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Data reveals level of online hatred for Jacinda Ardern
24 January 2023
Explainer: The majority of the worst NZ-based online vitriol across selected 'dark corners of the web' is aimed at outgoing PM Jacinda Ardern, discovered Chris Wilson and his research team.
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Teaching kids to take turns is good for their brains
12 January 2023
Knowing when to speak up and when to listen is a social skill that once learnt turns out to be linked to higher intelligence. Nuzhat Sultana explains.
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Life, the universe and everything
13 December 2022
What do we owe people in the future, what's the purpose of the universe and what are the connections between the two? These huge, perennial questions are the focus of Professor Tim Mulgan’s distinguished and extensive research.
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Nationwide rainbow survey sounds alarm for mental health
8 December 2022
Coordinated action across key areas of rainbow young people’s lives is needed to ensure they are not only safe, but can thrive, according to the first national survey of rainbow youth in Aotearoa.
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Child protection must not return to punitive, racist approaches
8 December 2022
Opinion: For 30 years we have swung between a lack of intervention and over-intervention in child protection, but we cannot afford a knee-jerk reaction to the death of Malachi Subecz, says Ian Hyslop.
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Language: the most powerful tool for social justice
5 December 2022
Who's been hurt, what are their needs and whose obligations are they? Professor Mariana Souto-Manning, president of the Erikson Institute, Chicago asked her audience to consider questions of justice and belonging in the classroom during a recent talk at Epsom Campus.
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Deidre Le Fevre: a rebel with a cause
30 November 2022
Fortunately for Professor Deidre Le Fevre, her high school teacher’s grim assessment that she was “not university material” couldn’t have been further from the truth.
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Black Ferns style of play capturing hearts and minds
16 November 2022
University of Auckland Professor Toni Bruce has been studying the meaning of men’s Rugby World Cups to New Zealanders since 2007. This year, she turned her gaze on the women’s Rugby World Cup and already has some interesting findings.
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Teacher Education in Schools expanding for 2023
4 November 2022
After a successful first year, the University of Auckland is continuing and expanding the Teacher Education in Schools Programme for online students wanting to become secondary teachers in 2023.
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Iranian protestors urgently need our help
4 November 2022
The current revolution sweeping across Iran is one of the most significant movements for women’s rights in recent history, says University of Auckland PhD student Maryam Ghasemi, and we all have a part to play.
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Netball study wins Marsden and aims high
3 November 2022
A study of the significance of netball in the lives of women in Aotearoa has won a Marsden grant for Professor Toni Bruce and Dr Margaret Henley from the University of Auckland.
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Christchurch red zone and Māori in sport: Marsdens
3 November 2022
Two Faculty of Arts projects focused on ways to help people and the environment flourish have won Marsden funding worth $1.74 million.
