# Science and technology

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# Science and technology

- [## Book shows decades of policy failing Pacific peoples

  13 March 2026

  Bringing together leading Pacific scholars and practitioners, Understanding Pacific Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing Challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand was launched on 6 March.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/12/book-examines-why-decades-of-policy-attention-havent-delivered-for-pacific-peoples.html)
- [## A cooler way to deliver milk

  9 March 2026

  A world leader in phase change materials is exploring how the technology could transform milk delivery trucks and everyday chilly bins.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/09/a-cooler-way-to-deliver-milk.html)
- [## 50 years after whaling, behavioural effects linger

  3 March 2026

  The long shadow from whaling extends to basic behaviour such as breeding, new research shows.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/03/50-years-after-whaling--behavioural-effects-linger.html)
- [## My Space: Uwe Rieger

  2 March 2026

  UniNews takes a tour of the University's arc/sec Lab, where the digital world is brought to life.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/02/my-space-uwe-rieger.html)
- [## Niki Harré: heeding the call

  2 March 2026

  Academic's new book explores what the secular world can learn from religion.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/02/Niki-Harre-the-calling.html)
- [## The invisible emissions behind AI

  25 February 2026

  Our digital lives are powered by energy-hungry infrastructure running around the clock.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/25/jamie-morton-planetary-solutions-invisible-emissions-behind-ai.html)
- [## Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery launches Pacific Strategy

  24 February 2026

  Tautai fa’atonutonu folau 'Take the lead, set the course' is the Maurice Wilkins Centre's Pacific Strategy launching 27 February to strengthen Pacific leadership, participation and excellence across biomedical research, while deepening partnerships with Pacific communities.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/25/maurice-wilkins-centre-for-molecular-biodiscovery-launches-pacific-strategy.html)
- [## 'Biopharming' with plants

  22 February 2026

  Commentary: The genetic engineering of 3000 sheep in NZ in the 1990s didn’t end well. The ‘biopharming’ of plants, however, has a lot more potential says Lauren Baal.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/22/biopharming-with-plants.html)
- [## Landmark Pacific Academy of Sciences inaugural Congress in Sāmoa

  16 February 2026

  University of Auckland delegation attends the inaugural Pacific Academy of Sciences Congress in Apia, bringing together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous knowledge holders and early-career researchers.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/15/landmark-pacific-academy-of-sciences-inaugural-congress-in-samoa.html)
- [## Partnership to advance Pacific science and environmental leadership

  16 February 2026

  MoU signed to strengthen collaboration in Pacific-led science, research and capacity-building between the University and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/16/partnership-to-advance-pacific-science-and-environmental-leadership.html)
- [## The robots are coming, so let's preserve our people skills

  12 February 2026

  Commentary: People bring context, empathy, cultural understanding and ethics. As Shahper and Alex Richter point out, AI doesn’t.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/12/the-robots-are-coming-so-lets-preserve-our-people-skills.html)
- [## Great balls of fire – over Wellington

  10 February 2026

  Opinon: On January 30 a fireball streaked across the sky above the capital. What was it? And why did this one hit us? Richard Easther explains.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/10/great-balls-of-fire-over-wellington.html)

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