Coronavirus
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20 November 2020
Opinion: Vietnam’s success against Covid-19 is remarkable given the lack of material resources. Natasha Hamilton-Hart and Celia Caughy discuss how it was done.
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18 November 2020
Most people consumed more unhealthy snacks and drinks during New Zealand lockdowns, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Auckland.
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16 November 2020
Opinion: Take a 19th century German scientist, a 21st century disease and add the internet - the result is a dangerous upsurge in Covid-denial nonsense, writes Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles.
Arts and culture
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18 November 2020
Associate Professor Nancy November has has been given a major research boost by Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, to further investigate the music-making of 19th century women, and the creation of take-home versions of large-scale compositions.
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18 November 2020
Opinion: Dr Te Oti Rakena explains how Pacific nations produce performers with such great voices and why diluting their success as ‘natural ability’ is wrong.
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18 November 2020
The importance of Māori art history has been recognised in a Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award in the Humanities for Associate Professor Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou).
Business and economy
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20 November 2020
The recently announced Global Employability University Ranking 2020 sees the University of Auckland rated 81st in the world.
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20 November 2020
Opinion: Vietnam’s success against Covid-19 is remarkable given the lack of material resources. Natasha Hamilton-Hart and Celia Caughy discuss how it was done.
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17 November 2020
Housing speculation in Auckland is endemic, with the market resembling a finance-fuelled casino with investors rushing to bet on tax-free capital gains. But there is a solution, according to research from the University of Auckland.
Education and society
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14 November 2020
In an honest, personal story, Dr Melani Anae (Pacific Studies) looks back on 50 years of involvement with activist group the Polynesian Panthers, what led her there and how it changed her life.
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13 November 2020
Opinion: It has been a difficult year, but life is getting better and we are the most privileged humans to have ever lived on this planet. Andrew Taberner explains.
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10 November 2020
How can we restore our river communities to health? How do we define life itself? What motivates Māori electoral choices? And how has one in three Kiwi adults become obese?
Environment and sustainability
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10 November 2020
How can we restore our river communities to health? How do we define life itself? What motivates Māori electoral choices? And how has one in three Kiwi adults become obese?
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3 November 2020
A stunning night-time photo of Buller’s shearwaters/rako captured in the flash of the camera with the Milky Way as a backdrop high above, has been named People’s Choice at this year’s NZ Geographic Photographer of the Year awards.
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28 October 2020
Aotearoa has committed to net-zero emissions of all greenhouse gases, other than biogenic methane, by 2050. Is that enough? Finlay Macdonald talks to University scientists, including those involved with the Climate Science Initiative.
Health and medicine
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23 November 2020
Star ratings on food packaging help shoppers choose nutritious food. Stars also spur manufacturers to make healthier products, a study shows.
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18 November 2020
Most people consumed more unhealthy snacks and drinks during New Zealand lockdowns, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Auckland.
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12 November 2020
Paracetamol and Ibuprofen are prescribed for kids everywhere. How safe and effective are these drugs?
Politics and law
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19 November 2020
Opinion: Dylan Asafo argues it’s impossible to govern for "all New Zealanders” in an exceptionally unequal society like ours and that there is no honest middle ground.
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16 November 2020
Opinion: The ‘build back better’ concept should incorporate a close look at community energy initiatives owned and controlled by the people, writes Julie MacArthur.
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12 November 2020
Opinion: The election of Kamala Harris as VP is an opportunity to make true progress in addressing the wide gender gap in US politics, writes Katherine Smits.
Science and technology
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18 November 2020
Scientists are tracking humpback whales by listening in on the songs they sing as they migrate past New Zealand each year on their way to breeding grounds nearer the tropics.
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18 November 2020
Research on the link between exercise and a healthy brain has earned Dr David Moreau one of the year’s top science prizes, the Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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18 November 2020
Professor Eamonn O’Brien of the University of Auckland has been awarded this year’s Hector Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his contributions in the field of group theory.
University news
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20 November 2020
The recently announced Global Employability University Ranking 2020 sees the University of Auckland rated 81st in the world.
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20 November 2020
Dr Siouxsie Wiles was named the supreme winner at the 2020 Women of Influence Awards as well as the Innovation, Science & Health Category. Professor Jane Kelsy won in the Global category.
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18 November 2020
Professor Eamonn O’Brien of the University of Auckland has been awarded this year’s Hector Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his contributions in the field of group theory.
The Challenge
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28 October 2020
Professor Papaarangi Reid on why targeted admission schemes to medical schools are a matter of life and death.
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17 September 2020
Regional New Zealand is home to a leading medical imaging research centre tackling health inequities.
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5 September 2020
The technology behind cryptocurrency is going to change the way the world handles information.
