Research

Professor Kevin Dew.

Alternative realities

Alternative treatments used by cancer survivors, and why they pick them, are under the spotlight.

Fish swimming in Fiordland waters.

Fragile fiords

Scientists dive deep to uncover the mysteries of our glacier-carved fiords.

Partially demolished buildings with their interiors exposed to the elements.

Home safe

Harmful chemicals used in building materials may be leaving a toxic legacy.

A close up of a man's hands holding open a leather wallet to show that it is empty.

Harassed and coerced

‘Intimidating’ behaviour is being used by debt collection companies to extract payment, research finds.

temperance ladies brass band 1901

The halls were alive

Sounds of music struck a chord in colonial New Zealand.

News

Associate Professor Stephen Hartley talking to volunteers.

First, take 20,000 trees

University’s reforestation project takes root in Ohariu Valley.

Fale malae building on proposed site at Frank Kitts Park, Wellington.

Waterfront fale malae takes shape

Wellington’s Frank Kitts Park is the proposed home for the new fale malae.

Two huia birds on shelf.

A special spot for a precious pair

Saved from gathering dust on an office shelf, a priceless pair of huia specimens will be restored and given pride of place in the new Living Pā.

Teresia Teaiwa standing in front of a tapa cloth that is hanging on a wall.

On bikinis and bombs

Feminist, political activist, and poet—the late Dr Teresia Teaiwa’s distinctive voice is captured in a new collection of her work.

Book cover showing a cropped version of a photo by Stephen Jaquiery of rabbits on land they have degraded by browsing and making burrows.

Cane toads to COVID-19

We’ve entered the “pandemic era”, says Phil Lester. His new book confronts the task ahead in managing the global spread of pests and diseases.

Head and shoulders photo of Sharron Came, wearing a denim jacket.

A Four Square, a pub, and a rugby club

Sharron Came’s debut book, Peninsula, takes readers deep inside small-town New Zealand. The author tells us about the book’s beginnings and her own rural roots.

The cover of Awanui Te Huia's book He Reo Tuku Iho: Tangata Whenua and Te Reo Māori, cropped for landscape.

Getting te reo into daily life

Awanui Te Huia’s new book explores ways to increase te reo Māori in the lives of tangata whenua.

Alumni

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Alumni awards

Our distinguished alumni awards recognise graduates who have made a significant contribution to their field.

Head and shoulders photo of Laura McCartney on a boat with ocean in the background.

Something in the water

Marine studies lead to a dream job for alumna Laura McCartney.

Head shot of author Catherine Chidgey.

Freud or fiction

Before author Catherine Chidgey picked up her pen, she had a bit of a thing for Sigmund Freud.

Rose Cole, standing on Parliament’s forecourt in Wellington with The Beehive in the background.

Private matters

Life at the Beehive has shades of political satire Yes Minister.

One trap at a time

Goodnature co-founder and alumnus Robbie van Dam hopes his pest-busting work will leave the planet ‘a little bit better’ off.