Alumni news

An outsider on the inside

Paul Moon explores photographer Ans Westra 'national photo album', which captures NZ's history over the past six decades.

AUT student Axl Rogers heads to NASA

He’s been a cleaner, mowed lawns and worked as a builder, but now Axl Rogers is close to completing a PhD in astrophysics and is jetting off to NASA.

AUT student wins $15k Springboard Award

AUT doctoral candidate Emily Parr (Ngāi Te Rangi, Moana, Pākehā) is the 2024 recipient of an Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Springboard Award.

2023 Annual Report | Te Pūrongo ā-Tau

AUT’s 2023 Annual Report has been submitted to the New Zealand Government and published on our website.

Repurposing New Zealand CBDs

Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez examines how NZ central business districts can forge a future where our cities are sustainable, vibrant and culturally rich.

New details on early AUKUS talks

Details released under the Official Information Act reveal NZ officials have been considering involvement in AUKUS from the outset.

Why aren’t Australian churches taxed?

Should churches be offered an uncapped exemption from income tax when there are questions about how appropriately their profits are used?

NZ largest podcast study: Podcast Summit

At the upcoming NZ Podcasting Summit on May 11, Lewis Tennant will share his new research-the most comprehensive study of Aotearoa's podcast landscape yet.

“Difficult” or “difference-making”?

AUT Business School Dean, Professor Kate Kearins, explores a central question: How to help turn difficult conversations into difference-making dialogues?

Recycled glass for road construction

AUT researchers find a more sustainable way of stabilising roads - replacing cement with waste glass that would otherwise go to landfill.