Feature Article
6 October 2021
A photo of a bedroom featuring a sleeping person in bed, houseplants, and a print of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Broadacre City’ - his plan for a ‘perfect but very imperfect community’ - is this year’s winner of the Simon Devitt Prize for Photography.
Coronavirus
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14 October 2021
Pop-up vaccination centre at the University of Auckland this weekend
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13 October 2021
Opinion: Dr Michelle Wise explains some of the FAQs surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine and fertility.
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8 October 2021
Opinion: In part two, Mike Lee looks at how businesses can help increase vaccination rates and operate to keep staff, livelihood, and other customers “free from harm”.
Arts and culture
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6 October 2021
A photo of a bedroom featuring a sleeping person in bed, houseplants, and a print of Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Broadacre City’ - his plan for a ‘perfect but very imperfect community’ - is this year’s winner of the Simon Devitt Prize for Photography.
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21 September 2021
A new book co-authored by Dr Emilio Garcia, School of Architecture and Planning, explores the very real possibility of collapse in the built environment, and how we can prepare for a graceful landing.
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20 September 2021
A world-leading project to analyse thousands of Māori stone artefacts has been funded at the University of Auckland.
Business and economy
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8 October 2021
Opinion: In part two, Mike Lee looks at how businesses can help increase vaccination rates and operate to keep staff, livelihood, and other customers “free from harm”.
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24 September 2021
Opinion: There are appeals to Jack Ma to take a leading role among China's fintech giants to work with regulatory agencies to reinvent a more socially responsible microcredit industry, write Xin Chen and Xingang Wang.
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20 September 2021
Opinion: China's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement comes at an awkward political moment, writes Associate Professor Robert Scollay.
Education and society
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7 October 2021
One in three children and youth living in conflict or natural disaster zones are not at school. What can be done to get them back into education for a better chance in life?
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7 October 2021
Opinion: In part one of two pieces about resisting vaccination, Mike Lee argues the rights of other people to remain free from harm overrides freedom of choice.
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30 September 2021
Opinion: 'Kia Manawanui, Aotearoa: A long-term pathway to mental wellbeing' could be revolutionary. But without big changes, it will fail, writes Barbara Staniforth.
Environment and sustainability
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7 October 2021
Two young researchers in the School of Biological Sciences have been awarded $640,000 each to carry out leading-edge research into pest and predator control.
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4 October 2021
Professor Rachel Fewster tells the story of how statistics and wildlife led to her joyful career.
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23 September 2021
A majority of New Zealanders would be happy to try eating an insect even if they have never tasted one before, preliminary findings from a new study show.
Health and medicine
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13 October 2021
Opinion: Dr Michelle Wise explains some of the FAQs surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine and fertility.
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5 October 2021
Your genetic test could be used against you, write Professor Andrew Shelling, of the University of Auckland, and Jane Tiller, of Monash University.
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4 October 2021
Masters student Irene Chapple worked with Professor Annie Goldson to tell the story of David Downs and others who have received CAR T-cell cancer therapy.
Politics and law
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5 October 2021
Opinion: The children's ministry must change from an organisation that employs social workers to become a social work organisation, writes Ian Hyslop
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5 October 2021
Associate Professor Tim Kuhner from the University of Auckland Law School has been invited to present his latest book, Tyranny of Greed. Trump, Corruption, and the Revolution to Come, at a prestigious lecture series held in Paris.
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21 September 2021
Opinion: The Centre for Research on Modern Slavery is challenging the government with a new White Paper that urges establishment of a Modern Slavery Act.
Science and technology
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7 October 2021
Two young researchers in the School of Biological Sciences have been awarded $640,000 each to carry out leading-edge research into pest and predator control.
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7 October 2021
Opinion: It’s World Space Week and Laura Pirovano from the Space Institute writes about space junk and the importance of keeping spacecraft and satellites safe.
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1 October 2021
A team of researchers at the University of Auckland is advancing the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) by using computational modelling and artificial intelligence to target the right atrium, the chamber of the heart which has been neglected in heart research.
University news
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14 October 2021
Pop-up vaccination centre at the University of Auckland this weekend
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27 September 2021
Experienced counsellor Dr Brian Rodgers on paying attention to the signals anxiety sends.
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27 September 2021
The University of Auckland stands with the kaupapa of Mental Health Awareness Week (27 Sept - 3 Oct).
The Challenge
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29 September 2021
Kaumātua and kuia have a special place in Māori society that needs to be acknowledged in a time when Covid 19 forces changes to tikanga.
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29 September 2021
There's evidence that looking at paintings can reduce stress and anxiety. A researcher wants to know if this phenomenon can help surgery patients heal.
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23 September 2021
Opinion: New Zealand’s Covid response has been praised for being led by research, expertise and evidence. Let’s use the same approach for all the big challenges we face, writes Jim Metson.
