News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha
AUT winners of 2025 Lexus Design Award
Art and design
27 Nov, 2025
Rat control and greywater management systems created by AUT students won top awards at the 2025 Lexus Design Award.
Business
27 Nov, 2025
Industry leaders and academics gathered earlier in November for a dynamic panel discussion ‘AI in Action – Turning Innovation into Impact’.
Architecture and built environment
20 Nov, 2025
Auckland University of Technology's Dr Terri-Ann Berry on asbestos contamination of children’s coloured sand products.
AUT robots attend first symposium
Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
19 Nov, 2025
AUT’s humanoid robots took part in the Ministry for Ethnic Communities’ annual business symposium, Ethnic Xchange 2025.
Architecture and built environment
11 Nov, 2025
The senior lecturer in sustainable architecture spoke to the Science Media Centre ahead of attending the 30th UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil.
AUT Marsden and Mana Tūāpapa Success
Business
06 Nov, 2025
AUT academics have been recognised in 2025’s Marsden Fund and Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowships.
$820k fellowship for Dr Hazel Abraham
Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
31 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Dr Hazel Abraham is “humbled” to be the recipient of a Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. 
AUT disaster response expert on Gaza
Architecture and built environment
23 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Professor Regan Potangaroa, a global expert in humanitarian engineering, has been involved in more than 200 UN deployments in 22 countries.
Professor John Tookey on Rebuilding Gaza
Architecture and built environment
22 Oct, 2025
With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild, the AUT Professor of Construction Management writes.
Art and design
15 Oct, 2025
Professor Suzanne Wilkinson has been appointed to the position of Dean of the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies.