Summer Lab is part of CIE’s wider commitment to developing innovative and entrepreneurial mindsets at university. Since its inception, the programme has grown in size and reputation.

With their world-first superconducting magnet system now in orbit, and investment from one of Japan’s largest venture capital firms, there’s no stopping Zenno Astronautics - or its founder, Max Arshavsky.

The Business School’s new Hynds Lecturer of Entrepreneurship, Dr Marissa Kaloga, is driven by a desire to help address inequities in entrepreneurial outcomes.

Dr Haruna Suzuki-Kerr is a researcher at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, who is on a mission to revolutionise hearing care—translating cutting-edge research into real-world solutions.

By claiming workplaces need to “man up”, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is ignoring one of the biggest untapped opportunities for economic growth – women entrepreneurs.

Most New Zealanders revel in the country’s existence as an island nation, regularly enjoying our beaches. However, how many people know of our oceans’ economic potential?

New Zealand must prepare for the long game if it is serious about fostering a world-class innovation ecosystem.

As long as Kiwi students don’t see entrepreneurship as a viable career path, we’ll continue to export great ideas from our best only to see them commercialised elsewhere.

Cullen Tran is this year’s CEO of the Velocity entrepreneurship development programme. Cullen is responsible for leading a committee of student volunteers who organise a year-long programme of competitions, inspirational seminars and workshops for the benefit of hundreds of University of Auckland students and staff.

New Zealand’s science system is undergoing its biggest transformation in over 30 years.