Feature Article
4 May 2026
The solution to preventing asthma attacks could be sitting on your wrist, with researchers trialling a smartwatch-based alert system.
Sustainable impact
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6 May 2026
OpenAI’s original purpose has been ‘hollowed out', researchers argue.
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6 May 2026
Analysis: ‘Mum and dad investors’ are pulling back. Michael Rehm considers what that might mean for NZ’s housing market.
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6 May 2026
The composting system can turn food scraps and garden waste into fresh compost on school grounds and is being highlighted during International Compost Awareness Week (May 3–9).
Arts and culture
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4 May 2026
Pacific Studies professional teaching fellow Julia Mage’au Gray crossed the finish line of her Master of Art (Dance) and immediately stepped into her doctoral studies.
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1 May 2026
The research of musicologist Patrick Savage has included drawing on a classic Exponents anthem to reveal insights into why humans create music.
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1 May 2026
This month's Auckland Writers Festival hosts a blockbuster array of international and local literary talent.
Business and economy
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6 May 2026
OpenAI’s original purpose has been ‘hollowed out', researchers argue.
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6 May 2026
Analysis: ‘Mum and dad investors’ are pulling back. Michael Rehm considers what that might mean for NZ’s housing market.
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5 May 2026
University of Auckland alumnus Alexei Dunayev is helping shape the future of voice-based artificial intelligence, making technology more accessible, natural and useful.
Education and society
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4 May 2026
New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
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2 May 2026
Analysis: Auckland’s landmark deal is big on promise but light on detail – and will be judged by what happens next.
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1 May 2026
Reverend Petra Zaleski shares her favourite spaces in the University's Maclaurin Chapel.
Te ao Māori
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
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4 May 2026
New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
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1 May 2026
This month's Auckland Writers Festival hosts a blockbuster array of international and local literary talent.
Health and medicine
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5 May 2026
Ever wanted to take a deep dive into the latest research on the human brain?
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4 May 2026
The solution to preventing asthma attacks could be sitting on your wrist, with researchers trialling a smartwatch-based alert system.
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4 May 2026
Not many people balance lab-based research with writing fantasy fiction and producing a rock album – but Sam Simmonds has built a life where science and creativity coexist.
Politics and law
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6 May 2026
OpenAI’s original purpose has been ‘hollowed out', researchers argue.
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
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30 April 2026
Opinion: In addition to failing to protect its client states from Iran, it appears the US intends to bill them for the costs of the war too says Gehan Gunasekara.
Science and technology
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6 May 2026
Honeybees collecting myrtle rust spores as food could be helping spread the fungal disease killing native trees, University of Auckland research reveals.
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6 May 2026
Potential risks to kids' development warrant action, according to University of Auckland scientists.
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5 May 2026
PhD graduate Ryan dos Santos Meechan is calling for more speech-language therapists in a field where communication can shape access to justice.
University news
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5 May 2026
Rising fuel prices and staff feedback have driven the accelerated rollout of a 25 percent staff subsidy
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28 April 2026
The University of Auckland has released its third annual Gender Pay Gap Report as well as its first Gender Equity Strategy and Plan.
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28 April 2026
The study of the human past through material remains, archaeology has placed in the top 30 globally six times since the subject was first ranked in 2016.
The Challenge
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2 March 2026
Piecing together how birds and humans interacted in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia hundreds of years ago is the focus of a revealing new study.
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26 February 2026
The venerable University ClockTower marks a century since its formal opening in March.
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19 January 2026
Cutting-edge tools once reserved for astronauts and data scientists are reshaping rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy.