Feature Article
17 April 2025
Professor Boyd Swinburn has won the 2025 Critic and Conscience of Society Award in recognition of his advocacy for health policy action.
Sustainable impact
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17 April 2025
Recent research shows microplastics make up about 0.5 percent of our brains, says French plastics expert Professor Nathalie Gontard.
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17 April 2025
Important lessons from historic Oceania Seabird Symposium highlight need for collaborative efforts to protect seabird populations.
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16 April 2025
Inaugural Oceania Seabird Symposium highlights importance of traditional and cultural knowledge to protect seabirds.
Arts and culture
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13 April 2025
Opinion: The very same masculinist ideology portrayed in the much talked-about show ‘Adolescence’ is espoused in the words and actions of powerful adult men on the world’s largest political stages, says Nicola Gavey.
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11 April 2025
University of Auckland graduate Lalitpat Chomchoei has been selected as a finalist for a major Australasian design and architecture award.
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11 April 2025
Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland.
Business and economy
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17 April 2025
ANALYSIS: The fate of a customer database with sensitive personal data about millions of New Zealanders is uncertain, writes Drew Franklin and co-authors.
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10 April 2025
As more New Zealanders rent and rents continue to climb, new research shows government support is failing to ease housing stress.
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10 April 2025
Analysis: If the Government prioritised the health of babies, it would invest more in breastfeeding support and develop a national network of milk banks rather than listening to formula milk marketing, says Gergely Toldi
Education and society
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14 April 2025
The perspectives of young people, the largest population engaging in online gaming spaces are often ignored in research. A new report shows an urgent need for more research in this area.
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1 April 2025
Analysis: We probably should ban engineered stone, but we also need to invest in education campaigns to raise awareness about the long-term risks of industrial dust exposure more widely says Kristiann Allen, Anne Bardsley and Jenny Salmond.
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31 March 2025
A leading educator and notable dance scholar from the University's Faculty of Arts and Education have been honoured by the Royal Society Te Apārangi as Fellows.
Environment
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9 April 2025
The transition to electric vehicles won't reduce carbon emissions unless countries clean up their electricity grids.
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1 April 2025
Learning to garden changed University of Auckland professional teaching fellow Daniel Kelly – and he wants to spread the seeds of that change.
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27 March 2025
If you’re battling a plague of wasps right now, you’re not alone, says University of Auckland Professor Jacqueline Beggs.
Health and medicine
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11 September 57445
A potential breakthrough treatment for functional neurological disorder could offer hope for those suffering from the condition.
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25 February 57281
Researchers will work closely with clinicians, older patients, outpatients and whānau to better understand and improve end-of-life decision making and care.
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26 September 20200
Opinion: In Lung Cancer Awareness Month Kelly Burrowes explains how creating a computer-based replica of a person could help treat NZ’s biggest cancer killer.
Politics and law
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9 April 2025
Comment: Grant Duncan looks back as the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks, a career is remarkable for its many ups and downs sheer longevity.
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4 April 2025
The impacts of US politics on New Zealand will be examined by former UK High Commissioner Phil Goff and University of Auckland experts on 10 April.
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17 March 2025
A tax revolution is underway as countries put domestic laws ahead of global treaties, says Professor Craig Elliffe, whose research on the topic is up for a prestigious award.
Science and technology
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17 April 2025
Important lessons from historic Oceania Seabird Symposium highlight need for collaborative efforts to protect seabird populations.
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16 April 2025
Professor Ginny Braun got the surprise of her life when a paper on research methodology rocketed into prominence.
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13 April 2025
An estimated 130 million pieces of space junk are in low earth orbit, from dead satellites to tiny debris. The junk cloud is a very real risk to the growing space sector.
University news
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15 April 2025
With a clear and recognisable design, the refreshed University of Auckland logo brings a modern look while preserving its rich history.
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11 April 2025
Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
The Challenge
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11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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10 April 2025
The University celebrated the work and impact of leading researchers at Hīkina kia Tutuki, Rise to the Challenge: Researchers with Global Impact 2025.
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25 March 2025
Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute blend art with science to explore and understand the mysteries of human and animal physiology.
