Feature Article
8 October 2026
Comment: The world faces many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations writes Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga.
Sustainable impact
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13 October 2026
New Zealand and Swiss researchers are exploring how international best practice can help shape a more sustainable approach to space governance in Aotearoa.
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13 October 2026
Shoddy studies keep making the news – and they’re all over social media.
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13 October 2026
Three new associate heads will lead research and teaching with strong clinical connections in the University of Auckland's new Department of Cancer Sciences.
Arts and culture
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9 October 2026
Comics CoLab, a new project aimed at turning important public information in areas like health and science into comics, is calling for artists and funded ideas.
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7 October 2026
Toleafoa Dr Sarah Va’afusuaga McRobie presented a seminar at the National University of Sāmoa, introducing an Indigenous framework to support survivors of sexual and family violence
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4 October 2026
PhD candidate in Dance Studies Teuila Hughes explores the ancestral knowledge of Siva through a Sāmoan lens shaped by her upbringing in Fiji.
Business and economy
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12 October 2026
Analysis: Cheap Chinese EVs could soon shake up New Zealand’s used car market. Kenny Ching looks at whether the country is ready.
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7 October 2026
How copyright law responds to generative AI could have major consequences for the technology’s future, says visiting Stanford Professor Mark Lemley.
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7 October 2026
Five stars might catch your eye, but it’s how a review is written that determines how helpful it actually is, according to new University of Auckland research.
Education and society
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13 October 2026
New Zealand and Swiss researchers are exploring how international best practice can help shape a more sustainable approach to space governance in Aotearoa.
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1 October 2026
Luke Goode, a new professor of communication, looks back on 25 years at the University of Auckland and forward to a future he believes we can't give up on.
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28 September 2026
Sophie Jing’s doctoral research explores culture and identity in Chinese immigrants to New Zealand. She writes about how it reveals the humanity behind simplistic stereotypes.
Te ao Māori
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9 October 2026
Obituary: The University pays tribute to Emeritus Professor Colin Mantell, a distinguished obstetrician, researcher and champion of Māori and Pacific health education.
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7 October 2026
Governments in New Zealand, Australia and Canada have often used cultural diversity to maintain power and promote contentious agendas, a new book suggests.
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30 September 2026
Unjust, illegitimate, illegal. This is how Professor Claire Charters describes New Zealand's constitution in her new book, Sovereignty.
Health and medicine
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13 October 2026
Three new associate heads will lead research and teaching with strong clinical connections in the University of Auckland's new Department of Cancer Sciences.
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9 October 2026
Comics CoLab, a new project aimed at turning important public information in areas like health and science into comics, is calling for artists and funded ideas.
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8 October 2026
Comment: The world faces many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations writes Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga.
Politics and law
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7 October 2026
How copyright law responds to generative AI could have major consequences for the technology’s future, says visiting Stanford Professor Mark Lemley.
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7 October 2026
Governments in New Zealand, Australia and Canada have often used cultural diversity to maintain power and promote contentious agendas, a new book suggests.
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6 October 2026
Comment: Until businesses know there are real consequences for breaking consumer law, the best-intentioned reforms will have limited impact, says Alex Sims.
Science and technology
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8 October 2026
University research may help ultra-precise 'light rulers' jump from the lab to consumers.
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5 October 2026
Dr Edin Whitehead's newly released book affords a rare and beautiful glimpse into the world of seabird science.
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4 October 2026
Comment: The hearing aid of 2035 may know who you spend time with, how often you speak, what you talk about, and yes, we should be afraid says Grant Searchfield.
University news
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12 October 2026
Measina o le Pasefika, Treasures of the Pacific has been launched, a new digital repository ensuring Pacific scholarship is preserved, showcased and shared.
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9 October 2026
Obituary: The University pays tribute to Emeritus Professor Colin Mantell, a distinguished obstetrician, researcher and champion of Māori and Pacific health education.
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5 October 2026
Silver Fern Catherine Hall has risen through the ranks of New Zealand netball while balancing honours research and recovery from an ACL injury sustained during New Zealand's Commonwealth Games gold-medal campaign.
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.