Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
-
Doctors' self-rated care not necessarily appreciated
28 October 2025
When GPs were asked to rate themselves for compassion, researchers found their patients didn't necessarily agree.
-
Free school lunch study raises concerns about funding
24 October 2025
The Ka Ora, Ka Ako free school lunch programme improves children’s health and learning, but this year’s funding cuts put those successes at risk.
-
Awards celebrate research excellence and innovation
24 October 2025
Celebrating Research Excellence Awards 2025 recognise University's top researchers, research support staff and best theses.
-
Discovery offers hope for osteoarthritis sufferers
22 October 2025
Gender differences at a cellular level may unlock new treatments for painful osteoarthritis.
-
First Tongan appointed Director-General of the Pacific Community
22 October 2025
Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa - Centre for Pacific and Global Health, governing council member Dr Paula Vivili is the new Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC).
-
Why it pays to wait before playing contact sport
21 October 2025
Neuroscientist Dr Helen Murray has research news you can use: delay children's involvement in contact sport until they are older.
-
Sir Richard Faull: the explorer of the brain with a heart for the people
21 October 2025
Sir Richard Faull, founder of the Centre for Brain Research is one of the country's most eminent scientists. On his 80th year, we celebrate his journey to explore the human brain.
-
Inside the new science of obesity
20 October 2025
Genetics, gut bugs, new drugs and surgery – how groundbreaking research is changing how we understand and treat one of our most intractable health problems.
-
Celebrate Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue, Niue Language Week 19 - 25 Oct
17 October 2025
Aotearoa celebrates Niue Language Week 19 – 25 October. Its theme is a powerful call to action: ‘Fakatapunu, Ofania, mo e Fakaaoga e Vagahau Niue! Elevate the language, cherish it as a taoga (treasure) and use it every day!'
-
Elite athlete humbled by Sportswoman of the Year Blues Award
17 October 2025
Black Fern Theresa Setefano expressed surprise and joy at being awarded Sportswoman of the Year and Most Meritorious Performance (Sport).
-
Start-ups reach for the stars – literally – in $100k Challenge
17 October 2025
An AI tool designed to support fertility treatments has taken top honours in the Velocity $100k Challenge, alongside start-ups in space optics and live sports gaming.
-
One quarter of country's leading researchers from University of Auckland
15 October 2025
A quarter of the country's leading researchers hail from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, in an international analysis of the world's top 2 percent of scientists.