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News and opinion

News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

Feature Article

Professor Merryn Tawhai, Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute.

7 May 2025

Two leading University academics have been appointed to the newly formed Prime Minister's Science and Technology Advisory Council.

Sustainable impact

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Arts and culture

  • A portrait of Avril Bell in her office at her desk with books in the background.

    16 October 2032

    The experiences of people who work with, and for, Māori communities guided by their commitments to te Tiriti o Waitangi is the subject of a new book by sociologist Avril Bell.

  • Ivo Jolmqvist sign on door at UoA German reading room

    7 May 2025

    Obituary: Ivo Holmqvist came to the University of Auckland in 1972 to run the Scandinavian Studies Department with wife Ingwor.

  • Professors Deidre Brown, left, and Ngarino Ellis are co-authors, with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, of Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art (AUP, 2024).

    6 May 2025

    As usual, the annual treat for booklovers, the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki, features plenty of University of Auckland involvement.

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Health and medicine

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The Challenge

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