Language and culture news

Hope for the Niuean language in Aotearoa

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

Interpreting at a terrorist's hearing

In the middle of the action at the Christchurch mosques terrorist’s sentencing will be AUT alumnus, and language interpreter, Dr Mustafa Derbashi.

Masters student wins 20000 scholarship

Master of Creative Writing student and mental health advocate Thorne Snow has been awarded a William Georgetti Scholarship worth $20,000.

How our language helped contain COVID-19

NZ contained COVID-19. Direct and kind words on signage helped, writes Dr Nelly Martin-Anatias.

Same Same But Different 2020

2020 is a big year for Same Same But Different, as AUT alum Sam Orchard takes the helm as programme director.

Lecturer wins Robert Burns poetry award

Creative Writing Lecturer Siobhan Harvey has won the Robert Burns Poetry Competition for 2020.

Siobhan Harvey scoops poetry award

The prestigious Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems has this year been awarded to an AUT creative writing lecturer.

AUT a 5-star university across all categories

AUT has received the maximum five stars for the first time in every category according to the global education analysts QS in their recent results.

New Professors and Associate Professors

AUT has announced the promotion of 12 leading academics to the position of Professor. A further 15 academics have been appointed as Associate Professors.

AUT moves up 50 places in world rankings

AUT is now in the top 1% of world universities and in the top 50 for research citations.