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

The future of AI and machine learning

Read the first Techweek 2021 blog on the future of AI and machine learning.

Space for creativity

Insight, AUT’s alumni magazine, talks to textile design alumna April Gourdie who has become known as the ‘knit person’ of Allbirds’ product team.

Immunising for misinformation

Insight, AUT’s alumni magazine, talks to communication studies alumna Diane Abad-Vergara about what it’s like to work for the WHO during a global pandemic.

Giving voice to indigenous stories

Insight, AUT’s alumni magazine, talks to globally acclaimed indigenous storyteller and AUT communication studies alumna Chelsea Winstanley.

Celebrating AUT's women academics

Today is International Women’s Day. Read a sample of the research from AUT’s women academics who are working to improve the lives of women in our society.

COVID vaccine passports

Vaccine passports would need to be linked securely to travellers and be almost impossible to illegally copy or modify, writes Professor Dave Parry.

Promoting Equality In The Future of Tech

Closing the gender gap in STEM starts with educating girls at school and cultivating their interest throughout their education, writes Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh.

Visual arts alumna revives Niuean art

Artist and AUT visual arts graduate Cora-Allan Wickliffe is reviving the ancient Niuean art of hiapo.

New low cost COVID-19 antibody test

A new Kode Technology COVID-19 antibody test costs a fraction of current diagnostics using existing laboratory technology.

AUT alumnus wins major artist residency

AUT visual arts alumnus Kalisolaite 'Uhila has been awarded the Art Foundation’s prestigious $100,000 Harriet Friedlander Residency.