An update from our Chair in a time of change
02 October 2025 | news
Professor Grant EdwardsVice-Chancellor, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln UniversityChair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee New Zealand’s university sector is in the midst of a period ...
Three 2025 Woolf Fisher Scholars announced
29 September 2025 | media
Dr Chris Mayo, Zillah Daysh and Alex Barnes: 2025 recipients of a Woolf Fisher Scholarship September 29, 2025: Three New Zealand students have been awarded prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarships t...
Submission on Freedom of Expression, 2025
24 September 2025 | submissions
Universities New Zealand Submission on the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) 2025...
Response to proposal to replace NCEA with new national qualifications
22 September 2025 | submissions
Univesrsities New Zealand made the following two submissions on the recent proposed changes to NCEA:...
Law, neuroscience and economics topics for 2025 William Georgetti scholars
22 September 2025 | news
Indigenous sovereignty, cognitive decline and the economics of large-scale urban regeneration are the focus for the 2025 recipients of the William Georgetti Scholarships....
Two New Zealand winners of the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship
18 September 2025 | news
Two New Zealanders are heading to postgraduate studies at Harvard University on funded scholarships thanks to the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship.Andrew Tang and Samara O’Neill both have expertise...
Positives and matters to consider for new Research Fund
02 September 2025 | media
Statement from: Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor of Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland | Chair of the Research Committee, Universities New Zealand – Te Pokāi Tara...
UNZ response to UAG decisions
02 September 2025 | media
September 2, 2025: Universities New Zealand – Te Pokāi Tara welcomes the release today of the report of the Universities Advisory Group, the government’s response, and the draft Tertiary Education...
A new era of public science collaboration
28 August 2025 | media
August 26, 2025: New Zealand’s universities and its Public Research Organisations (formerly Crown Research Institutes) are today announcing a new milestone in their long-standing partnership....