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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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Professor Nic Smith

26 February 2026

Alumnus and former Dean of Engineering, Professor Nic Smith, is returning to the University of Auckland as its new vice-chancellor.

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Te ao Māori

  • Image of Amanda SullivanLee

    3 March 2026

    Pacific Studies doctoral candidate Amanda SullivanLee examines Pusiaki, a Tongan relational, multilayered kinship system that predates missionary contact and differs fundamentally from Western legal adoption.

  • Image of an elderly male hands, dark-skinned

    27 February 2026

    Opinion: Māori are disproportionately affected by mate wareware. And because language shapes care, we use the te reo term rather than dementia for good reason, explains Makarena Dudley.

  • Alumni, staff and researchers gathered at Auckland Business School to celebrate 30 years of transforming Māori Enterprise. Photo: Jane Buriakova | Frame Tell Studios

    27 February 2026

    Alumni have returned to celebrate 30 years of a programme that has propelled Māori into CEO, chair and senior leadership roles across Aotearoa, with a refreshed version now on the way.

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Health and medicine

  • Simon Mitchell diving the wreck of the Nagato

    2 March 2026

    Professor Simon Mitchell’s abiding passion for scuba diving and dive medicine has led to him winning a major award for his work advancing dive practice worldwide.

  • Illustration of Victorian women bicycling

    1 March 2026

    Analysis: ‘Bicycle face’ was thought to cause a state of nervous exhaustion and permanent facial disfigurement, with women thought to be especially vulnerable. Kate MacKrill and Robert Bartholomew explain.

  • Image of an elderly male hands, dark-skinned

    27 February 2026

    Opinion: Māori are disproportionately affected by mate wareware. And because language shapes care, we use the te reo term rather than dementia for good reason, explains Makarena Dudley.

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