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Matariki exhibition brings Māori pūrākau and bioluminescent science to life

15 July 2026

Hīnātore, an immersive exhibition combining Māori pūrākau (oral histories), mahi toi (arts) and Western science, will illuminate the story of Tāne bringing light into the universe.
The eye in the sky from Aotearoa New Zealand

13 July 2026

Te Pūnaha Ātea-1, (TPA-1) a satellite home-grown in New Zealand launched in June last year. On its 515km high orbit it has been capturing fresh images of our planet.
Why we developed the Signature Research Areas

6 July 2026

OPINION: Interim Vice-Chancellor Professor Frank Bloomfield writes that the newly launched Signature Research Areas are a way to strengthen University research in a rapidly changing world.
TPA-2 prepares six payloads for orbit

2 July 2026

Building on the success of the ongoing TPA-1 mission, the project to launch the Space Institute’s TPA-2 satellite has now kicked off, preparing a suite of curated New Zealand-developed technologies for a ride to space in early 2028.
Ayla Hoeta: connecting Matariki and maramataka

1 July 2026

As we mark Matariki this month, maramataka practitioner and researcher Ayla Hoeta advocates for using the holiday to look at the wider system in which the celebration sits.
Machines learning: inside the University's centre where robots learn

1 July 2026

The lab at the Centre for Automation and Robotic Engineering Science is a little like a preschool, except it’s robots, not children, who are there to learn.
University Signature Research Areas to focus on positive impacts for society

30 June 2026

The University of Auckland has launched six Signature Research Areas. Together they form a portfolio bringing together research excellence to respond to major societal issues.
Engineering duo's lift-off with space scholarship

26 June 2026

Two engineering students have been awarded a prestigious New Zealand Space Scholarship that will see them interning at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for three months.
University applauds Celebrating Research Excellence Award winners

25 June 2026

The annual awards acknowledge the many achievements of researchers from across the University.
Why satellites should be in our orbit

25 June 2026

Analysis: New Zealand already depends on satellite technology but we’re not yet asking the harder questions about resilience, governance, and risk.
Māori and Pacific students soar with Apollo programme

23 June 2026

An increase in university admission rates show the pathway programme’s success in empowering school students to pursue engineering degrees.
Research nails down the best ways to recycle houses

18 June 2026

When demolished, the average house becomes 100 tonnes of waste. Researchers want to turn that waste into something useful.

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