Feature Article

16 November 2023
Two standout prototypes from Design students at the University blend cutting-edge technology with a compassionate and empathetic approach.
Sustainable impact
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13 November 2023
The design prowess of staff and students in the University's School of Architecture and Planning has been recognised at the Timber Design Awards.
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7 November 2023
Feature: Floods, quakes and cyclones expose the fragility of New Zealand’s essential services, housing and transport systems. Owen Poland talks to University of Auckland researchers about how we can build resilience.
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7 November 2023
Now that the country’s borders are flowing freely, could we make greater efforts to reset tourism so it has a sustainable heart?
Arts and culture
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16 November 2023
Ta rē Moriori, the language of the Chatham Islands, currently has no native speakers, something linguist John Middleton and the Hokotehi Moriori Trust would like to change.
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13 November 2023
The design prowess of staff and students in the University's School of Architecture and Planning has been recognised at the Timber Design Awards.
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6 November 2023
Pacific taonga are a lively presence in the wharenui at Epsom Campus Marae, symbolising the enduring ties between tangata whenua and Pacific peoples.
Business and economy
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16 November 2023
International academics converged on Waiheke this month to unravel the mysteries of companies, examining their legal, operational and historical dimensions.
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16 November 2023
Opinion: For families where parents are without work and need welfare to survive, National’s election promises will deliver nothing, writes Susan St John.
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15 November 2023
The complex landscape of technological innovations and the future of work are being explored at an inaugural forum on digital workplaces.
Education and society
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8 November 2023
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Professor Stephen May (FRSNZ) has been awarded Te Apārangi, Royal Society of New Zealand’s prestigious Mason Durie Medal.
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2 November 2023
Two Waipapa Taumatau Rau, Univeristy of Auckland projects that hope to level the playing field for student poorly served in the education system have won Marsden funding from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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30 October 2023
Teachers should use ChatGPT and generative AI to develop critical literacy, and to understand that algorithmic decision making isn’t necessarily objective, says Jack Webster
Environment
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7 November 2023
Opinion: NZ has let the Pacific down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch
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31 October 2023
Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga and the University of Auckland will host the first International Indigenous Climate Change Research Summit in November.
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21 September 2023
The first leaders' debate was a sobering reminder that we're not taking climate change seriously enough. Kevin Trenberth looks beyond the usual talking points.
Health and medicine
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15 November 2023
Dr Natalie Netzler is a recipient of The Cranwell Medal for excellence in communicating research and information to Māori communities during Covid-19
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13 November 2023
In a ceremony held at Waipapa marae, Distinguished Professor Sir Richard Faull received a korowai and tokotoko for his contributions to Māori and neuroscience.
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8 November 2023
The need to increase Pacific and Rainbow+ leadership was a major finding in the Manalagi project, the first and largest research of its kind.
Politics and law
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16 November 2023
Opinion: For families where parents are without work and need welfare to survive, National’s election promises will deliver nothing, writes Susan St John.
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15 November 2023
Opinion: Thousands of children will go to bed tonight in the court-ordered care of violent fathers because a judge accepted a diagnosis of a non-existent disorder, says Carrie Leonetti
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8 November 2023
Rhodes Scholarship recipients Karan Kalsi and Frances Wright are set to undertake postgraduate studies at Oxford.
Science and technology
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16 November 2023
Two standout prototypes from Design students at the University blend cutting-edge technology with a compassionate and empathetic approach.
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8 November 2023
Two forward-thinking engineering start-ups have scored seed funding for their innovative approach to fitness and pest detection.
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2 November 2023
Marsden Fund success shows a faculty in good health, says Dean John Hosking.
University news
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16 November 2023
The 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list includes eight academics from the University of Auckland.
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8 November 2023
Human rights scholar Dr Maria Armoudian from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has won the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences.
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8 November 2023
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Professor Stephen May (FRSNZ) has been awarded Te Apārangi, Royal Society of New Zealand’s prestigious Mason Durie Medal.
The Challenge
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16 November 2023
Dr Maria Treadaway, Faculty of Arts, was awarded a best thesis award for her work to test the language fluency of trainee pilots.
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14 November 2023
Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa received an award for best thesis at the 2023 Celebrating Research Excellence Awards.
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1 November 2023
The founding director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute Professor Peter Hunter is stepping down. But the work to create a digital twin continues.