Breadcrumbs List.
Alumni
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Elam alumna wins Senior New Zealander of the Year
21 March 2025
Elizabeth Aroha Ellis has been named the 2025 Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year, in recognition of her lifelong dedication to shaping the landscape of Māori artistic expression in Aotearoa.
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Canadian philanthropist announces $4m donation to endow NZ scholarships
20 March 2025
Philanthropist John McCall MacBain has donated $4 million to endow the Kupe Leadership Scholarship programme, ensuring its long-term future.
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Extraordinary alumni awarded top University honour
4 March 2025
Five leading graduates will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award for their outstanding achievements and contribution to society.
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Team behind University’s first Pacific Strategy spans the Moana
26 February 2025
Finance and Infrastructure Opposition spokesperson, the Hon Pesetatamalelagi Barbara Edmonds returned to the University of Auckland, talking with Business academics and learning more about the Pacific Strategy and Pacific Academy initiatives ready to be launched this year.
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Former Deputy PM heads back to where it all began
14 February 2025
NZ's first Pacific Deputy PM, Hon Carmel Sepuloni, returned to Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, the catalyst for her political career.
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Obituary: Artist Philippa Blair
9 January 2025
The work of artist and former staff member Philippa Blair is held in around 50 collections around the world, including at the University of Auckland, and even in the private collection of the late David Bowie.
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University people recognised in New Year Honours 2025
31 December 2024
Dr Makarena Dudley and Dr Rachel Simon-Kumar have been made Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit among other University people in the 2025 New Year Honours.
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Coming full circle
18 December 2024
The next generation of HR leaders is being supported by an alumna’s new scholarship.
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Now what for New Caledonia?
16 December 2024
Analysis: The fall of the French government could have dire consequences for New Caledonia, says Sarah Bradley, which is teetering on the brink of economic collapse, despite the appointment of François Bayrou as the new French Prime Minister.
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Exhibition highlights pioneering Māori modernism creatives
2 December 2024
A reading room and exhibition area has opened in the University Library. Its first exhibition highlights pioneering creatives who helped revolutionise Māori modernism.
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Award-winning artwork captures the ephemeral beauty of ceramics
29 November 2024
Winner of this year’s Portage Ceramic Award, Elam alumnus Wendelien Bakker used her work to explore ideas of impermanence and transformation.
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From the collection: a certain fluidity
12 November 2024
University of Auckland art collection advisor Madeleine Gifford takes a closer look at works by watercolourist Gabrielle Hope.