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Leading AUT’s mahi to boost student success
Extending manaaki to our community
Graduate and AUT help Tongan recovery
Interdisciplinary team wins health grant
Funding for emerging researchers
AUT appoints Dr Damon Salesa as new VC
Four Marsden fund grants for AUT
Pacific language videos: Tuvalu
Moana view in Ars Electronica Festival
AUT Pacific youth mental health study
Pacific language videos: Kiribati
MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowships
AUT Pacific language video series: Samoa
Using ‘food havens’ to reduce obesity
Busting the myths around stroke
Pacific language videos: Rotuman
Ethnic inequity in chronic pain services
Director of Pacific Media Centre retires
AUT Pacific researchers win HRC funding
Language fluency and mental disorders
Hope for the Niuean language in Aotearoa
Pacific language videos: Tuvalu
Eating healthy is hard on a Covid budget
Freemasons Scholarship recipients 2020
Pacific language videos: Tonga
Pacific language videos: Cook Islands
AUT study prompts new rugby role
Pacific language videos: Samoa
Pacific language videos: Rotuma
Pacific governments and media crackdown
Study of Pacific people comes of age
AUT choir perform with Hugh Jackman
19 first in family scholarships awarded
Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players
62% increase in AUT researchers
Marginalisation on health policy groups
Researching inflammation and depression
Showcasing Pacific history in London
AUT student's work dazzles at awards
Pacific youth at risk if mothers gamble
Doctoral student’s research recognised
Plain English boosts policy outcomes
Disparity in chronic pain services
London calling for AUT law scholar
Prime Minister recognises AUT students
Fijian reproductive health worse in NZ
Langi Latu wins case competition at Beta Gamma Sigma Global Leadership Summit
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
AUT business graduate, Langi Latu, is heading to the U.S to attend the Beta Gamma Sigma Global Leadership Summit later this week.
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.
Fakaalofa lahi atu! (Great greetings to you!) We are celebrating Niuean Language Week from 15–21 Oketopa (October).
Tālofa! (Greetings!) AUT is proud to support Tuvalu Language Week from October 1-7.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Te epetoma o te reo Māori Kuki Airani – Happy Cook Islands Language Week!
Pacific youth leader in ocean conservation
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
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!
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
AUT research students launch New Zealand’s first evidence-based resource for Pacific suicide prevention.
2017 Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship recipients announced
The names of thirteen new Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship recipients were announced at a celebration event at AUT’s City Campus last week.
Pacific Journalism Review research - Journalists working harder, women disadvantaged
New Zealand journalists are working longer hours, and feeling more pressure, both ethically and resource-wise, than they were only two years ago, a new research survey has found.
AUT receives funding for Pacific health study on ageing
The Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study at AUT South Campus has been awarded almost $1 million for innovative research as part of the ‘Ageing Well’ National Science Challenge.
Sini Tagiloa was toiling on the factory floor, working hard and wondering why he was going nowhere. Wishing he knew what his manager was looking for. And, contemplating what he might do differently if their roles were reversed. He decided to study HR.
AUT students explore Life Below Water for Cook Islands Language Week
This year, AUT is honouring our Pacific Language Weeks through a series of short videos.
Each provides a platform for Pacific students to share their thoughts on one of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, which aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.
Pacific high schoolers encouraged to be tomorrow’s leaders
More than a hundred Pacific Year 13 high school students from 30 high schools across Auckland recently attended a special programme with a vision to inspire them to achieve their very best, and assist them to explore and make informative decisions for their educational and career pathways.
PMC director calls for ‘voice for the voiceless’ at Pacific human rights forum
Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people by telling the truth was the message given to the Human Rights and the Media forum in Fiji organised by the region’s Pacific Community.
NZ a world leader in island conservation, says new research
An international study has shown that mammal eradication on islands has delivered great conservation gains for New Zealand’s native species and island biodiversity.
AUT Pacific Islands Families study: Findings to be translated into international context
Researchers at Auckland University of Technology’s South Campus in Manukau will join forces with four other leading research groups in the field of child development studies, thanks to Government funding of $429,017 from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Catalyst Fund.
Eye on health and well-being of Pacific youth: research symposium at AUT South Campus
The latest round of findings from the 14 year measurement wave of the Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study will be examined at a research symposium being held at the AUT South Campus in Manukau this week.
Veiqia Project at AUT reawakens women’s role in Fijiian society
The Veiqia Project Exhibition is now open at AUT’s St Pauls St Gallery Three as a result of the journey of seven women reconnecting with a ‘sleeping’ practice.
Students benefit from 2016 Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT scholarship
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is proud to announce eleven students have become recipients of the 2016 Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship.
This is the second year that the scholarship has been available to young people from families with no history of successful university education to complete a university degree.
Three universities unite to advance Pacific research
Research into the challenges and opportunities facing the Pacific Islands and their communities will flourish thanks to the uniting of the resources and expertise of three New Zealand universities.
AUT makes waves at PolyFest 2016
AUT joined in the celebrations of Auckland’s diverse island cultures at ASB PolyFest 2016.
AUT culinary team lending skills to Fiji fundraiser
AUT culinary graduates will be working side-by-side with some of New Zealand’s top chefs this weekend to help raise money for Fiji in the wake of Cyclone Winston.
Budding “hero marine biologist” takes home top science prize
It’s been a great end to the year for second year AUT marine biology student Antony Vavia, who has taken home this year’s science prize at the prestigious 2015 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards.
PMC director gives media awards keynote, research seminar at Pacific university
Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie has visited Fiji as the guest of the regional University of the South Pacific to present a keynote address at the annual journalism awards night and to present a research seminar for academics.
New Tongan ECE book to protect Pacific culture
Protecting cultural principles and values is at the heart of a new book of Tongan nursery rhymes and poems launched at AUT South Campus on 31 October 2015.
AUT research links tourism to sustainable development in the Pacific
Research to create sustainable livelihoods for our Pacific neighbours: this is the key goal for AUT Professor of Tourism Simon Milne.
Taberannang Korauaba: Why Tuvalu? A call to regain leading role on climate change
PhD candidate Taberannang Korauaba from AUT’s Pacific Media Centre gives us some insight into what drove him to research climate change communications in the South Pacific.
Professor of Pacific Studies receives national honour
Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop was appointed a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at an investiture ceremony at Government House last week.
Book launch: 30 years on from the Rainbow Warrior bombing
Call for a region-wide push for real nuclear justice in Pacific needed, says Dr David Robie
Top Asia-Pacific media award for AUT Pacific Media Centre director
Auckland University of Technology Professor in Communication Studies David Robie was recently honoured for his significant contribution to the Asia-Pacific media landscape at the 24th Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) conference held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholars lead the way
AUT University is proud to announce twelve inaugural recipients of the 2015 Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship. The scholarships are aimed to support and encourage young people from families with no history of successful university education to complete a university degree.