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Leading Waipapa Taumata Rau Researchers Elected As Fellows
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 4:05 pm | University of Auckland
The announcement of its new Fellows by the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi sees 11 academics from the University of Auckland recognised for their world leadership in research and scholarship. The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading ... More >>
Researchers Paving The Way For Electrified Roads
Monday, 13 March 2023, 2:48 pm | University of Auckland
Researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland in collaboration with Downer NZ have launched a new facility that could be a game-changer in the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Accelerated Pavement Test ... More >>
Breakthrough Neurological Drug Comes From Dame Margaret Brimble's Auckland Laboratory
Monday, 13 March 2023, 5:43 am | University of Auckland
A molecule discovered by Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble of the University of Auckland is the basis for a breakthrough neurological drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on March 10. Trofinetide will treat Rett syndrome, a ... More >>
Food Waste: How Messaging Can Help Us Clean Up Our Act
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 10:06 am | University of Auckland
A recent study explores effective ways to influence people's intentions and behaviours to reduce household food waste. After witnessing food waste in hotels and restaurants and viewing statistics detailing household food waste, University of Auckland researcher ... More >>
Partner Violence Is Making Kiwis Sick
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:33 am | University of Auckland
Women who have experienced intimate partner violence are three times as likely to have a diagnosed mental health condition and twice as likely to have a chronic illness, according to new research. Family violence is quite literally making New Zealanders ... More >>
Expert Launches Ground-breaking Therapy For Māori Kaumātua With Dementia
Monday, 27 February 2023, 9:57 am | University of Auckland
Haumanu Whakaohooho Whakāro – Māori is a type of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) and the first to be specifically adapted for Māori kaumātua. Māori with mild to moderate mate wareware or dementia, will now have access to a new and tailored ... More >>
New Zealand And Australia: Trade Ties That Bind
Friday, 17 February 2023, 11:42 am | University of Auckland
The trans-Tasman trade relationship is the focus of this year's Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School on 23 and 24 February at the University of Auckland. Although we love to beat each other in sport, New Zealand’s connection with Australia is ... More >>
Long-term Strategy Needed For NZ’s Public Media Broadcasting
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 7:57 pm | University of Auckland
Aotearoa New Zealand needs a long-term, integrated strategy for the long-term future of public media and broadcasting, says Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, a think tank at the University of Auckland. Koi Tū Director Sir Peter Gluckman responded ... More >>
Seismic Safety: Academics Deem Building Standards Unclear
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 6:26 pm | University of Auckland
As the anniversary of the Christchurch quake nears and in light of the devastating Turkey-Syria quakes, two academics say the system to determine building safety in Aotearoa is both unclear and potentially dangerous. In an earthquake, we need to ... More >>
University's Summer Lab Shines
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 6:49 pm | University of Auckland
Summer Lab, a four-week University of Auckland experience highlighting innovation and entrepreneurship education, is enjoying its day in the sun after winning a United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship award (USASBE). Many participants ... More >>
Scientists Identify Drug That Could Extend Lifespan
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 5:50 am | University of Auckland
New Zealand researchers identify drug with potential for longer and healthier ageing The age-old quest for immortality has taken a step forward with the results of an Aotearoa New Zealand study just published in leading international journal, Nature ... More >>
University’s Bruce McLaren Engineering Scholars Welcomed At UK-based Supercar Company McLaren
Friday, 20 January 2023, 6:33 pm | University of Auckland
Sixty years after Bruce McLaren made the journey from New Zealand to England to establish the company that still bears his name, two University of Auckland engineering students are following in his footsteps. Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland ... More >>
Scientists Confirm Kawakawa’s Healing Properties
Friday, 20 January 2023, 12:58 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland researchers have found more than 60 biologically active compounds in kawakawa leaves. Aotearoa New Zealand scientists are proving the health effects of kawakawa, a plant revered as taonga and long-used in Māori medicine or rongoā. ... More >>
Cosmic Factory’s Origins Revealed In University Of Auckland Research
Friday, 13 January 2023, 6:36 am | University of Auckland
Scientists have shed new light on "factories" in outer space producing elements used in the creation of planets, galaxies, and life. Researchers led by Dr Heloise Stevance, of the Department of Physics at Waipapa Taumatau Rau, University ... More >>
Tech Entrepreneur Mitchell Pham Recognised In New Year’s Honours
Saturday, 31 December 2022, 3:23 pm | University of Auckland
Technology and business luminary Mitchell Pham who fled Vietnam as a young refugee and arrived in Auckland in 1985, was today appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by His Majesty the King. Mitchell, who is the University of Auckland ... More >>
New Data Mined From Landmark Trial On Steroids For Preterm Birth
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 5:39 pm | University of Auckland
Ross Howie (L) and Mont Liggins ca 1972. Revisiting Liggins' and Howie's 1972 trial, which saw steroids introduced for preterm births globally, yields new data. Contemporary research techniques have yielded new findings from a landmark healthcare trial carried ... More >>
Eight Million Boost To Improve Heart Health Equity
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 1:09 pm | University of Auckland
Community-engaged research programmes have received significant funding to impact healthcare. Led by University of Auckland researchers, they will combat cardiovascular disease among Māori and Pacific communities. Pūtahi Manawa – Healthy Hearts for ... More >>
Dr Ashley Bloomfield Appointed Professor At Waipapa Taumata Rau, University Of Auckland
Monday, 19 December 2022, 2:25 pm | University of Auckland
Former Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is to join Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland as a Professor in the School of Population Health and will lead the establishment of a new Public Policy Impact Institute at the University ... More >>
Scientists Propose System Redesign To Improve Access To Clinical Trials
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 2:47 pm | University of Auckland
A new system for managing clinical trials in Aotearoa would improve participation across all regions and cultural groups, a new report says. Ensuring that the latest clinical research opportunities, and the healthcare benefits that flow from them, ... More >>
Microplastics In Auckland’s Air Equal 3 Million Plastic Bottles Per Year, Study Suggests
Monday, 12 December 2022, 6:24 am | University of Auckland
Researchers from the University of Auckland calculated that 74 metric tonnes of microplastics are dropping out of the atmosphere onto the city annually, the equivalent of more than 3 million plastic bottles falling from the sky. The study , published ... More >>
