One of the most notorious forms of breast cancer is to be targeted in a new study by an Auckland University researcher and cancer survivor.

Worlds with the mass of Neptune are the most likely planet to form in the icy outer realms of planetary systems, scientists have found in a pioneering new study co-authored by Kiwi researchers.

Melanoma patient's life saved by trial drug

A million-dollar Kiwi study has revealed a new mechanism in the body that could offer new hope for those with a genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.

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.

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.

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

The University of Auckland's Maidment Theatre is to close for good, as the price-tag to fix it soared to more than $16 million.

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.

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.

A revolutionary apple-based flour developed at the University of Auckland could be on the local market next year - as international

The latest inductee into the Central Hawke's Bay College Honours is Sir Pita Sharples. Sir Pita attended Central Hawke's Bay College's

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

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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.