Feature Article
1 June 2026
Eight University of Auckland staff have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, including Professor Elizabeth Rata who becomes a dame and Associate Professor Paul Baker who becomes a knight.
Sustainable impact
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2 June 2026
Waste chemicals pollute rivers, coastlines and groundwater – but the right microbes in the right place can turn them into harmless gas.
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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.
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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.
Arts and culture
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2 June 2026
Alumni profile: Ruth Diver is experiencing wild success as a literary translator, including co-translating the English version of the bestselling Gisèle Pelicot memoir.
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2 June 2026
Podcasts on everything from history to politics to ice hockey are on classics, and Greek history and language expert Dr Alex McAuley's listening list.
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29 May 2026
Elam doctoral student Brittany Walker Smith is the inaugural winner of the Collin Post Sculpture Award and Longveld Plinth Award.
Business and economy
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26 May 2026
Analysis: New Zealand needs stronger mechanisms to convert early promise into investable firms, says Rod McNaughton.
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26 May 2026
Zolzaya Battsogt lost both her daughter and supervisor during her doctoral studies. This May, she graduated in their honour.
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25 May 2026
Opinion: Auckland needs more authority to make decisions and fewer 'stupid rules' tying hands, writes Natasha Hamilton-Hart.
Education and society
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28 May 2026
Comment: Education is complicated, and we should be wary of stories that suggest it is otherwise like the one the kids failing at maths, says Lisa Darragh.
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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.
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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.
Te ao Māori
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1 June 2026
Eight University of Auckland staff have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, including Professor Elizabeth Rata who becomes a dame and Associate Professor Paul Baker who becomes a knight.
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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.
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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.
Health and medicine
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2 June 2026
Professor Dame Helen Danesh-Meyer's damehood recognises her significant contributions to ophthalmology.
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2 June 2026
Hood Fellow Professor Russell Foster's visit has supported chronobiology research efforts in New Zealand and Sāmoa.
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29 May 2026
University of Auckland study finds that despite clear English language limitations, many Asian patients were not provided with an interpreter ahead of surgery.
Politics and law
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29 May 2026
With the can kicked down the road in terms of a referendum at the 2026 general election on extending our term to four years, the question remains: should we extend our parliamentary term beyond three years?
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26 May 2026
Zolzaya Battsogt lost both her daughter and supervisor during her doctoral studies. This May, she graduated in their honour.
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25 May 2026
Analysis: Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unanswered.
Science and technology
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27 May 2026
An active fault along the Hunua Ranges has been identified in research led by the University of Auckland.
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25 May 2026
Opinion: The world's ocean monitoring system is under threat when most needed, writes Dr Kevin Trenberth.
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18 May 2026
A major overhaul of the University of Auckland’s health programmes expands study options, creates flexibility and prepares graduates for the future health workforce.
University news
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1 June 2026
Eight University of Auckland staff have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, including Professor Elizabeth Rata who becomes a dame and Associate Professor Paul Baker who becomes a knight.
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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.
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20 May 2026
A dawn ceremony on 19 May welcomed restored whakairo back to the James Henare Research Centre, reaffirming the centre’s place as a whare of mātauranga Māori.
The Challenge
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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.
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19 May 2026
The albatross population of Antipodes Island in the Southern Seas is critically endangered. With more data researchers hope to bring their numbers back.
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2 March 2026
Piecing together how birds and humans interacted in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia hundreds of years ago is the focus of a revealing new study.