still face the same Meta algorithms on Instagram and Facebook, and the same extraction of their attention and their data says Alexandra Andhov.
Te ao Māori
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9 September 2026
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga researcher and journalist Dr Atakohu Middleton is celebrating the launch of what is believed to be the first sole-authored collection of short stories written entirely in te reo Māori.
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7 September 2026
Visit 'Sharing wisdom', a collaboration between Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori, the Confucius Institute of Auckland and He Māra Mahara, Cultural Collections, showing in Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui, General Library from September 2026.
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7 September 2026
New pioneering initiative Maamaloa, led by Dr Suliana Mone to support Pacific legal scholarship, will hold a symposium on 10-11 September at the Auckland Law School.
Health and medicine
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9 September 2026
Engineering researchers are developing low-cost sensors that could transform how New Zealand monitors nitrate in its freshwater ecosystems.
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8 September 2026
Commonly prescribed antidepressants often fail to improve anxiety and depression in people with substance-use disorders, researchers say.
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7 September 2026
Morning light and other measures that support the body’s natural rhythms could help patients heal faster and get home sooner after surgery.
Politics and law
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8 September 2026
Celebrating Papua New Guinea Language Week: Professor Guy Fiti Sinclair's upbringing in Port Moresby has greatly influenced his academic career.
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7 September 2026
New pioneering initiative Maamaloa, led by Dr Suliana Mone to support Pacific legal scholarship, will hold a symposium on 10-11 September at the Auckland Law School.
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4 September 2026
Opinion: Joining Pillar II of the Aukus security pact could deepen NZ's involvement in the technologies of modern warfare, writes Professor Gehan Gunasekara.
Science and technology
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9 September 2026
Engineering researchers are developing low-cost sensors that could transform how New Zealand monitors nitrate in its freshwater ecosystems.
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4 September 2026
Pacific Science Research Symposium, The Future of Pacific-Led Science, held 3 September brought together established, new and emerging academics.
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3 September 2026
The Tongan eruption of 2022 has potential lessons for tsunami monitoring, writes Professor Shane Cronin.
University news
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28 August 2026
Mānawa Mai Open Day is on 29 August. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education Professor Sarah Young describes what today's students are seeking from a university.
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26 August 2026
The 2026 State of the City Report shows Auckland is gaining ground as an innovation city, but needs to do more to help promising businesses stay in the city.
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26 August 2026
A new report highlights what Auckland's champions knew all along - that it's going places. But so are many of its best and brightest.
The Challenge
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13 August 2026
Inside the quest for the next breakthrough drug to treat diseases of the brain.
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13 July 2026
Te Pūnaha Ātea-1, (TPA-1) a satellite home-grown in New Zealand launched in June last year. On its 515km high orbit it has been capturing fresh images of our planet.
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28 May 2026
The re-dedication of the Sir James Henare Research Centre recalls the layers of history and renews aspirations for the future.