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You don’t need to make racial slurs to be racist
21 March 2019
Opinion: Shocking, but believable in diverse NZ where race relations have been neglected for years, writes Associate Professor Louise Humpage of the terror attack.
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Life and death during the Mongolian Bronze Age
20 March 2019
New research has shown that Bronze-Age Mongolians probably lived in small nomadic groups that had a relatively well-balanced diet and used horses for transportation.
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New Zealand can lead the world on net zero emissions
18 March 2019
New Zealand’s decisions in 2019 could help frame the global climate agenda for many decades to come, believes an eminent British climate change scientist.
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Mosque shooter no ideological Einstein
18 March 2019
Opinion: The historical ignorance of the mosque shooting terrorist is palpable and his grasp of socio-political realities utterly flawed. But this is Islamophobia, writes Hon Professor Douglas Pratt.
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Nativism and terrorism, blood and soil
18 March 2019
Opinion: The mosque gunman's manifesto combines nationalism and xenophobia intended to polarise, but the overwhelming response in the wake of the attacks has been unity, writes Dr Chris Wilson.
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Controversial royal figure inspires top fellowship
15 March 2019
Fascination with a controversial and extravagantly stylish French queen has earned University of Auckland art historian Erin Griffey a high honour in the academic world.
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Captain Marvel breaking new ground
12 March 2019
Opinion: Prior to Captain Marvel, only one of 49 Marvel films since 2000 was female-led. A reminder of gender inequality within the genre, writes Dr Neal Curtis.
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New lectureship honours Marti's memory
11 March 2019
The memory and legacy of exceptional New Zealand photographer Marti Friedlander (1928–2016) is being honoured by a newly established lectureship at the University of Auckland.
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Global Studies director on personal push to Pharmac
7 March 2019
Academic Dr Hilary Chung, who has terminal cancer, heads to Parliament on 13 March to ask the Health Select Committee to fund two life-lengthening drugs for women with metastatic breast cancer.
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Nike, Stanford and Sinead from New Zealand
6 March 2019
Sinead Brennan-McMahon from the University of Auckland is one of 69 students worldwide to receive a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to Stanford University, and the only one from New Zealand.
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Bring ‘Kiwi jihadi’ back to face justice
6 March 2019
Opinion: Kiwi jihadist Mark Taylor, found this week in a Syrian jail, should be brought back to NZ to face justice, argues Dr Chris Wilson.
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Language learning an ‘at-risk’ activity
5 March 2019
Martin East draws on Brexit to argue that the learning of additional languages is at risk in contexts where it is often assumed that everyone speaks English.
