Coronavirus
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30 April 2021
Opinion: Helen Petousis-Harris takes apart eight of the most dangerous and untrue pieces of propaganda currently circulating in NZ about Covid-19 vaccines.
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22 April 2021
The first nationwide survey to detect Covid-19 antibodies in blood highlighted the success of efforts to eliminate the disease.
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21 April 2021
Hundreds of students at the University of Auckland are about to get involved in an experiment that could help better understand how viruses like Covid-19 spread.
Arts and culture
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11 May 2021
A composition inspired by the world’s oldest surviving piece of music has been performed and recorded by Turkish guitarist, Barkin Sertkaya, School of Music.
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29 April 2021
The voyage of famous Polynesian navigator Nukutawhiti from Hawaiki to Aotearoa has been brought to life in a ground-breaking online narrative for schools.
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29 April 2021
Associate Professor Paula Morris teaches the Creative Writing Programme at the University of Auckand. In April she unveiled a special work in front of her class. She explains why it was special.
Business and economy
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9 May 2021
Professor Brigid Carroll’s inaugural lecture at the University of Auckland Business School, marked her appointment as the latest Fletcher Building Employee Education Fund Chair in Leadership.
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7 May 2021
Darsel Keane has been appointed as the new Director of CIE.
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6 May 2021
The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) has been awarded $15 million to lead an international collaboration that aims to translate years of clinical research on the mathematical modelling of human physiology into clinical practice.
Education and society
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10 May 2021
CensusAtSchool New Zealand - TataurangaKiTeKura Aotearoa celebrates the launch of their tenth biennial survey today to once again comprehensively chart children’s views of their own lives.
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7 May 2021
Why are the politics of hate and the ideologies of the far right on the rise globally?
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4 May 2021
Opinion: Instead of seeing Māori ways as either/or with existing thinking about the world and governance, it's time to bring them together, writes Dame Anne Salmond.
Environment and sustainability
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11 May 2021
Seabirds with a larger wingspan and bills or which have larger eyes and nostrils are more likely to end up as bycatch from the fishing industry, a new study has found.
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4 May 2021
Even inside fully-protected marine reserves crayfish numbers have plummeted and numbers outside reserves are likely much lower than official estimates, a new University of Auckland study shows.
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21 April 2021
Researchers say conservation of some of the world’s most endangered species needs to take cultural knowledge of the animals into account when working out how best to protect them.
Health and medicine
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10 May 2021
Researchers at the ABI and FMHS are using mathematical modelling to create a virtual pregnancy, to better understand can understand the placenta, how it works and signs of when it isn't working well.
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6 May 2021
A breakthrough imaging technique could help researchers and doctors to understand and treat brain disorders.
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4 May 2021
Opinion: Will proposed reforms bring the long-awaited new dawn of health equity to Aotearoa? Only if Māori and Pasifika voice is heard, explains Dr Collin Tukuitonga.
Politics and law
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7 May 2021
Why are the politics of hate and the ideologies of the far right on the rise globally?
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6 May 2021
Opinion: If the US decides to reactivate the original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, would there be another groundswell of opposition? Yes, explains Jane Kelsey.
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30 April 2021
It’s been a slow journey but Professor Jaime King, a specialist in US healthcare law, is now at the University of Auckland.
Science and technology
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10 May 2021
Researchers at the ABI and FMHS are using mathematical modelling to create a virtual pregnancy, to better understand can understand the placenta, how it works and signs of when it isn't working well.
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10 May 2021
CensusAtSchool New Zealand - TataurangaKiTeKura Aotearoa celebrates the launch of their tenth biennial survey today to once again comprehensively chart children’s views of their own lives.
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7 May 2021
An Honorary Professor at the University of Auckland has been elected to the Royal Society of London.
University news
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22 April 2021
The University of Auckland has retained its place in the top ten of the international Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2021.
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21 April 2021
Collaboration and equality of access will be key if universities are to ensure that all parts of society can benefit from their research, an expert panel, including University of Auckland Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater, has concluded.
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14 April 2021
The Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori officially announces the appointment of the new Ihonuku, Te Kawehau Hoskins.
The Challenge
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29 April 2021
New Zealand has one of the world’s worst rates of a fatal brain disease. Now, scientists hunting rogue genes hope to unravel the 150-year-old mystery of what triggers the disease and how to find a cure.
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15 April 2021
The nation's Covid-19 response has relied heavily on contagion modelling. Dion O'Neale is leading work to build a unique model that mirrors the myriad connections of the entire population of New Zealand.
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31 March 2021
Professor Merryn Tawhai's work on the virtual lung has led to a vital new tool for medical staff caring for patients hospitalised with serious Covid-related illness.
