News from AUT’s Māori whānau

Sports and language revitalisation

Sports and language revitalisation

24 May, 2023
AUT research shows that Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages, with a genuine surge of language use in elite sport.
Group photo of members of Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation, Tax Management NZ, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, the Vice-Chancellor's Office and the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences.

‘Living classroom’ nurtures young minds

03 May, 2023
AUT has received a gift to see restoration sites used as living classrooms for rangatahi
An old photograph of Peter Harwood smiling with a walking stick and others in front of AUT's marae, inset with a photo of his face.

Peter Harwoods love for the people

04 Apr, 2023
Kua hinga te tōtara o Te Waonui a Tāne. There are few that could match late Emeritus Professor Peter Harwood in stature and mana.
Georgina Tuari Stewart smiling and looking at the camera.

Is there such thing as Māori science?

20 Mar, 2023
The short answer to the question of whether there is such a thing as Māori science is: “It depends”. 
11 appointees to the Eke Tangaroa programme standing in front of AUT's wharenui.

Nurturing Māori and Pacific academics

15 Mar, 2023
A pōwhiri and celebration event was recently held for appointees to AUT's Eke Tangaroa programme for Māori and Pacific early career academics.
The WIPCE bid delegation and supporters in AUT's wharenui.

Auckland wins WIPCE 2025

05 Dec, 2022
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland has been selected to host WIPCE 2025 – the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education.
Award-winning AUT Architecture student

Award-winning AUT Architecture student

02 Dec, 2022
AUT Master of Architecture (Professional) graduate Matangireia Yates Francis has won the prestigious Te Kāhui Whaihanga Resene Student Design Award.
WF WG sky tower

HRC career development awards

29 Nov, 2022
Seven AUT research projects have received funding in the Health Research Council’s (HRC) annual Career Development Awards.
New professors and associate professors

New professors and associate professors

17 Nov, 2022
AUT is delighted to announce the promotion of 15 of its academics to the position of Professor and 30 to Associate Professor.
Ella Henry

Ella Henry: myth buster

15 Nov, 2022
Ella Henry rebuts recent claims that mātaraunga Māori | Māori knowledge is myth, not science.

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