Te Ara Poutama: Māori and indigenous development news

Racism, exclusion and tokenism

Given most universities have goals for increasing Māori and Pacific student and staff, we need to ask why numbers still remain low in the research sector.

Why Kate Bush's music spans generations

Many people are newly entranced by the music of Kate Bush after Running Up That Hill was the soundtrack to a poignant scene in Netflix's Stranger Things.

AUT celebrates Matariki 2022

This year Aotearoa will have a Matariki public holiday, and AUT has a plethora of events happening around campus over the next month.

NZ histories curriculum at AUT

The Auckland University of Technology is meeting the needs of teachers with the implementation of the new school history curriculum from 2023.

Did protesters breach tikanga?

Tikanga is a noun, glossed as custom, practice, and protocol. Yet the debate over tikanga at the Parliament protest is not clear cut, writes Ella Henry.

A talk on fashion and sustainability

A panel discussion at Auckland Art Gallery on the future of the New Zealand fashion industry was chaired by AUT doctoral candidate Nancy Johnson-Hunt.

Te ao Māori lens key to media major

AUT’s Māori Media major offers many opportunities for students like Zayne Collier (Ngāti Porou me Te Rarawa) to create their own short films and apps.

Paul Moon gets first higher doctorate

Professor of History Paul Moon is the first academic to be awarded a higher doctorate by Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Four Marsden fund grants for AUT

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

The Day of the Dead in a pandemic

Despite the morbid associations of its name, it is actually a time to be reminded of the beauty of life, rather than just the inevitability of death.