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PrintGig wins Fukuoka City Award, opening doors to Japan

9 September 2026

University of Auckland alumni venture PrintGig is taking their advanced manufacturing company to Japan to explore the country’s start-up ecosystem.
Crime-fighting tech CEO gives $30k to future founders

27 August 2026

Retail crime-fighting company Auror got its start at the University of Auckland. Now co-founder Phil Thomson is giving back with a $30k donation to support the next generation.
State of the City Report: Auckland has the ideas, the challenge is keeping them here

26 August 2026

The 2026 State of the City Report shows Auckland is gaining ground as an innovation city, but needs to do more to help promising businesses stay in the city.
How one observation became a global clean tech company

25 August 2026

A dusty car inspired University of Auckland mechatronics graduate Steven Jiang to found AIRINS, now developing methane detection technology for operators worldwide.
Sound thinking: how 30 years of tinnitus research became a start-up

25 August 2026

Professor Grant Searchfield spent 30 years tackling the “gnarly problem” of tinnitus. His University of Auckland research is behind TrueSilence Therapeutics, a digital health start-up taking a personalised tinnitus treatment from the lab to patients.
NZ’s $133 billion tech success: what stays here?

18 August 2026

Analysis: New Zealand’s tech sector is creating remarkable value, Rod McNaughton asks how much of that success stays here.
Waste-to-water innovation named KiwiNet finalist

17 August 2026

A hydrothermal process that converts hazardous waste into water and saleable by-products has earned Nurox Hydrothermal a finalist place in the 2026 KiwiNet Awards.
Bright minds behind startups meet the Mayor

17 August 2026

The brains behind 18 startups met Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown at the University of Auckland this morning.
Reaching for the stars: Alumni secure $1.5m for start-up

28 July 2026

Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland alumni have raised $1.5 million to grow their AI tech start-up Hyades.
How a professor helped rethink earthquake engineering

23 July 2026

Professor Pierre Quenneville has developed seismic technology now used in landmark buildings from New Zealand to Canada, showing how earthquake engineering research can become real-world impact.
How fungi-based materials could replace petrochemicals

22 July 2026

Biomaterials researcher and entrepreneur Dr Jess Chiang is turning one of nature's most sophisticated chemical systems into the next generation of sustainable materials.
University innovation is centre stage in 100 Days of Start-ups

3 July 2026

The University's commercialisation prowess will be on show during Auckland Council's 100 Days of Start-ups.

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