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Ten great works for New Zealand Music Month
18 May 2022
In celebration of New Zealand Music Month, Dr Leonie Holmes, distinguished composer and senior lecturer at the School of Music, shares ten great works by Aotearoa New Zealand composers, and what she loves about them.
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Decolonising our Western approach to design
18 May 2022
We need to be alert to cultural appropriation, and that includes designers and design educators, says Dr Diana Albarrán González, who recently took up her role as deputy director of and lecturer in the Design Programme at the University.
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Linda Tyler unpacks a Serene Timoteo artwork
16 May 2022
The University Art Collection has more than 1,700 items across five campuses. Linda Tyler showcases another of her favourite pieces from it.
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Perseverence pays off for eco-housing community
16 May 2022
Architecture alumna Robin Allison's long road to develop a 32-home eco-community in Auckland has been documented in a book.
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Making both folly and virtue out of old wood
16 May 2022
Three masters students from the School of Architecture and Planning have won this year’s Brick Bay Folly prize, for an architectural structure made entirely out of the timber of a former Folly winner.
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Maureen Lander: 'The University still plays a role in my life'
13 May 2022
Weaver and teacher Maureen Lander is one of our distinguished alumni in 2022 and, in her 80th year, is still working with students on campus.
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Distinguished university alumni named for 2022
5 May 2022
The University of Auckland has awarded Distinguished Alumni Awards to five alumni who have excelled in their fields and made a significant impact on their community.
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Making art in, and out, of lockdown
5 May 2022
Lockdown presented many challenges for Master of Fine Arts graduate Sara Moana Edwards, so she began to draw her way out of a “lockdown burnout” which turned out to be both cathartic and productive.
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What Spotify and Tinder aren’t telling us
4 May 2022
Our online and real-world lives are increasingly influenced by algorithmic recommendations based on data gathered about our behavior by companies that are often reluctant to tell us how they work, but researchers at the University have tried to find out by analysing the legal documents of Spotify and Tinder.
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Tim Welch: Why are we letting cyclists die preventable deaths?
2 May 2022
Opinion: Dr Tim Welch wants something done about New Zealand suffering deadly 'vehicle violence' brought about by poor infrastructure and fast-moving machines.
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Called home to work with Pacific communities to create Pacific architecture
2 May 2022
Dr Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei is an architecture alumna who returned to the University of Auckland to teach in 2022, excited by Pacific inputs in the School of Architecture and Planning. She answers some questions for UniNews.
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The healing and inclusive power of dance
20 April 2022
For Iatua Felagai Taito, masters student in the Dance Studies Programme, dance is a way to explore his many intersecting identities, to express himself as Christian, as an Aotearoa New Zealand-born Samoan and as a queer man.
