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Community at heart of students' winning housing design

10 July 2025

A team of architecture and engineering students have just won a 72-hour design competition with a flood-resistant housing scheme focused on community.
Celebrate Wikin te Taetae ni Kiribati – Kiribati Language Week

6 July 2025

Engineering and Design Masters student Jessica Tokanikai Vandermeer celebrates Kiribati Language Week, 6–12 July.
Why are we so bad at infrastructure planning?

4 July 2025

Comment: New Zealand is about to lose its only real interisland rail-ferry link. It's a clear sign of how short-term thinking keeps sinking our big infrastructure projects, says Tim Welch.
University statement on MethaneSAT space mission

2 July 2025

MethaneSAT LLC has confirmed a loss of contact with the MethaneSAT satellite, which the University was scheduled to operate through its Mission Operations Control Centre.
Research Excellence Medals awarded for vital contribution to society

1 July 2025

The 2025 Hīkina Kia Tutaki, Celebrating Research Excellence Award winners recognise the achievements of University researchers at all levels of an academic career.
Space Institute satellite successfully launched

30 June 2025

A loaf-sized satellite built by university researchers has just made its first contact from orbit.
What councils can do to keep our cities cool

30 June 2025

Dr Timothy Welch highlights five steps councils can take to lessen the impact of rising urban heat before summer.
Lithium-ion battery fires simulated in world-first trial

26 June 2025

Auckland Council and the University have collaborated on a world-first trial involving a rubbish truck and lithium-ion batteries.
Eight innovative research projects each attract $1m Smart Ideas funding

25 June 2025

University of Auckland projects have earned MBIE funding for promising high-impact research.
Low carbon concrete blends Roman engineering with mātauranga Māori

17 June 2025

Concrete's carbon footprint is massive, but a University of Auckland researcher is using pumice and seashells to create a low-emissions alternative rooted in local wisdom.
Five of the best: Vice-Chancellor awards prizes for best doctoral theses

12 June 2025

The annual Vice-Chancellor's award to the five best doctoral theses of 2024 has been announced.
$15b in weather losses later, and still nobody's in charge

12 June 2025

Comment: Councils are playing infrastructure roulette – not because they’re reckless, but because they’re being forced to independently solve a national crisis, says Tim Welch.

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