Feature Article
17 August 2026
In his second pōwhiri as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nic Smith says one of the University’s most important relationships is with mana whenua, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
Sustainable impact
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19 August 2026
Research calling on young people with life-limiting health conditions to better understand navigating serious illness during adolescence and early adulthood.
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19 August 2026
It was a numbers game as the Auckland Maths Challenge came to Hiwa allowing school students to compete and experience campus life.
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19 August 2026
University of Auckland doctoral candidate Nikki Singh will take pioneering research into autoimmune disease, identity and lived experience to Stanford University after receiving a prestigious Fulbright award.
Arts and culture
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19 August 2026
Award winner educator Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn has built a reputation for creating learning spaces where students feel seen, valued and inspired.
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18 August 2026
The University farewells notable New Zealand poet and long-time English tutor Riemke Ensing with a tribute from her biographer Deborah Shepard.
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18 August 2026
Six projects by University of Auckland architecture and design staff have been shortlisted for the NZIA National Awards, placing them alongside some of New Zealand’s most significant new buildings.
Business and economy
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19 August 2026
It was a numbers game as the Auckland Maths Challenge came to Hiwa allowing school students to compete and experience campus life.
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18 August 2026
Analysis: New Zealand’s tech sector is creating remarkable value, Rod McNaughton asks how much of that success stays here.
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17 August 2026
A hydrothermal process that converts hazardous waste into water and saleable by-products has earned Nurox Hydrothermal a finalist place in the 2026 KiwiNet Awards.
Education and society
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13 August 2026
Analysis: Universities can help students thrive in an AI-shaped workforce by combining deep subject expertise with broader skills, say Hanoku Bathula and Patrick Dodd.
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5 August 2026
Comment: Until policymakers confront the elephant, no amount of “rebalancing” will fix the room when it comes to early childhood education, says Kiri Gould.
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3 August 2026
Analysis: Overlapping parental leave is the right idea – we just need more fathers to take it, writes Joanne Mutter.
Te ao Māori
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19 August 2026
It was a numbers game as the Auckland Maths Challenge came to Hiwa allowing school students to compete and experience campus life.
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17 August 2026
In his second pōwhiri as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nic Smith says one of the University’s most important relationships is with mana whenua, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
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15 August 2026
Celebrating Tonga Language Week, Dr Sione Faletau new lecturer at the Elam School of Fine Arts, highlights the importance.
Health and medicine
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19 August 2026
University of Auckland doctoral candidate Nikki Singh will take pioneering research into autoimmune disease, identity and lived experience to Stanford University after receiving a prestigious Fulbright award.
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18 August 2026
Neuroscience researchers at the University of Auckland have been awarded funding to explore innovative responses to a broad range of neurological conditions.
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17 August 2026
University of Auckland researchers have conducted what may be the world's deepest physiological study of freedivers, helping explain blackouts and other effects of extreme depth.
Politics and law
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10 August 2026
Marriage equality in Australia might finally be legal but now finds itself at the heart of global culture-war debates targeting minorities, a new book finds.
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10 August 2026
Understanding how Big Tech became so powerful starts with understanding corporations themselves, says Professor Susan Watson in a new paper.
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29 July 2026
Across five days and six challenges, Auckland Law School's Lina Jang and Simran Aujla proved themselves Australasia’s top negotiators.
Science and technology
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19 August 2026
Research calling on young people with life-limiting health conditions to better understand navigating serious illness during adolescence and early adulthood.
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11 August 2026
Predicting wave impacts is one of the toughest challenges in marine engineering. Dr Connor Pearson slammed carbon-fibre hull sections into water, exposing critical flaws in boat-design methods.
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10 August 2026
Faculty of Science research centres will tackle some of the world's big challenges.
University news
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17 August 2026
In his second pōwhiri as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nic Smith says one of the University’s most important relationships is with mana whenua, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
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10 August 2026
The convening panels for each of the University's Signature Research Areas have been appointed.
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7 August 2026
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland and The Pacific Community (SPC) have formalised a new partnership.
The Challenge
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13 August 2026
Inside the quest for the next breakthrough drug to treat diseases of the brain.
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13 July 2026
Te Pūnaha Ātea-1, (TPA-1) a satellite home-grown in New Zealand launched in June last year. On its 515km high orbit it has been capturing fresh images of our planet.
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28 May 2026
The re-dedication of the Sir James Henare Research Centre recalls the layers of history and renews aspirations for the future.