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Child poverty and hospitalisation study gets surprising result
14 January 2021
Changes in income and movement in and out of poverty over time are only weakly associated with higher rates of child hospitalisation in New Zealand, according to a new University of Auckland study.
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Manage mental health early for better overall health and longer life: study
14 January 2021
Poor mental health earlier in life leads to poor physical health in later life, according to a new study.
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White rage and the Capitol rampage
11 January 2021
Opinion: If BLM protesters acted as Trump supporters did last week, the number of dead, injured and arrested would have been incredibly high, writes Neal Curtis.
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Anne Salmond: Trump no aberration
8 January 2021
Opinion: In a winner-takes-all world, Donald Trump is not an aberration - he is the epitome of the cost-benefit calculating individual, writes Dame Anne Salmond.
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NZ and the world’s largest free trade zone
17 December 2020
Opinion: Manqing Cheng explains the political and economic implications to New Zealand of signing up to the RCEP, the world’s largest free trade zone.
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Anne Salmond: No downside in standing tall, together
9 December 2020
Opinion: Stuff’s apology for the treatment of Māori is powerful because it recognises the Queen’s promise of equality and mutual respect, writes Anne Salmond.
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Refined deepfakes threaten reality
8 December 2020
Opinion: The image doctored by the Chinese Foreign Ministry breaks with our agreed commitment to truth, writes Neal Curtis. And it's only the tip of the iceberg.
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The show must go on
8 December 2020
A love of theatre and enormous respect for their teachers at the University inspired a recent gift to Drama from Sydney-based alumni Ian Narev and Frances Allan.
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Wallace prizewinner no flash in the pan
2 December 2020
A writer of flash fiction, extremely short stories, has won the University of Auckland’s $5000 Sir James Wallace Creative Writing Prize for the first time.
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Reunion director Jake Mahaffy: film graduates are in hot demand
1 December 2020
With New Zealand being such a desirable destination for filming series and film, Reunion director Jake Mahaffy says it's a great time to study filmmaking.
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Helen Sword devises a new writing tool to sharpen your prose
1 December 2020
A gift has allowed writing expert Professor Helen Sword to improve her popular online tool to tighten people's prose.
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School attacks and white nationalists
1 December 2020
Opinion: A scare about a potential school shooting in Wellington highlights the risks of online radicalisation of young people, writes Lauren Currid and Chris Wilson.
