University of Auckland

The University’s multi-million-dollar marine research vessel Te Kaihōpara (The Explorer) will join the campaign to revive a troubled and fast-changing Hauraki Gulf.The 15.9-metre catamaran expands University research capabilities and will…

Two University of Auckland students have received awards from Amnesty International Aotearoa to support their human rights projects.Katja Phutaraksa Neef, a masters student in development studies in the Faculty of Arts won the judging…

Professors Jadranka Travas-Sejdic and David Barker of the Faculty of Science have developed a new class of organic electronic materials suited for the novel field of bio-electronics, where biology converges with electronics. The new…

Working with iwi and community volunteers, researchers led by Professor Andrew Jeffs have placed more than 350 tonnes of live mussels to create living reefs in the Hauraki Gulf and Pelorus Sound. Overfishing last century has wiped out…

How we learn has evolved with technology and Dr Igor Kontorovich is interested how this affects how mathematics is taught at university level. The discipline is vitally important to understand the world and we will always need high level…

An official University completion ceremony for a group of Māori and Pacific Admissions Scheme (MAPAS) students took place on Monday 12 December as part of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (FMHS) December graduation…

Pūtahi Manawa – Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand has just released funding for six major research projects that amounts to more than $8 million over three years.“It’s one of the biggest ever tranches of funding for equity-based…

Ensuring that the latest clinical research opportunities, and the healthcare benefits that flow from them, are available to all New Zealanders is at the heart of a new report.Enhancing Aotearoa New Zealand Clinical Trials is the result of…

Contemporary research techniques have yielded new findings from a landmark healthcare trial carried out 50 years ago that changed clinical practice globally.Obstetrician Professor Graham ‘Mont’ Liggins and paediatrician colleague Dr Ross…

Researchers investigating a range of vital health issues at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, have received more than $5.3m funding in the latest funding round from the Health Research Council.Four researchers received major…