News and opinion

12 December 2018

University of Auckland novelist, essayist and academic Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is the 2018 Katherine Mansfield Fellow.

5 December 2018

Criminology and Māori Studies student Alicia Kapa has been celebrated for inspiring others with disabilities.

30 November 2018

Embarking on a project involving a collaborative method of working has proved successful for renowned composer Associate Professor Eve de Castro-Robinson, who has been named Best Classical Artist/ Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

10 December 2018

Opinion: a levy on incoming tourists should be seen not as a revenue-grabbing tax, but as user pays congestion charge, writes Tim Hazledine.

6 December 2018

Velocity - the University’s student-led entrepreneurial development programme – is celebrating its 15th birthday and the successes it has enjoyed since its inception.

29 November 2018

Professor Craig Elliffe, from the Auckland Law School has been awarded the country’s premier legal research grant, the New Zealand International Research Fellowship - Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao.

3 December 2018

Teachers in West Auckland will have easier access to specialist training to help struggling readers with the opening of Colwill School’s Reading Recovery Subcentre last Friday (November 30).

27 November 2018

Until the Government addresses the status of the profession, teaching is likely to remain in crisis and we will continue to not have enough teachers to staff our schools, says Associate Professor Wayne Smith.

27 November 2018

Ahead of International Men’s Day on Monday 19 November, a second-year social work student reflects why more men are needed in the social good sector.

14 November 2018

University of Auckland bioengineers have developed an innovative way to get rid of the underwater biofouling that creates such a headache for marinas, boaties and aqua farmers.

13 November 2018

Opinion: Auckland has been offered a bright and shiny stadium on the waterfront for free. Doesn’t that sound like an offer that’s too good to be true, asks Bill McKay from the School of Architecture and Planning.

13 November 2018

Imagine never having to get pricked with a needle again?

11 December 2018

The Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, led by Professor Ron Paterson, has been released, with 40 recommendations within 12 broad areas.

10 December 2018

Auckland businessman and philanthropist Sir David Levene is giving the University of Auckland an early Christmas gift - $5 million to support brain research.

7 December 2018

New Zealand children and young people have low levels of physical activity and high levels of screen time compared with their peers in 49 countries.

11 December 2018

The Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, led by Professor Ron Paterson, has been released, with 40 recommendations within 12 broad areas.

10 December 2018

A chance to take part in an Amnesty International (NZ) investigation into possible war crimes in Syria was too good to pass up for University of Auckland students last week.

29 November 2018

Professor Craig Elliffe, from the Auckland Law School has been awarded the country’s premier legal research grant, the New Zealand International Research Fellowship - Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao.

4 December 2018

Heterosexual men with hostile sexist attitudes are more likely to think they lack power in a relationship rather than seeing themselves as powerful.

21 November 2018

A cell-sorting startup with considerable significance for the trillion-dollar global livestock market has been bought by a global corporate that already has significant existing operations in New Zealand.

15 November 2018

Two leading scientists from the University of Auckland have been honoured in this year’s New Zealand Association of Scientists awards.

10 December 2018

Auckland businessman and philanthropist Sir David Levene is giving the University of Auckland an early Christmas gift - $5 million to support brain research.

6 December 2018

A month into his new role as the University of Auckland’s first Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pacific), Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa speaks to Newsroom about education, leadership and the need for New Zealand to recognise itself as a Pacific nation.

6 December 2018

A high-ranking delegation from the University of Auckland visited India in November to strengthen and grow partnerships with Indian Universities.