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Four PhDs, four big questions, three minutes each

11 June 2026

Four Business School PhD candidates distilled years of research into three-minute presentations.
Why many older people feel shut out by the digital world

10 June 2026

Analysis - For many older New Zealanders, the rapid march of technology has helped build a wall rather than open doors.
Pacific scholar centres families in youth mental health study

8 June 2026

Doctoral candidate Georgia Hulme is combining lived experience with academic rigour to better understand what meaningful support looks like for families.
Snazzy steel banana peel: new sculpture award winner

29 May 2026

Elam doctoral student Brittany Walker Smith is the inaugural winner of the Collin Post Sculpture Award and Longveld Plinth Award.
Mongolian scholar earns PhD after profound loss

26 May 2026

Zolzaya Battsogt lost both her daughter and supervisor during her doctoral studies. This May, she graduated in their honour.
Māori construction technique proves resilient in earthquake testing

21 May 2026

Engineering research into mīmiro shows tūpuna Māori knowledge of construction was both sophisticated and seismically resilient.
An economy of mana: what public sector cuts really cost

21 May 2026

Proposed public sector job cuts show the need for an economy of mana, where public capability, skills and community wellbeing are treated as long-term value, not short-term costs, says researcher Xiaoliang Niu.
The curious (research) journey of Mathias Roesler

13 May 2026

Mathias Roesler’s studies have taken him from artificial intelligence in champagne production, to the electrical activity of the uterus, to life-or-death risk modelling for surgery. And he’s not even 30.
Ancient Bahraini mass graves reveal complex story

12 May 2026

A University of Auckland research team has made a significant discovery about a mass grave site in Bahrain by reexamining old data with new questions in mind.
Jitendra Bothara: decades in disaster zones, then a PhD

12 May 2026

A world-leading earthquake engineer has earned a PhD in civil engineering after 30 years of disaster recovery fieldwork and research.
Inspiring professor rocked geology grad’s world

8 May 2026

Michaela Dobson explores life at the extremes and has helped in the search for traces of life on Mars.
Abigail McClutchie: Living her best Mahi Rangatira life

7 May 2026

Told at 15 to lower her ambitions, Abigail McClutchie went on to become a teacher and a doctor, crossing the stage with a PhD shaped by Māori values, leadership and community.

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