Feature Article
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.
Arts and culture
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12 December 2018
University of Auckland novelist, essayist and academic Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is the 2018 Katherine Mansfield Fellow.
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5 December 2018
Criminology and Māori Studies student Alicia Kapa has been celebrated for inspiring others with disabilities.
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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.
Business and economy
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14 December 2018
Opinion: The Tax Working Group is unlikely to address housing inequality given exclusions in its terms of reference, writes Hon Associate Professor Susan St John (Economics).
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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.
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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.
Education and society
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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).
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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.
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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.
Environment and sustainability
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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.
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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.
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13 November 2018
Imagine never having to get pricked with a needle again?
Health and medicine
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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.
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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.
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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.
Politics and law
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14 December 2018
Opinion: The Tax Working Group is unlikely to address housing inequality given exclusions in its terms of reference, writes Hon Associate Professor Susan St John (Economics).
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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.
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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.
Science and technology
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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.
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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.
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15 November 2018
Two leading scientists from the University of Auckland have been honoured in this year’s New Zealand Association of Scientists awards.
University news
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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.
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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.
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6 December 2018
A high-ranking delegation from the University of Auckland visited India in November to strengthen and grow partnerships with Indian Universities.
