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27 Jan, 2023

The impact of Covid on our education system will be felt for a decade says Vice-Chancellor Damon Salesa in this NZ Herald opinion piece.

Positive impact in education recognised

13 Dec, 2022

Bachelor of Arts in Education student Emeline Latu was recently awarded The Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award for Education and Teaching.

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

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.

Meet our staff: Anil Narayan

16 Nov, 2022

As the head of department for accounting, Associate Professor Anil Narayan is proud of the achievements he has had in his academic career so far.

A screenshot of the cartoon video showing waves encroaching on Tokelau.

Tokelau Language Week 2022

25 Oct, 2022

The final episode of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability — has been released.

A screenshot from the video showing tourists in a boat and a whale jumping out of the water.

Niue Language Week 2022

17 Oct, 2022

Episode 8 of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – was launched this week.

Record ranking for AUT

12 Oct, 2022

AUT has claimed its highest-ever place among New Zealand universities in the latest global rankings.

Programme inspires students to study law

04 Oct, 2022

AUT hosted students from lower decile schools as part of Te Kuhunga, a programme built to inspire and support students to study law at university.

A screenshot from AUT's Fiji Language Week video showing a cartoon hotelier with some tourists.

Fijian Language Week 2022

03 Oct, 2022

We’re pleased to launch Episode 7 of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability.

Depression in Pacific adolescents

30 Sep, 2022

A new study uses network analysis to demonstrate how connectedness with family, friends, and school can prevent depression in Pacific adolescents.

A screenshot from the video showing a cartoon scene of people in Tuvalu cleaning their beach.

Tuvalu Language Week 2022

27 Sep, 2022

Episode six of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – went live this week.

Guiding tourism in the Pacific Islands

25 Aug, 2022

With visitors now returning to the Pacific Islands, AUT is helping destinations make better decisions on building back.

Meet our staff: Saten Kumar

23 Aug, 2022

Professor Saten Kumar, who leads AUT’s School of Economics, is interested in finding ways to enhance the quality of economic data for Pacific Islands.

A screenshot of the video, showing islanders fishing and selling seafood in a market.

Cook Islands Language Week 2022

01 Aug, 2022

Episode four of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – is now live.

Meet our staff: Sandra Thaggard

01 Aug, 2022

A senior lecturer in nursing, Dr Sandra Thaggard is interested in the management of diabetes, violence & abuse, and mental health issues in Pacific people.

Meet our staff: Tafili Utumapu-McBride

01 Aug, 2022

What she loves most about her work is developing a rapport with students, says Dr Tafili Utumapu-McBride who is a senior lecturer in education.

Left to right: Linda Tran, Alex Plum, Professor Gail Pacheco.

Covid's impact on Pacific workers

25 Jul, 2022

COVID-19 exacerbated existing disparities between NZ European and Pacific workers - particularly for Pacific women under 30 in Auckland.

Meet our staff: Rita Krishnamurthi

22 Jul, 2022

Associate Professor Rita Krishnamurthi balances her work as a public health researcher with her role as the deputy director of NISAN at AUT.

Screenshot of the video showing people of Kiribati holding a sign that says

Kiribati Language Week 2022

11 Jul, 2022

We’re pleased to launch our Kiribati episode of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability.

Meet our staff: Leon Iusitini

06 Jul, 2022

As a Pacific researcher at AUT, Dr Leon Iusitini’s role is both research and promoting the interests of Pacific people in New Zealand.

The power of Lisa

09 Jun, 2022

As a leader in Deloitte’s forensic team Lisa Tai has helped uncover criminal activities, tackle fraud and fight white-collar crime. AUTs Insight meets her.

Driving change for diversity in golf

09 Jun, 2022

Tagging along with her sports-mad parents was the ultimate training ground for world champion golfer and AUT alumna Phillis Meti. AUT’s Insight meets her.

A screenshot of the video showing a cartoon depiction of a Samoan island.

Samoa Language Week 2022

31 May, 2022

Episode two of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – is live.

Screenshot of the video showing the words

Rotuman Language Week 2022

09 May, 2022

The first episode of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – has been released for Rotuman Language Week.

2022 Pacific Language Weeks

06 May, 2022

AUT is proud to participate in the 2022 Pacific Language Weeks series. This year’s theme is ‘sustainability’.

Collective support on journey to success

26 Apr, 2022

AUT's UniPrep programme equips Auckland school leavers with necessary skills and tools for transition into university.

A Pacific Feminist Agenda

12 Apr, 2022

AUT’s latest sponsored exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery’s Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda opens on 26 March.

