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AUT’s support for seventh Y25 List
25 Aug, 2026
Year on year, this prestigious nationwide list has featured AUT students, graduates and alumni excelling in their respective fields.18 Aug, 2026
This week Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week is being celebrated around Aotearoa.From village to screen: Telling the story of marine conservation in Tonga
14 Aug, 2026
A team of Indigenous filmmakers is co-creating documentaries about community-managed marine areas with villages in Tonga.WIPCE 2025 recognised at NZEA awards
11 Aug, 2026
WIPCE 2025 has won Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Event of the Year at the NZEA New Zealand Event Awards 2026.First Pacific Professor of Pacific ECE
04 Aug, 2026
AUT’s Professor Jacoba Matapo has become the world’s first Pacific Professor of Pacific Early Childhood Education.It’s Cook Islands Māori Language Week
03 Aug, 2026
This week Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani is being celebrated around Aotearoa.It’s Vanuatu Bislama Language Week
27 Jul, 2026
This week Vanuatu Bislama Language Week is being celebrated around Aotearoa.Law student represents Indigenous voices
24 Jul, 2026
AUT law student Maria Tavui Laki reflects on participating in the Expert Mechanism for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) in Switzerland.06 Jul, 2026
This week Wikin te Taetae ni Kiribati is being celebrated around Aotearoa.29 May, 2026
This week Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa is being celebrated around Aotearoa.








