Auckland University's law school is getting ready to welcome dozens more students than usual next year - a move that is unpopular with some uni staff.

A teenager faces a court hearing for allegedly saying "this teacher is mean as f***" in a public place.

Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

Geotechnical engineers face an "unprecedented" challenge in tackling the many large landslides that have blocked quake-damaged Kaikoura's coastal State Highway 1.

Hong Kong's richest man is to donate $5 million to the University of Auckland to support entrepreneurship.

Kiwi experts are on the front lines fighting the "antibiotic apocalypse".

Efforts to tackle a major eye problem that can lead to blindness could be boosted by a world-first Kiwi study into newly discovered and potentially game-changing adult stem cells.

A New Zealand-educated Harvard professor has signed a publishing deal to write a new book on Bob Dylan. University of Auckland PhD

Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.

A PhD student at the University of Auckland is frustrated at having to fight to find an appropriate space to breastfeed her child.

A wayward scientific instrument has completed a remarkable year-long journey across the Tasman Sea, delighting the Aussie researchers who thought it'd been lost for good.

A new trial has revealed a simple dab of "sugar gel" on the inside of a newborn's mouth can lower the risk of developmental brain damage.

Kiwi scientists have brought their pest-busting expertise to a spectacular Pacific atoll formerly owned by late legendary actor Marlon Brando.

A student says she dedicated hundreds of hours of study in an effort to get into a medical programme, only to be told hours before a test she had been rejected.

Women in Science grant will allows NZ-based researcher 'potential to make significant discoveries'.

Increasing numbers of parents are worried they do not have enough money for their child's education.

The Government has been accused of gutting a major longitudinal study tracking the experiences of kids growing up in New Zealand, after a funding cut resulted in the number of its participants being slashed by two thirds.

The University of Auckland has hit out at plans by Waikato University for a new medical school, calling it "ill conceived" and costly.

Latest 'scary clown' sighting has been caught on camera at the University of Auckland.

Teaching creative thinking is needed in primary schools to help prevent people being replaced by robots. While the subject is being

COMMENT: As Vice-Chancellor of the Uni of Auckland, I do draw the line at unwarranted complaints about our generous donors and their philanthropic support.

COMMENT: A 'little' strike at the University of Auckland has shone a light on what really is happening on campus.

A major breakthrough in detecting eyesight problems in very young children has been made with revolutionary eye technology invented

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The first Pasifika academics at the University of Auckland's business school are two Tongan women, graduating tomorrow with PhDs.

The new tax imposing GST on all online purchases of digital services is unenforceable and doesn't fully protect bricks-and-mortar

Among our eight universities, one should be capable of making its presence felt in the English-speaking world. Auckland should be up there.

University of Auckland bosses have launched New Zealand's most ambitious fundraising campaign, setting a target of $300 million.

Tattoo artists attempting to sue when celebrities appears in ads without consent.