Leading AUT’s mahi to boost student success

04 Apr, 2022

New VC Professor Damon Salesa inspired by achievement to date and committed to growing focus on equity and excellence.

Extending manaaki to our community

16 Mar, 2022

A 40-foot container full of desks and chairs donated by AUT has been shipped over to Tonga to get schools up and running.

LOIMATA wins best documentary

04 Mar, 2022

Loimata – a film produced by AUT Communications Studies lecturer Jim Marbrook takes home ‘Best Documentary’ at the New Zealand Television Awards.

AUT equipment arrives to Tonga aboard a New Zealand Defence Force plane. Supplied: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Graduate and AUT help Tongan recovery

18 Feb, 2022

An AUT engineering graduate living in Tonga reached out to AUT staff to help reconnect vital communications following the devastating volcanic eruption.

Researchers as pictured Top row, Left to Right: Dr Tago Mharapara, Dr Janine Clemons, Assoc. Prof. Katherine Ravenswood, Dr Lesley Dixon. Bottom row, Left to Right: Dr Nimbus Staniland, Mrs Stacey Gillard-Tito, Ms Talei Jackson, Prof. Gill Kirton.

Interdisciplinary team wins health grant

26 Jan, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of AUT researchers has won a major grant from the Health Research Council.

Daysha Tonumaipe'a (left) and Dr Dianne Wepa (right)

Funding for emerging researchers

23 Nov, 2021

Three AUT researchers have been acknowledged at the Health Research Council’s annual Career Development Awards.

AUT appoints Dr Damon Salesa as new VC

15 Nov, 2021

Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed to be the next Vice-Chancellor of AUT.

A composite image showing the four AUT Marsden grant recipients.

Four Marsden fund grants for AUT

03 Nov, 2021

Four AUT research projects have been granted more than $2.8 million in the 2021 Marsden Fund round.

A screenshot from the video showing the words

Pacific language videos: Niue

18 Oct, 2021

Episode eight of this year’s AUT Pacific Language Week video series has been released.

A screenshot from the video showing a hand dialing emergency services on a smartphone.

Pacific language videos: Tuvalu

28 Sep, 2021

To acknowledge Tuvalu Language Week, episode six of this year’s AUT Pacific Language Week video series has been released.

Moana view in Ars Electronica Festival

13 Sep, 2021

AUT academics will host Moana Digitalities as part of the 2021 Ars Electronica Festival.

AUT Pacific youth mental health study

27 Jul, 2021

HRC-funded study aims to improve mental health services for New Zealand’s Pacific youth.

Pacific language videos: Kiribati

14 Jul, 2021

It’s Kiribati Language Week in Aotearoa and episode three of this year’s AUT Pacific Language Week video series has been released.

MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowships

24 Jun, 2021

Three early career researchers in the faculty of Design and Creative Technologies have been awarded MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowships.

The title screen from the AUT Samoa Language Week video, saying

AUT Pacific language video series: Samoa

01 Jun, 2021

To acknowledge Samoa Language Week being celebrated in Aotearoa, the second episode of this year’s AUT Pacific Language Week video series has launched.

Dr Radilaite Cammock and Daysha Tonumaipe’a

Using ‘food havens’ to reduce obesity

13 May, 2021

A new concept in food environments, the food haven, aims to reduce high obesity rates among Māori and Pacific peoples.

A screenshot from the videos showing a plastic brain.

Busting the myths around stroke

11 May, 2021

A Pacific language video series by AUT is highlighting key facts around stroke, in an attempt to bust the myths around this neurological disease.

Pacific language videos: Rotuman

10 May, 2021

AUT has launched the first of nine episodes in this year’s Pacific Language Week series.

Ethnic inequity in chronic pain services

19 Apr, 2021

A new study shows that Māori, Asian and Pacific peoples experienced poorer patient outcomes compared to Europeans.

Ngatepaeru Marsters (left) and Teresa Krishnan (right)

Te Ara ō Hine – Tapu Ora

30 Mar, 2021

Under a new government initiative, AUT will work to increase the number of midwives in our Māori and Pacific communities.

PHANZ Pasifika Award

11 Dec, 2020

Associate Professor El-Shadan Tautolo has been recognised for his outstanding achievement and leadership in Pacific public health.

Director of Pacific Media Centre retires

11 Dec, 2020

Professor David Robie, founding Director of the AUT Pacific Media Centre, has announced his retirement from the role.

AUT Pacific researchers win HRC funding

23 Nov, 2020

Five Pacific researchers have received 2021 Pacific Health Career Development Awards’ from the Health Research Council (HRC).

