Feature Article

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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29 April 2025
Just how much do we know about our endemic Hector’s and Māui dolphins? Professor Rochelle Constantine is part of a team leading a groundbreaking research project to help better understand and protect these small dolphins.
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28 April 2025
University of Auckland scientists are finalists in a global competition for solutions to the ecological crisis.
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17 April 2025
Recent research shows microplastics make up about 0.5 percent of our brains, says French plastics expert Professor Nathalie Gontard.
Arts and culture
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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.
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7 May 2025
Obituary: Ivo Holmqvist came to the University of Auckland in 1972 to run the Scandinavian Studies Department with wife Ingwor.
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6 May 2025
As usual, the annual treat for booklovers, the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki, features plenty of University of Auckland involvement.
Business and economy
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1 December 57333
A new study reveals the impacts Airbnb listings have on different locales and residential rent prices.
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21 April 2079
In light of the Government's proposed Treaty Principles Bill, Gehan Gunasekara emphasises learning from corporate governance lessons.
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30 April 2025
Analysis: The billions spent on NZ’s accommodation supplement is failing to make rent affordable – so what will?
Education and society
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28 April 2025
Ingenious podcast: Citizens' Assemblies – ordinary people coming together to make tough political decisions – are gaining traction in a world where traditional democracy is under fire.
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14 April 2025
The perspectives of young people, the largest population engaging in online gaming spaces are often ignored in research. A new report shows an urgent need for more research in this area.
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1 April 2025
Analysis: We should probably ban engineered stone, but we also need to raise awareness about the long-term risks of industrial dust exposure more widely, say Kristiann Allen, Anne Bardsley and Jenny Salmond.
Environment
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2 May 2025
Oceans are heating faster across two latitudinal bands, according to research led by a University of Auckland climate scientist.
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1 May 2025
Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate, according to international research led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists.
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9 April 2025
The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity grids.
Health and medicine
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9 May 2025
Professor Julia Slark's compassion, kindness and sense of social justice underpins her leadership of the School of Nursing and stroke research.
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9 May 2025
Hiwa's basketball courts received New Zealand's most decorated Olympian recently, when Dame Lisa Carrington came to deliver an announcement.
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8 May 2025
PhD candidate Nadine Riwai hopes to transform national cancer screening for Māori.
Politics and law
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9 April 2025
Opinion: Grant Duncan looks back, as the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks, at a career remarkable for its many ups and downs and sheer longevity.
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4 April 2025
The impacts of US politics on New Zealand will be examined by former UK High Commissioner Phil Goff and University of Auckland experts on 10 April.
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17 March 2025
A tax revolution is underway as countries put domestic laws ahead of global treaties, says Professor Craig Elliffe, whose research on the topic is up for a prestigious award.
Science and technology
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9 May 2025
Winiata Marae, in partnership with the University of Auckland and Downer New Zealand, is set to host the country’s first marae-based water science laboratory.
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6 May 2025
Commentary: New and emerging technologies are likely to revolutionise asthma management, says Amy Chan.
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5 May 2025
Opinion: The use of AI by governments demands transparency because it supercharges state power and automates decisions that can deeply affect our lives, says Benjamin Liu.
University news
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9 May 2025
Hiwa's basketball courts received New Zealand's most decorated Olympian recently, when Dame Lisa Carrington came to deliver an announcement.
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7 May 2025
Two leading University academics have been appointed to the newly formed Prime Minister's Science and Technology Advisory Council.
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30 April 2025
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater hosts Trade Minister and Saudi delegation at the University of Auckland.
The Challenge
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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
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25 March 2025
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute blend art with science to explore and understand the mysteries of human and animal physiology.