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News and views from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

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Renate Meyer, a professor of statistics wears a striped top and white jerkin.

5 November 2025

University of Auckland fresh ideas and deep dives into fundamental science have been awarded $24.3m from the 2025 Marsden fund.

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Politics and law

  • Digitized image of scales, with a brain on one side, AI on the other

    7 November 2025

    Commentary: Judges around the world have pulled lawyers up for submitting AI-generated material to the court that’s wrong. Joshua Yuvaraj cautions lawyers against the use of AI.

  • Kennedy Graham, pictured with his wife, Marilyn, in 2017.

    5 November 2025

    Golden Graduate: Former diplomat, academic and politician Kennedy Graham tells Megan Fowlie about traversing the world and some of its hottest issues.

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    4 November 2025

    Taking to the streets has long been a way to demand action from our leaders. But Ingenio asks six academics: are protests still an effective means to bring about change?

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Science and technology

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    5 November 2025

    As 2025 draws to an end, psychologist Lily Stadlober shares seven tips to help us keep to our resolutions for the year ahead.

  • Tamar Torrance art gallery research setup

    4 November 2025

    How does science explain moments when we are captivated by the arts? Janet McAllister goes in search of new research that explores the ways in which to be human is to need the arts.

  • Marcel Thompson portrait

    4 November 2025

    Working with some of the gin world’s biggest brands straight out of University launched Marcel Thompson into a career steeped in the spirit.

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The Challenge

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