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Nuala Gregory: creative strategies are in her blood

1 May 2023

Professor Nuala Gregory built a new life in moving from Ireland to New Zealand, and is now hoping to build a fresh identity for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries.
Hiria Anderson’s lifelike artworks added to University Art Collection

1 May 2023

The University's Art Collection of around 2,000 artworks is well-regarded for including work by many of New Zealand’s best-known and most loved artists.
University creatives busy at Auckland Writers Festival

1 May 2023

The Auckland Writers Festival runs 16 to 21 May, and includes many University of Auckland creatives.
Strange ambassadors: the meaning of souvenirs

27 April 2023

Opinion: Artist Ruth Watson explores who souvenirs are made for and what they can and cannot achieve.
Fofonga: A commitment to address inequities in Pacific research

26 April 2023

Fofonga, a platform to bring Pacific researchers together, has launched at Waipapa Taumata Rau, building Pacific research leadership capacity.
Think again before you buy that tacky souvenir

26 April 2023

A new art exhibition uses souvenirs to explore ideas about place, memory and cultural representation.
Endangered Māori construction methods pass modern seismic testing

26 April 2023

Professor Anthony Hoete (Mataatua) of the School of Architecture and Planning weaves mātauranga construction techniques into research to help a community.
Kupe Leadership Scholarship: Honours student talks complexities of urban housing policy

17 April 2023

Meet Alex King (Ngāti Kurī) one of this years’ Kupe Leadership Scholarship recipients.
What was so great about the Ministry of Works

28 March 2023

Opinion: The now defunct Ministry of Works is the kind of agency needed to fix our infrastructure disaster - not the inefficient amalgam of Civil Defence and independent sub-contracting and consulting firms we've got, writes Diane Brand.
Review site a boost for Aotearoa books and writers

24 March 2023

Aotearoa New Zealand fiction, non-fiction and poetry is getting a boost with a new site devoted to reviews, launched with seed funding from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland.
University alumni shortlisted for prestigious art award

21 March 2023

Three former students from Elam School of Fine Arts are in the running for the 2024 Walters Prize – and $50,000 in prize money.
How two Oscar-nominated films use music to evoke nostalgia

16 March 2023

Gregory Camp from the School of Music looks at how Babylon and The Fabelmans take opposing but equally successful approaches to using music in film.

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