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Tuvalu Language Week 2023

An AUT nursing student shares her language learning journey during Tuvalu Language Week for the University’s Pacific language video series, 2023.

Celebrating AUT’s Nurses

On the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, it’s time to reflect on the part AUT and our nurses play in Aotearoa.

Meet our staff: Sandra Thaggard

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

Assisted dying and nursing care

AUT-led research highlights the need to support nurses, procedurally and psychologically, as they increasingly encounter assisted dying.

The legacy of lockdown

A new study, which examines the impact of COVID-19 on community healthcare workers in Aotearoa, shows that the negative effects were long-lasting.

Predicting changes in clinical status

New research in palliative care shows that machine learning can predict changes in patients’ clinical status, enabling early medical interventions.

Good design and normalising disability

Harnessing the lived experience of disabled people is key to changing the face of disability and design at both a societal and personal level.

New authority could transform Māori health

Dr Heather Came and Adjunct Professor Dominic O’Sullivan weigh-in on the establishment of a new Maori health authority in The Conversation.

AUT Pacific researchers win HRC funding

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

Robot hygiene important too

AUT nursing lecturer Dr Rhona Winnington, underlines significance of cleaning for robotic support pets used to support people with dementia.