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Investor retreat signals housing market shift

6 May 2026

Analysis: ‘Mum and dad investors’ are pulling back. Michael Rehm considers what that might mean for NZ’s housing market.
Child-safe composting system in development

6 May 2026

Students at Papatoetoe East will soon be able to compost their scraps into nutrient-rich soil, with a system that can process more than 50kg of waste a week. The project arrives in light of International Compost Awareness Week (May 3-9).
University fast-tracks subsidised public transport pilot for staff

5 May 2026

Rising fuel prices and staff feedback have driven the accelerated rollout of a 25 percent staff subsidy
The long goodbye: PhD honours sister’s 14-year battle with cancer

4 May 2026

A pandemic, border closures and profound personal loss marked Luis Medrano Gomez’s road to a PhD - but this week, he made it.
Research to address equity in STEM for Māori, Pacific and female students

4 May 2026

New research addresses long standing inequities in secondary school participation and success in STEM subjects for Māori, Pacific and female students.
Graduation leads Pacific scholar to doctoral pathway

4 May 2026

Pacific Studies professional teaching fellow Julia Mage’au Gray crossed the finish line of her Master of Art (Pacific Studies) and immediately stepped into her doctoral studies.
Republicans following the money, warm to renewables

4 May 2026

Commentary: Trump’s attempts to expand fossil fuels and to weaken the drive towards renewables is starting to meet opposition from among members of his party, says Ralph Cooney.
Solving the smell problem: researchers unlock wider use of low‑carbon road binder

30 April 2026

Chemical engineers have developed methods to reduce the odour of BioBind, a low‑carbon, plant‑based bitumen replacement for greener road construction.
What a tiny worm reveals about microplastics' threat to marine life

29 April 2026

Microplastics are having toxic effects on tiny creatures on the seafloor. The ripple effect could throw the marine environment out of balance, says University of Auckland research fellow Dr Yuxi You.
With Moana Pasifika’s demise who will rise to shape Pacific rugby’s future?

29 April 2026

Senior lecturer Dr Caleb Marsters writes that Pacific peoples are central to the imagery, emotion, and labour of rugby, but remain peripheral to the real centres of power and authority.
No diesel, no power: why the global oil shock is hitting NZ’s small Pacific neighbours hard

28 April 2026

Analysis: Sione Fanga Taufa writes about the fuel and energy crisis facing Pacific nations, with the current geopolitical tensions. But with this complexity also comes opportunity.
Digging into archaeology – the rock star subject

28 April 2026

The study of the human past through material remains, archaeology has placed in the top 30 globally six times since the subject was first ranked in 2016.

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