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Vice-Chancellor’s Matariki address

Acknowledging the waters AUT has traversed in the past year was the focus of a Matrariki address by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Damon Salesa.

Can smells influence what you buy?

Using scent strategies to nudge consumers toward more wholesome food options is an under-explored opportunity to improve public health outcomes.

Three AUT tauira behind Matariki art

The free Matariki art resource pack for 2024, commissioned by Pou Māori at AUT, was created by three School of Art & Design tauira.

Proposed law could hurt good tenants

Housing security for NZ’s 1.7 million renters could be at risk if an amendment bill becomes law, particularly if “no-cause” evictions return.

Taking on Australia’s best young chefs

Emily Morgan is off to the final of the Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat competition in September.

AUT’s newest building blessed and named

Tukutuku, at around 9000m2, is the largest development at the University’s North Campus and will accommodate around 2000 students and 200 staff.

Standardised testing in NZ schools

What do education academics have to say about the proposal to introduce "checkpoint" tests at the country's primary and secondary schools?

Pay transparency helps close gender gap

Many countries are legislating for pay transparency through mandatory audits, reporting, and gender-neutral job classification systems. Why isn’t NZ?

Needed: more midwives, better supported

Many NZ midwives feel professionally “invisible”, which contributes to a lack of support from healthcare bodies and threatens their health and safety.

Welcome to NZ – now pay up

Do we want to focus on attracting high-spending tourists? Or do we want to attract large numbers of all tourist types and charge them more?