University of Auckland

Associate Professor Teuila Percival has been made a Dame Companion of the 2023 New Zealand Order of Merit in the King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list.Dame Teuila was the first Sāmoan paediatrician in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a…

Free school lunches have benefits not only for hungry children, but for their whānau and local economies, according to researchers who recommend expanding the programme.“It’s like dropping a rock in the pond and getting all these ripples…

The Government announced today that it will fund an additional 50 medical students at the country’s two medical schools from 2024.Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater said that the increase in funded…

An initiative led by a new University research centre will see close collaboration on the goal of better health outcomes for the people of Kiribati.Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, the Centre for Pacific and Global Health, hosted at the Faculty of…

New genetic research finds conditions including heart disease and Parkinson’s could be activated by the most severe cases of Covid-19 infection.The researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland examined publicly…

Finding a way to help terminal cancer patients struggling with depressive thoughts and emotions is the aim of a new clinical trial using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.The collaboration between the University of Otago, Waipapa Taumata Rau…

The economic situation of 24,894 people from refugee backgrounds who came to New Zealand between 1997 and 2020 is the focus of the first paper in an ongoing study from the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies (CAPRS) at the University…

Researchers’ decisions on how to classify ethnicity in quantitative research matter a lot because findings in turn affect important areas like health and social services, according to recent research from the University of…

People’s willingness to believe in climate change varies greatly, as does their willingness to engage in pro-environmental behaviour, such as energy conservation. We tried to understand the psychological factors behind these differences…

Smartwatches could soon benefit overstretched health practitioners and their patients, says Business School researcher Ruhi Bajaj, lead author of a preliminary study exploring the potential role of such devices in healthcare.Integrating…