Feature Article
21 August 2025
A major new project focused on Māori women with breast cancer is launching, with a $5 million grant from the Health Research Council.
Sustainable impact
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25 August 2025
Engineering PhD researcher Haukapuanui Vercoe highlights the critical role of marae in natural hazard response
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22 August 2025
Postgraduate student Pepe Afeaki demonstrates how professional growth and academic aspirations can walk hand in hand.
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21 August 2025
The first stage of the construction of a major new asset on the City Campus will begin after the removal and repurposing of the old Alten Road Early Childhood Centre.
Arts and culture
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18 August 2025
Analysis: We often say we have no choice but to drive, but as it turns out, that’s often not true. Urban form enables walking but it doesn't guarantee people will, as I-Ting Chuang explains.
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16 August 2025
Celebrating Tonga Language Week (17-23 August), Law academic Dr Suliana Mone talks about her presentation at the University of Oxford, where she honoured her ancestors by speaking lea faka-Tonga, the Tongan language.
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14 August 2025
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland lends voice to Pacific Climate Change Roundtable underway in Apia, Samoa.
Business and economy
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20 August 2025
Concerns about the continued use of farrowing crates in commercial pig farming have been raised by a new review from the University of Auckland.
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19 August 2025
Initiatives like the Auckland Maths Challenge tap into the potential of young Māori and Pacific learners - transforming lives, uplifting families and wider communities.
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18 August 2025
Analysis: AI is peeling back the layers of ‘low-value’ work – NZ may be well placed to adapt, writes Kenny Ching.
Education and society
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26 August 2025
The terrorist who murdered 51 people in two Christchurch mosques sent out a raft of propaganda at the time of the attacks which deliberately masked his real views and plans, according to a new study.
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21 August 2025
Distinguished linguist and Pacific Studies senior lecturer Dr Melenaite Taumoefolau is launching a new course on Pacific Language Studies: Issues and Resolutions.
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8 August 2025
Opinion: As the Government moves swiftly to change the direction of NZ education, both ‘sides’ need to stop talking past each each other, says John Morgan.
Environment
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25 August 2025
Engineering PhD researcher Haukapuanui Vercoe highlights the critical role of marae in natural hazard response
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22 August 2025
New Zealand's southern right whales, or tohorā, are keen on a zone south of Australia in international waters.
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21 August 2025
Artificial intelligence is being examined for its potential benefits and environmental costs.
Health and medicine
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27 August 2025
New research finds women who have experienced interpersonal violence and abuse are 1.6 times more likely to visit hospital with cancer and almost three times as likely to be hospitalised for respiratory diseases.
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27 August 2025
A groundbreaking genetic treatment for a rare form of muscular dystrophy is being trialled at the University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research.
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27 August 2025
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown cause of heart attacks and stroke, which they expect to improve treatments.
Politics and law
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26 August 2025
Human rights, meant to protect, are ironically being used to block Māori authority, says law expert Andrew Erueti.
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20 August 2025
Analysis: New Zealand is trailing its allies over Palestinian statehood – but there’s still time to show leadership, writes Treasa Dunworth.
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17 August 2025
Analysis: Banning contactless and credit card surcharges won’t help – open banking reform is what’s needed.
Science and technology
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22 August 2025
New Zealand's southern right whales, or tohorā, are keen on a zone south of Australia in international waters.
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19 August 2025
Initiatives like the Auckland Maths Challenge tap into the potential of young Māori and Pacific learners - transforming lives, uplifting families and wider communities.
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15 August 2025
The most common whales in the inner Hauraki Gulf, Bryde's whales, could increasingly be further out as prey shift due to climate.
University news
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22 August 2025
After months of intense training, the University’s waka ama squad is ready to test their endurance on the world stage at the Queen Lili'uokalani Canoe Race in Hawai’i.
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21 August 2025
Three Auckland Bioengineering Institute projects – from the gut health, cardiology, and cancer imaging teams – have been awarded a total of $2.55 million in the latest 2025 Health Research Council funding round.
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21 August 2025
The first stage of the construction of a major new asset on the City Campus will begin after the removal and repurposing of the old Alten Road Early Childhood Centre.
The Challenge
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24 June 2025
Psychology professor Ginny Braun on how she came to co-author the century’s third most-cited scientific paper.
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27 May 2025
Rocks collected by an expedition to Antarctica hold clues to an extinction event 183 million years ago.
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26 May 2025
In its first season new podcast Ingenious showcases research taking on society's most persistent challenges.
