Feature Article
14 May 2025
Liggins Institute PhD graduate Peg Lockyer hated skirts, loved sport and thrived in leadership roles. Her research focused on how school-aged children can get active and be leaders too.
Sustainable impact
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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20 May 2025
Dr Gabriela Baron from the Faculty of Engineering and Design has been recognised for her efforts to support climate action.
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19 May 2025
Pacific masters graduate Roselie Leota noticed a gap in the school curriculum, and is now a speech and language therapist.
Arts and culture
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19 May 2025
Law and Arts graduate Siobhan Sharkey has followed in the footsteps of her pioneering mother Judge Tania Sharkey, awarded a conjoint degree in Law and Arts on 15 May.
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14 May 2025
Leah Kampkes (Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi) has created an accessible game that helps inform Tangata Tiriti on Māori culture, the Treaty of Waitangi, and pressing issues – in an informed way.
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13 May 2025
Well-known New Zealand food writer Julie Biuso has added a dash of extra creativity to her repertoire. She will graduate with a Master of Creative Writing in the May ceremony.
Business and economy
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19 May 2025
Fintech is booming, but can New Zealand build trusted, inclusive systems that also protect privacy?
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13 May 2025
Farzana Adeel’s PhD research uncovered the challenges that skilled migrant entrepreneurs face in New Zealand, and looks at what needs to improve to keep them here.
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13 May 2025
Dr Sam Mackay's surreal experience in Afghanistan inspired research that uncovers the hidden toll of expat life in conflict zones.
Education and society
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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19 May 2025
Designed to be used after distressing experiences and to support young children generally, a new set of arts-based teaching resources aimed at early childhood is now available.
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19 May 2025
Pacific masters graduate Roselie Leota noticed a gap in the school curriculum, and is now a speech and language therapist.
Environment
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2 May 2025
Oceans are heating faster across two latitudinal bands, according to research led by a University of Auckland climate scientist.
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1 May 2025
Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate, according to international research led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists.
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9 April 2025
The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity grids.
Health and medicine
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21 May 2025
A 'natural' pacemaker with a beat that varies according to respiration is being trialled in humans for the first time, with hopes it will improve heart failure treatment.
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19 May 2025
When a child receives a cancer diagnosis, information about treatment can be confusing and overwhelming – that’s where Dr Annie Jones steps in.
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15 May 2025
Science graduate and New Zealand cricketer Bree Illing caps off a great period of achievement in sport and academia.
Politics and law
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21 May 2025
NZ's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, visited the Fale Pasifika on 20 May, formally opening the 99th Council Meeting of the University of the South Pacific (USP), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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19 May 2025
Law and Arts graduate Siobhan Sharkey has followed in the footsteps of her pioneering mother Judge Tania Sharkey, awarded a conjoint degree in Law and Arts on 15 May.
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16 May 2025
A love of rugby brought a ten-year-old Nathan Pinder to refereeing, a passion that keeps the law and engineering graduate grounded.
Science and technology
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20 May 2025
One of six brothers, Saula Lasaganibau’s interest to study the science behind medicine, stemmed from the loss of his youngest sibling. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree on 15 May.
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19 May 2025
Opinion: Australian, UK and other governments consider advanced and quantum technologies a priority – and fund them accordingly. Nicola Baston and Frederique Vanholsbeeck ask what's stopping NZ doing the same?
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18 May 2025
Clinical psychologist Dr Penni Wolfgramm researched the experiences of Tongan leitī in Aotearoa and has become a Doctor of Clinical Psychology.
University news
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13 May 2025
The University and the Cawthron Institute signed an agreement for a Joint Graduate School, making formal an existing successful partnership.
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9 May 2025
Hiwa's basketball courts received New Zealand's most decorated Olympian recently, when Dame Lisa Carrington came to deliver an announcement.
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7 May 2025
Two leading University academics have been appointed to the newly formed Prime Minister's Science and Technology Advisory Council.
The Challenge
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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
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25 March 2025
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute blend art with science to explore and understand the mysteries of human and animal physiology.