Language fluency and mental disorders

28 Oct, 2020

A study of Pacific mothers in New Zealand reveals that being fluent in both English and Pacific languages may decrease the likelihood of postpartum mental

Rosa Kalauni smiling in front of a classroom whiteboard.

Hope for the Niuean language in Aotearoa

23 Oct, 2020

Learning the Niuean language and the culture embedded within it can bring identity and self-esteem, AUT alumna Rosa Kalauni says.

Screenshot from AUT's Niue Language Week video showing a woman waking up with her hand on her head, in front of the Niuean flag.

Pacific language videos: Niue

21 Oct, 2020

This week is Niuean Language Week and to celebrate AUT has launched a Niuean instalment of its Pacific language video series.

Screenshot of AUT's Fiji Language Week video

Pacific language videos Fiji

05 Oct, 2020

It’s Fiji Language Week in Aotearoa, and to celebrate, AUT has launched the Fiji episode in its Pacific language video series.

Pacific language videos: Tuvalu

28 Sep, 2020

The Tuvalu instalment in AUT’s Pacific language video series – ‘Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures’ is out now.

Eating healthy is hard on a Covid budget

24 Sep, 2020

More of us are now facing food insecurity - with children, Pacific peoples and Māori the most impacted, writes Emeritus Professor Elaine Rush.

Freemasons Scholarship recipients 2020

09 Sep, 2020

Meet Joshua Iosefo and Olaf Wrieden, the 2020 AUT recipients of the Freemasons Scholarship.

Screenshot of the AUT video, showing a Tongan family eating a meal around a table.

Pacific language videos: Tonga

07 Sep, 2020

The Tonga episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – ‘Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures’ has been released.

Cartoon depiction of a health professional checking a child's ear.

Pacific language videos: Cook Islands

03 Aug, 2020

The Cook Islands episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – ‘Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures’ – is out now.

AUT study prompts new rugby role

08 Jul, 2020

Former All Black Eroni Clarke is NZ Rugby's first Pasifika Engagement Manager on referral of AUT’s Sport Performance Research Institute NZ (SPRINZ).

Samoan woman holding the hand of a child.

Pacific language videos: Samoa

25 May, 2020

The second episode in the AUT Pacific language video series – ‘Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures’ – has been released.

Screenshot of AUT's Rotuman Language Week video showing a mother and child walking through the surf on Ratuma.

Pacific language videos: Rotuma

11 May, 2020

To mark the start of Rotuman Language Week in Aotearoa, AUT has launched the first instalment of its Pacific Language Video series.

Pacific language video series

08 May, 2020

A video series by AUT will highlight the Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study’s work in shaping resilient futures for Pacific communities.

Pacific governments and media crackdown

07 May, 2020

As fears grow over the coronavirus, some governments stand accused of using tough lockdown rules to silence criticism, writes Professor David Robie.

Study of Pacific people comes of age

07 Oct, 2019

For nearly 20 years, an AUT study has been tracking the development of 1,400 Pacific children.

AUT choir perform with Hugh Jackman

11 Sep, 2019

On Friday 6 September and Saturday 7 September, AUT’s Oceanian Voices choir performed at Hugh Jackman’s Auckland shows.

Woolf Fisher AUT scholarship Awards ceremony

19 first in family scholarships awarded

05 Sep, 2019

19 AUT students were awarded Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarships at a celebration event at the AUT South Campus on Thursday 29 August.

Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players

05 Aug, 2019

Athlete development must better support Pacific and indigenous players, argues Sierra Keung from AUT’s School of Sport and Recreation.

62% increase in AUT researchers

30 Apr, 2019

Growing expertise to help New Zealand and the world

Marginalisation on health policy groups

08 Mar, 2019

A new study, which explores Māori and Pasifika leaders’ experiences on government advisory groups, indicates ongoing inequities in the development of New Z

Fat-shaming in public health

01 Feb, 2019

Dr Isaac Warbrick argues that societal and institutional racism affect nutrition, physical activity and weight loss in indigenous communities.

Researching inflammation and depression

26 Nov, 2018

Auckland University of Technology has won a Marsden Grant of $827K to investigate the relationship between inflammation in the body and depression.

Emeritus Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop

AUT awards Emeritus Professor

26 Oct, 2018

AUT has awarded Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop the title of Emeritus Professor in recognition of her contributions to Pacific development iss

Professor Tania Ka'ai with Hon Carmel Sepuloni and the Aotearoa delegation

Showcasing Pacific history in London

16 Oct, 2018

Professor Tania Ka'ai represented the Pacific - and rubbed shoulders with Royalty - during the opening of the prestigious Oceania exhibition.

