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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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1 December 2025

Researchers are testing a pacemaker that syncs the heartbeat to breathing in a way that may help damaged hearts repair.

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Business and economy

  • Professor Jason Mika speaking at Waipapa Marae

    4 December 2025

    Māori leaders and international partners are driving a new era of Indigenous trade, highlighted by the Kiingitanga’s launch of the Kotahitanga Fund and major 2025 business wānanga.

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    24 November 2025

    Where to for globalisation: cooperation, competition, or collapse? World-leading thinkers are exploring what comes next at the first-ever International Economics Workshop in Auckland.

  • Uber driver arriving to pick up man waving phone

    23 November 2025

    Opinion: The Supreme Court decision on four Uber drives will become a reference point for how others think about their labour models, particularly our gig economy, says Rod McNaughton.

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The Challenge

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