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Government shouldn't sit on $7.5b surplus while families need help
18 October 2019
OPINION: The Government's surpise surplus offers a clear opportunity to make real improvements in the health and lives of all of our children, writes Professor Innes Asher.
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Teaching young New Zealanders to be financially Savy
18 October 2019
Thousands of young New Zealanders have been taught basic financial literacy because of a charitable trust that began life at the Business School.
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Silver Fern finds a passion for teaching
18 October 2019
Michaela Sokolich-Beatson is preparing for the Silver Ferns' first match of the Constellation Cup, while balancing her study to become a PE teacher.
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Engineering a new type of wall, and then we can all get some sleep
17 October 2019
Researchers at the Faculty of Engineering have been awarded close to $1 million to develop a new type of wall, to better shut out the unwanted sounds of the people next door.
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More attention on Auckland’s food insecurity crisis needed to improve wellbeing
17 October 2019
Uncovering the impact of food insecurity in those using foodbanks
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Biodiversity key to improving food production
17 October 2019
One of the largest international studies ever done has found the more diverse animal, insect and plant life is on food-producing land, the more productive the land is and the less need for fertilisers and pesticides.
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2019 Royal Society research honours for Arts
17 October 2019
Professor Emeritus Roger Horrocks MNZM, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Selina Tusitala Marsh have been awarded medals by Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Science medal for work in stretchable electronics and biosensors
17 October 2019
Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic’s internationally leading work on polymer electronics has been recognised by the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi which has awarded her this year’s Hector Medal.
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Pioneering work in laser science recognised
17 October 2019
A pioneer in ultra-fast laser science, Professor Cather Simpson, has been named winner of this year’s Pickering Medal by the New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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University of Auckland research stars honoured at Royal Society Awards
17 October 2019
Researchers from around the University of Auckland were recognised on Thursday 17 October at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Honours event in Dunedin.
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2019 Rutherford Medal: Better lifelong outcomes for mothers and babies
17 October 2019
Distinguished Professor Jane Harding ONZM FRSNZ has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi top honour for her work determining the causes of newborn conditions and long-term consequences of interventions around birth.
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Study leads to global rethink of how to prevent fractures in older people
17 October 2019
A team of New Zealand researchers have been recognised for their groundbreaking paper that could help reduce the number of older women presenting with fractures by up to half.