AUT student's work dazzles at awards

02 Aug, 2018

Visual arts student Evelyn Tautakitaki won the top prize at the Eden Arts Art Schools Award, a competition that showcases outstanding student work.

Pacific youth at risk if mothers gamble

09 Jul, 2018

AUT research sheds light on the intergenerational effects of gambling among Pacific families.

Doctoral student’s research recognised

06 Jul, 2018

Doctor of Education candidate Jacoba Matapo has been awarded the 2018 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) Doctoral Scholarship.

Plain English boosts policy outcomes

25 Jun, 2018

Research points to benefits of using plain language and social media to connect central bank policies with the public.

Associate Professor Gwyn Lewis from AUT’s School of Clinical Sciences

Disparity in chronic pain services

12 Jun, 2018

AUT research highlights ethnic disparities in attendance at New Zealand's chronic pain services.

London calling for AUT law scholar

14 May, 2018

AUT Law School graduate to gain work experience in the heart of the British criminal law system after receiving Pegasus Scholarship.

Hazel Umaga and Taylor McDonald are winners of the 2018 Pacific Youth Awards.

Prime Minister recognises AUT students

23 Apr, 2018

Hazel Umaga and Taylor McDonald are winners of the 2018 Pacific Youth Awards.

Fijian reproductive health worse in NZ

28 Mar, 2018

Kava drinking research highlighted in global report

14 Mar, 2018

Langi Latu wins case competition at Beta Gamma Sigma Global Leadership Summit

13 Dec, 2017

Langi Latu, an AUT Business School graduate, and fellow team members won their case category during the Team Case Competition, sponsored by KPMG, at Beta Gamma Sigma’s 2017 Global Leadership Summit. The team was selected as a winner based on their innovative and creative solution for their assigned business case, as well as the effectiveness of their presentation.

AUT alumna to attend world-class conference

01 Nov, 2017

AUT business graduate, Langi Latu, is heading to the U.S to attend the Beta Gamma Sigma Global Leadership Summit later this week.

Tokelau Language Week 2017

25 Oct, 2017

Fakafeiloaki (Greetings). Mālo ni (Hello). Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau (Tokelau Language Week) celebrates Faka-Tokelau (the Tokelauan way of life) from October 23-29.

Niuean Language Week 2017

16 Oct, 2017

Fakaalofa lahi atu! (Great greetings to you!) We are celebrating Niuean Language Week from 15–21 Oketopa (October).

Tuvalu Language Week 2017

05 Oct, 2017

Tālofa! (Greetings!) AUT is proud to support Tuvalu Language Week from October 1-7.

Tongan Language Week 2017

06 Sep, 2017

Malo e lelei – (hello). Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga (Tongan Language Week), from 3-9 September, provides an opportunity to celebrate Tongan culture here in New Zealand.

Māori and Pacific Early Career Academic Programme

02 Sep, 2017

A new generation of Māori and Pacific lecturers is taking up residence at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

The 2018 Early Career Academic Programme offers up to six Māori and Pacific scholars their first, full-time, permanent appointments as research-active lecturers.

Māori and Pacific Early Career Academic Programme

30 Aug, 2017

A new generation of Māori and Pacific lecturers is taking up residence at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Brothers graduate to achieve dream of higher education

21 Aug, 2017

Usually students graduating are lucky enough to witness performances from The Oceanian Voices choir during their graduation ceremonies, but at the most recent Business School graduation, two brothers got to pick up their degrees and entertain their fellow graduates.

Pacific mental health expert scoops national leadership award

14 Aug, 2017

Dr Monique Faleafa was last week named winner of the 2017 eHealth Innovation Leadership Award by AUT’s Centre for eHealth.

AUT alumna bound for The Happiest Place on Earth

03 Aug, 2017

AUT communications graduate, Molly Dagger, is heading to the U.S to take part in the annual Disney World Cultural Exchange Programme.

Cook Islands Language Week 2017

02 Aug, 2017

Te epetoma o te reo Māori Kuki Airani – Happy Cook Islands Language Week!

Pacific youth leader in ocean conservation

07 Jul, 2017

AUT Marine Biology student, Antony Vavia, was selected by the Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institute to attend the first United Nations Ocean Conference in New York last month.

Big result for Pacific health research at AUT

20 Jun, 2017

AUT’s Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study has been awarded three research grants, each worth $1.2 million over three years, by the Health Research Council of New Zealand.

Happy Samoan Language Week 2017!

30 May, 2017

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa (Samoan Language Week) – 28 May to 3 June – is time to celebrate and reflect on the rich culture here in New Zealand.

Preventing Tongan youth suicide

23 May, 2017

AUT research students launch New Zealand’s first evidence-based resource for Pacific suicide prevention.

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