News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha

AUT at METexpo 2025

Auckland University of Technology staff and students share knowledge at the Society for Media Professionals, Technologists and Engineers’ METexpo 2025.

Swift book fills research ‘blank space’

A new book explores how Swift studies is bringing the cultural phenomena of Taylor Swift into academia.

Celebrate Cook Islands Language Week

AUT celebrates Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani | Cook Islands Māori Language Week.

New model accurately detects AI text

Auckland University of Technology researchers have developed a model that accurately detects social media content created by generative AI-driven bots.  

AUT students selected for 2025 Y25 List

Two AUT students, Laya Rasooli and Ivy Lyden-Hancy, have been selected for this year’s Y25 List.

Matariki art a koha from AUT Pou Māori

This year’s free Matariki art, from Auckland University of Technology, features work by Bachelor of Design tauira Te Awanui a Rangi Teresa Clark.

Keeping warm at home 

NZ homes can be cold and damp. Here are four tips to help keep your place warm this winter. 

Student receives NZ Space Scholarship

AUT student Asif Rasha will work alongside NASA scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

Panel discussion: Auckland’s volcanoes 

A panel discussion on 29 May at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) will explore the volcanoes and lava caves of Tāmaki Makaurau. 

The complex realities of managed retreat

With large parts of NZ recently pummelled by Cyclone Tam and heavy rain, it’s important to remember that natural hazards have long shaped our cities.