Sustainable impact
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12 March 2024
A team of researchers are bringing innovative engineering, business nous and design thinking together to stem the endless streams of plastic waste.
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4 March 2024
The new mission control centre will provide hands-on experience to a new generation of space engineers and scientists.
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4 March 2024
The new home of education, social work, social sciences and dance hosted alumni on City Campus for a special Valentine's Day event to celebrate the beautiful space.
Arts and culture
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18 March 2024
A new prize open to University of Auckland Faculty of Arts’ students hopes to help great ideas find commercial success.
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13 March 2024
A new exhibition delves into the concept of luck by drawing from the echoes of the past and the complexities of the digital age.
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11 March 2024
A book by a University of Auckland Master of Creative Writing alumnus has been shortlisted in the nonfiction section of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for the first time.
Business and economy
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12 March 2024
Opinion: Even if a mother pushes to ‘have it all’, she’ll still be subject to biases and assumptions about her body in the workplace, writes Amanda Sterling.
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1 March 2024
As the director of the University’s Energy Centre, Professor Emilson Silva is helping shape the future of energy innovation to meet New Zealand’s economic and environmental needs.
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1 March 2024
Opinion: The theme for International Women’s Day on 8 March is ‘inspire inclusion’. Professor Christine Woods suggests some ideas to embrace on this day, and always.
Education and society
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19 March 2024
Graduating Tai Tokerau teacher Izac Anderson was a top student and now has a job at his old intermediate school after an inspirational lecturer supported him when it counted.
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8 March 2024
Māori linguists have launched a special edition journal with insights for strengthening te reo Māori revitalisation.
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1 March 2024
AUSA president Alan Shaker was re-elected in 2024 to build on the work he and the executive began in 2023. He says continuity is good.
Environment
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11 March 2024
A unique record at the University of Auckland's Leigh marine lab shows dramatic change in the Hauraki Gulf.
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6 March 2024
New research aims to bolster marae resilience against flooding, landslides and other natural hazards.
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5 March 2024
Opinion: All around the world scientists are calling for society to consider more widespread use of genetic technologies in agriculture to combat challenges such as climate change. It's time we all had a good public debate about them, says Katie Henderson.
Health and medicine
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18 March 2024
One in ten opioid-naive patients stay on the addictive painkillers post surgery and use is increasing among older people, according to new research.
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15 March 2024
A new training programme in specialist heart imaging, crucial for diagnosing, treating and researching heart disease, has started for the first time in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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13 March 2024
One in four New Zealanders was born overseas and new migrants are ahead of other Kiwis when it comes to vaccinating their babies.
Politics and law
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12 March 2024
Opinion: The World Trade Organisation's ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi failed to resolve any issues of significance, raising the question of whether the global trade body has a future, writes Jane Kelsey.
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29 February 2024
Opinion: Carrie Leonetti explains why lumping violent and sexual crime in with domestic arguments and mental health crises under the term ‘family harm’ is problematic.
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28 February 2024
Boosted by Borrin Foundation scholarships, law alumni are heading overseas to pursue postgraduate pursuits.
Science and technology
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19 March 2024
University of Auckland scientists led the first big trial of wastewater sampling to monitor alcohol consumption.
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15 March 2024
Dr Pedram Hekmati loves showing audiences the interlinked beauty of maths and music.
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11 March 2024
A unique record at the University of Auckland's Leigh marine lab shows dramatic change in the Hauraki Gulf.
University news
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15 March 2024
A new training programme in specialist heart imaging, crucial for diagnosing, treating and researching heart disease, has started for the first time in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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8 March 2024
MedTech, space research and biotech were showcased when Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Hon Judith Collins visited the University of Auckland on 8 March.
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8 March 2024
Professor Deidre Brown won the NZ Institute of Architects' 2023 Gold Medal, making history as the first Māori woman and first academic to receive such recognition.
The Challenge
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12 March 2024
A team of researchers are bringing innovative engineering, business nous and design thinking together to stem the endless streams of plastic waste.
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25 February 2024
Researcher Geoffrey Waterhouse is developing the next generation of catalysts for cheaper and better hydrogen fuel cells.
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30 January 2024
One student's success in the search for a link between unexplained gut misery and the electrical pulses in our stomach.