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Celebrate Samoa Language Week 2025
03 Jun, 2025
AUT celebrates Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week 2025.Celebrate Rotuma Language Week 2025
12 May, 2025
Four AUT students share their pride in their Rotuman heritage as part of Rotuma Language Week 2025.Schools Partnership Programme launched
01 May, 2025
AUT recently launched its Schools Partnership Programme, Iti kōpara to provide pathways to higher education for priority Māori and Pasifika learners.AUT celebrates 2025 UniPrep graduates
11 Mar, 2025
AUT’s South Campus was one of celebration recently as 206 school leavers graduated from the University’s UniPrep programme.Six New Kaihoe Join AUT's Eke Tangaroa
03 Mar, 2025
AUT welcomes six new Kaihoe to Eke Tangaroa, a key initiative supporting Māori and Pacific academics' growth and success within the University.Tonga’s future lives in its villages
27 Feb, 2025
Connections between a remote Tongan village and its expats in South Auckland is the subject of a new documentary being made at AUT.Rift highlights drivers of foreign aid
07 Feb, 2025
The NZ-Kiribati diplomatic rift shows how personalities and misunderstanding can often drive foreign policy and aid, says AUT Law School’s Sione Tekiteki.Climate change exhibition at AUT
29 Jan, 2025
An acclaimed exhibition that showcases the devastating impacts of climate change in the Pacific is being held at AUT.Online gaming leading to gambling harm
29 Nov, 2024
New research from AUT’s Pacific Islands Families shows regular online gaming as a teenager is a significant predictor of gambling harm at aged 22.Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week 2024
26 Nov, 2024
An AUT Admissions Assessor, Jillian Sabetian, shares her language learning journey as part of Aotearoa’s inaugural Solomon Aelan Pijin Langguis Wik.