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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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Education and society

  • Tamariki from Ngāti Manu hapū in Northland.

    6 November 2025

    A Northland hapū's ability to thrive despite changes wrought by colonisation is the focus of a University of Auckland study awarded a Marsden Fund grant of $853,000.

  • Protests stock image

    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?

  • Family gathering around candle-lit cake at birthday party

    4 November 2025

    Opinion: The recently released draft curriculum for health and education is like a dry, stale, pale sponge, technically edible but simple, joyless and forgettable, argues Darren Powell.

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Te ao Māori

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Health and medicine

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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.

  • Protests stock image

    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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