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Discrimination barrier to healthcare for Pacific Rainbow+ communities

12 February 2026

Study shows that experiencing any form of discrimination significantly increases the likelihood of avoiding healthcare.
Student innovator builds hazard-reporting site

11 February 2026

Prompted by severe weather and landslides, Yash Kumar developed a website to improve hazard reporting.
George Mason Charitable Trust announces $25m gift to advance biological sciences research

11 February 2026

The impact of the late George Mason continues, with a multi-million dollar gift to boost research into the natural environment and biological sciences .
Wine-growers are losing the war on fungi

11 February 2026

Opinion: We now know human health depends on a diversity of bacteria and other organisms, and the same is true for vineyards. Nikolai Siimes makes the case for biodynamic farming in the vineyard.
Pacific Fono celebrates 20 years of service to tauira

10 February 2026

Lalanga e Ako ’ae Māori moe Pacific Fono celebrated Māori and Pacific achievement, while also honouring Mona O’Shea and Matt Tarawa for 20 years of service, guiding students toward success.
World fight against invasive species comes to Auckland

9 February 2026

Island Invasives conference returns to University of Auckland.
Forecasting the future of NZ’s oceans and weather

9 February 2026

An $8.9 million project has launched to examine how offshore ocean changes are driving New Zealand’s extreme weather and impacting our coastal waters.
How to turn down the heat on Auckland’s streets

9 February 2026

A University of Auckland planning expert says expanding tree cover and green spaces is critical if Auckland is to adapt to a changing climate.
'Petrelheads' and the restoration of an eccentric native bird

8 February 2026

Commentary: Michael Fox describes how volunteers have maintained traps for rats, stoats, and ferrets, so that more than 150 burrows now exist on the mainland at Te Henga – up from only two in 2014.
A circular economy is much more than recycling

5 February 2026

What would it take for New Zealand to develop a circular economy?
Plant-based diets: should doctors be prescribing them?

3 February 2026

Plant-based diets could play a significant role in reducing non-communicable diseases, as well as helping prevent future pandemics and climate-related health threats.
The researcher training AI to detect depression earlier

30 January 2026

For Kunal Gupta, research into AI and mental health is personal. Shaped by his own experience, he is exploring how AI could use physiological and behavioural indicators to support young Kiwi men with depression.

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