Maru's favourite part of her job is interacting with the diverse students who participate in CIE's programmes and workshops. She has found that implementing the value of manaakitanga in her role to be incredibly important and rewarding.

A small NZ company, Weather Radar NZ, is making a big impact through its specialist weather and climate advice, monitoring and consultancy services. The MBIE recently gave it a grant to undertake research for NASA.

The University of Auckland physics student, CIE Creative Technologist, and Chiasma COO sees innovation and entrepreneurship as a personal and professional development journey and is exploring other options for what his future might look like, such as exploring research commercialisation.

For WM Robotics founders (and pie enthusiasts) Sasha Mates and Vincent Wong, the inspiration behind their start-up’s first product – an innovative hot pie vending machine they’ve called “PieBot” – was simple: hunger. And as their recent successes and opportunities show, there’s a lot more than pies in the pipeline.

Register now for the University of Auckland Mobility Dogs Hackathon, which aims to create innovative solutions that will empower disabled Kiwis to effortlessly treat and train their dogs. The 48-hour hackathon will take place during the weekend of 12-14 July.

Machine learning engineer Hwan Goh had found the transition from PhD study to start-up a challenging one. Now, Hwan is the head of machine learning at pioneering AI company MACSO, a provider of data-driven innovations, with solutions developed to address a wide range of issues related to agtech, data collection, air quality and hardware.

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Academic Director, Rod McNaughton, questions the search for unicorn start-ups, arguing that herds of zebras may be better for our economy and society.

The 25 winners of the Velocity Ideas Challenge have been announced, with each team taking home a share of $25,000.  Discover the wide range of innovative start-up ideas pitched by our University staff and students.

CIE has been named the 2024 recipient of a Student Engagement award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for the Best of Asia-Pacific Region category. The award was recently presented at the CASE conference in Singapore.

Nicole Rebstock, a shoe designer and founder of her eponymous label, credits her education for giving her the confidence to start her own business in designer footwear and accessories.