AUT News

The AUT Blue Awards recognise high-performance athletes and artists who are also achieving their academic goals as students of AUT.

Celebrating AUT student excellence

24 Oct, 2025
The AUT Blue Awards recognise high-performance athletes and artists who are also achieving their academic goals as students of AUT.
Gaza at war city destroyed by idf attacks, aerial rare view Drone view over North Gaza in the war with Israel.

Professor John Tookey on Rebuilding Gaza

Architecture and built environment
22 Oct, 2025
With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild, the AUT Professor of Construction Management writes.
View over Auckland city

Nobel Sustainability Award

Sport and recreation
20 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Professor Erica Hinckson co-director of recipient organisation
View all AUT News

Business news

Winners of research translation competition

AUT shines at Research Translation comp

Business
24 Oct, 2025
Three AUT Business School academics have been acknowledged for their translation of complex research into ideas that resonate with non-academic audiences.
Annual Talanoa event brings together influential Māori and Pacific thought leaders

Voices of Change

Business
23 Oct, 2025
Annual Talanoa event brings together influential Māori and Pacific thought leaders to discuss doing business in 2025 and beyond.
Professor Kate Kearins smiling for photo.

WFH when everyone else is in the office

Business
23 Oct, 2025
What happens when not everyone in a company can WFH? Sometimes there are long periods of time when a person is not there in-person. How to make it work?
View all Business News

Culture and society news

Gaza at war city destroyed by idf attacks, aerial rare view Drone view over North Gaza in the war with Israel.

Professor John Tookey on Rebuilding Gaza

Architecture and built environment
22 Oct, 2025
With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild, the AUT Professor of Construction Management writes.
A photo of the presentation on stage

Emotional landscape of language revival

Communication studies
15 Oct, 2025
Receptive bilingualism was at the heart of Te Ipukarea researchers Dr Nogiata Tukimata & Dr Toiroa Williams presentation at PULiiMA 2025.
Lecturer against white wall.

Conviction for Darfur crimes a major win

Law
14 Oct, 2025
The conviction is a major development for international law, for Sudan and for the International Criminal Court itself, writes Myra Williamson.
View all Culture and society News

Health news

View over Auckland city

Nobel Sustainability Award

Sport and recreation
20 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Professor Erica Hinckson co-director of recipient organisation
Two people looking at a computer with a brain scan on the screen.

New brain lab ‘a beacon for hope’

Health sciences
17 Oct, 2025
Last week marked a new era for brain research at AUT with the opening of the updated Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience laboratory on North Campus.
Woman Typing Message on her Smartphone in the Evening at Home.

AI chatbots no substitute for therapy

Health sciences
08 Oct, 2025
An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.
View all Health News

Science and technology news

AUT's virtual production studio is open for business

Virtual Production Studio Showreel

15 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Virtual Production Studio is open for business – as showcased in this promotional video crafted by the Studio team.
AUT Lecturer standing in front of heritage building.

AUT experts on new earthquake rules 

Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
02 Oct, 2025
Engineering experts from AUT have their say about the NZ Government’s new earthquake-prone building system. 
Robots at AUT

The future is here

Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
22 Sep, 2025
The next generation of humanoid robots has arrived at AUT
View all Science and technology News

University news

It is Tokelau language week 2025

It’s Tokelau Language Week

28 Oct, 2025
An AUT alumna shares her language learning journey as part of Tokelau Language Week 2025.
AUT at the startup week event

AUT supports Auckland Startup Week

28 Oct, 2025
Founders, innovators, investors and partners came together for a festival designed to inspire, challenge and connect.
The AUT Blue Awards recognise high-performance athletes and artists who are also achieving their academic goals as students of AUT.

Celebrating AUT student excellence

24 Oct, 2025
The AUT Blue Awards recognise high-performance athletes and artists who are also achieving their academic goals as students of AUT.
View all University News

Celebrating success

Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw

Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw

27 Aug 2025
Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw is part of a global team of researchers that will examine the association between social media and wellbeing.
Dr Anca Yallop

Dr Anca Yallop

26 Aug 2025
Anca Yallop from the Business School has been awarded a $395,002 grant from the Health Research Council as part of the AI in Healthcare Funding Initiative.
Dr Alex Plum

Dr Alex Plum

26 Aug 2025
Dr Alex Plum from the AUT Business School and the NZ Policy Research Institute has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Health Research Council.
View more successes