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Cather Simpson leaves the board.

Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre Board Chair Charlotte Walshe has announced that University of Auckland Professor Cather Simpson has resigned from the Centre’s Governance Board.

Exceptional alumni honoured with prestigious University award

Renowned physicist and science communicator Professor John Dudley has been recognised for his exceptional accomplishments in the University’s 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards.

A New Zealand breakthough in quantum-inspired optical computing

With fully fault‑tolerant quantum computers still years away, New Zealand researchers have built a hybrid device that could solve major problems much sooner.

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Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies refunded through to 2028

The Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies was recently refunded as a Centre of Research Excellence $36.75M.

Paint powering your home? Coming to a roof near you!

Solar paint – which captures and guides light to strips of solar panels in roof gutters

Sep 2, 2020

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Could photonics solve your problem?

Nicola Shepheard - National Business Review - 28 July 2020

Photonics in Australia & New Zealand - Lighting Economic Growth Report

ANZ Optical Society and the Dodd-Walls Centre have commissioned an independent report

Photonics industry in NZ has a bright billion dollar future

A new report has valued New Zealand’s little-known photonics industry at more than a billion dollars.

Kiwi-made 'spy' tech a sign of our quantum future

A clever piece of Kiwi-made tech could soon become a handy asset for spy agencies, with the power to bury secret messages where eavesdroppers can’t find them.