# Alumni

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# Alumni

- [## Alumni recognised at Kiwibank's New Zealander of the Year Awards

  20 March 2026

  University alumni were winners at the 2026 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards, with Hazel Kerr named Senior New Zealander of the Year alongside her husband Dr Alan Kerr, and Craig Piggott taking out the Innovator of the Year category.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/20/2026-nzoty-alumni.html)
- [## Climate solutions in focus as election approaches

  16 March 2026

  A new collection of local voices explores where we are now – and where we need to go – on climate mitigation and adaptation.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/16/climate-solutions-in-focus-as-election-approaches.html)
- [## Innovation needs more than founders

  16 March 2026

  Alumna Gemma Bell reflects on how her experience in the Velocity programme shaped her career helping companies at the forefront of technology and innovation navigate emerging law, regulation, and growth.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/16/innovation-needs-more-than-founders.html)
- [## “The best of what a physician can be”

  16 March 2026

  Teenage Wayne Cutfield wanted to be a politician, but decided he could make a bigger difference as a doctor. Now he has been awarded the top annual prize for physicians in Australasia.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/16/best-of-what-a-physician-can-be.html)
- [## Hitting the high notes: opera graduates off to world-leading UK schools

  11 March 2026

  Four University of Auckland opera graduates have been accepted into four of the world’s most prestigious music conservatoires and are fundraising to support their studies.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/11/auckland-opera-grads-win-spots-at-world-leading-uk-schools.html)
- [## When will the price be right for green hydrogen?

  3 March 2026

  New modelling suggests green hydrogen will play a very limited role in cutting New Zealand’s industrial emissions before 2050.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/03/when-will-the-price-be-right-for-green-hydrogen-.html)
- [## Katalina Ma: strength in numbers

  2 March 2026

  A passion for maths propels Katalina Ma as she helps the next generation of students make the leap to university.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/03/02/Katalina-Ma-profile.html)
- [## Thirty years of transforming Māori enterprise

  27 February 2026

  Alumni have returned to celebrate 30 years of a programme that has propelled Māori into CEO, chair and senior leadership roles across Aotearoa, with a refreshed version now on the way.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/27/thirty-years-maori-development.html)
- [## Auckland wins Paris mediation contest

  26 February 2026

  The University of Auckland triumphed at the 2026 ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, taking first place against teams from around the world.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/26/auckland-team-triumphs-in-paris-mediation-contest.html)
- [## The superconductor technology set to advance Japan’s space industry

  16 February 2026

  Born out of the University of Auckland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, venture Zenno Astronautics has partnered with Mitsubishi Electric to develop a high-fidelity simulator of its fuel-free satellite control system.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/16/the-superconductor-to-advance-japans-space-industry.html)
- [## Obituary: University pays tribute to Pip Cheshire

  13 February 2026

  Respected architect Pip Cheshire, CNZM, a distinguished alumnus and former staff member, has passed away after a short illness.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/13/pip-cheshire-obit-school-of-architecture.html)
- [## The journey to becoming a professional content creator

  12 February 2026

  Mitchell Carlyle is turning storytelling into a profession through his own video content business.](https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/02/12/journey-to-becoming-a-professional-content-creator.html)

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