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Flags of UN and EU stand in European council Building at Brussels, Belgium.
Speeches
23.09.2025  

Honouring science’s principles in a troubled world

Science diplomacy
perspective
19.09.2025  
Intellectual sovereignty: the hidden role of the university
media release
18.09.2025  
NZ communities at risk of ‘news deserts’
Information environment
Tertiary students walking outside the University of Auckland.
media release
02.09.2025  
Government releases University Advisory Group reports
Informing policy

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perspective
19.09.2025

Intellectual sovereignty: the hidden role of the university

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perspective
17.04.2025

Adolescence and the digital disconnect

Youth mental health
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perspective
02.04.2025

As trust and old norms break down, democracy must be defended

Social cohesion & resilience
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Media Releases
22.08.2025  
Rewiring science diplomacy
Science diplomacy
A new article in Science by Sir Peter Gluckman, Director of Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures, and science diplomat Vaughan Turekian explores how science diplomacy must adapt to shifting geopolitical realities.
Auckland city.
Media Releases
15.07.2025  
Leadership Group appointed for Auckland tech alliance
Technology futures
Koi Tū managing trustee Sir Peter Gluckman is delighted to be appointed to the Leadership Group to steer the Auckland Innovation & Technology Alliance.
Updates
14.07.2025  
A new chapter begins
Future society
Koi Tū marked our first day in our new home at 48 Emily Place with a karakia whakawātea (dawn blessing) led by Tom Irvine and Robbie Paora of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. 
The Beehive Building, New Zealand's Parliament Building, with the New Zealand flag in front of it.
Updates
03.06.2025  
Koi Tū community recognised in King’s Birthday Honours 
Future society
Congratulations to members of the Koi Tū community recognised in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours. 
A group of children playing on a trampoline with a forest background
Media Releases
30.05.2025  
Growing anxious – are preschoolers matched to their futures?
Wellbeing

Youth mental health
If we want to break the epidemic of mental health concerns in young people we have to focus on the beginning of life.
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