University of Auckland

The Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland has secured its existence for a further five years, thanks to a substantial pledge from the Chartwell Trust.This follows a similar…

Hundreds of plants are being used to transform the rooftop of the Faculty of Engineering building as part of a trial to facilitate the uptake of green roofs in Aotearoa New Zealand.Green or “living” roofs have a host of environmental…

When it came to one issue, sorting Auckland’s traffic congestion, each of the politicians in the election debate Election 2023: Auckland Matters, hosted by the University, agreed on the need to introduce congestion charging.The debate…

Dangerous “forever chemicals” left in the soil from firefighting foam could be destroyed by grinding, according to a proof-of-concept study by University of Auckland scientists collaborating with the U.S. Environmental Protection…

Covid has fundamentally changed how people view the environment, their relationship to it and their vision for the future, according to new research from Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland.An appreciation of the environmental…

Professor Merryn Tawhai has been appointed director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and will replace the previous director Distinguished Professor Peter Hunter who is retiring from the role.Professor Tawhai joined ABI at…

Transdisciplinary research to develop a new non-invasive way to examine a patient’s heart has received $5M and is one of three Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland five-year research programmes awarded a combined total of $15…

An anti-gravity study led by Dr Pablo Ortega-Auriol, Research Fellow at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute and Department of Exercise Sciences Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, is hoping to reveal and promote new muscle…

Researchers are launching a long-Covid registry in the hope of painting an accurate picture of the burden of the debilitating illness in Aotearoa New Zealand.The registry, Mātauranga Raranga asks people to confidentially provide…

A breakthrough eye treatment in the US, where eye drops are being used to replace reading glasses, is now being tested in Aotearoa.The FDA approved the Vuity (trademarked) eye drops in late 2021 for prescription-only use for presbyopia…