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Why the ‘love science’ behind MAFS is completely bogus
16 October 2019
Is it possible to predict attraction and how successful a relationship will be before two people meet? Health Psychology PhD candidate Holly Dixon explains why the entire Married at First Sight franchise is based on bunk science.
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Joker a study in cruelty and whiteness
16 October 2019
Opinion: Acts of cruelty run through the film ‘Joker’, writes Neal Curtis. Some are explicit, others less so, but all leave an unsettling after-effect.
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“We’re not invisible, we’re not senile” - short film
10 October 2019
University research into loneliness and social isolation among older New Zealanders has helped create an animated short film running in the Show Me Shorts film festival.
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Harry Potter coming in te reo Māori
10 October 2019
Auckland University Press (AUP) has committed to publishing 100 books in te reo Māori for children and adults, starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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Ngarino Ellis wins national teaching award
9 October 2019
Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) is one of four University of Auckland academics to have their work recognised in the annual Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards.
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Starship doctor becomes Doctor of Music
25 September 2019
Nearly 40 years after graduating as a medical doctor from the University of Auckland, Dr Louise Webster has become a doctor again, this time in music.
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Teaching architectural students to listen to the people who often aren’t heard
25 September 2019
Dr Karamia Müller is believed to be the first Sāmoan woman in the world to graduate with a PhD in Architecture and Planning. She was also recently shortlisted for the Education Prize for Early Career Academics by the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA).
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What sustainable architecture actually looks like
17 September 2019
An exhibition featuring the winning entries from the world-renowned Aga Khan Award showcases architecture that really does make the world a better place.
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Dancing in the streets, under bridges, in a refugee camp
16 September 2019
A feature-length documentary film produced by Associate Professor Nicholas Rowe of the Dance Studies programme, "Dancing7Cities", reclaims our right to dance, wherever we want.
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Gift helps young scholar with disabilities
16 September 2019
Despite having three auto-immune diseases as well as depression, Sarai McKay has won two scholarships, including the Muriel Roberts Scholarship for a disabled student to travel overseas.
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Homeless play wins friends and awards
12 September 2019
An interactive play featuring actors who have all at one time been homeless has won a national arts award.
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Rare chance to learn from a master
11 September 2019
A recent masterclass with leading theorist Professor Walter Mignolo was an inspiring experience for postgraduate students in Art History and Fine Arts.
