AUT News
Barriers for women in construction in NZ
Architecture and built environment
09 Oct, 2025
Women in Aotearoa’s construction industry can face significant challenges, from subtle biases to outright discrimination, an AUT study finds. 
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.
AUT celebrates 25 years of partnerships
07 Oct, 2025
AUT marked 25 years with its first Partnerships Dinner, Together for 25 – Poipoia, uniting 180 partners from Aotearoa and beyond.Business news
We must not restrict university access
Business
24 Sep, 2025
Restricting access to university threatens New Zealand’s productivity, writes Cristóbal Castro Barrientos, an AUT PhD candidate in economics.
The value of leadership “shadowing”
Business
21 Aug, 2025
Is there a way to test out a role before you take it? Kate Kearins examines the benefits of “shadowing” a job before you sign on the dotted line.
Who’ll win the Women’s Rugby World Cup?
20 Aug, 2025
There’s more interest than ever in the tenth Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in England on August 23. Can an AUT algorithm predict the winner? Culture and society news
Barriers for women in construction in NZ
Architecture and built environment
09 Oct, 2025
Women in Aotearoa’s construction industry can face significant challenges, from subtle biases to outright discrimination, an AUT study finds. 
Should protests near homes be illegal?
Law
01 Oct, 2025
The NZ Parliament’s Justice Select Committee is currently considering the right to protest near someone’s home and the inconvenience it may cause.
NCEA Reform: Academic or Vocational?
Education
23 Sep, 2025
The Government wants vocational education and training in the school curriculum, but how will it be decided whether a student takes a VET track?Health news
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.
Beehive buzz for AUT’s WHN Programme
Health sciences
27 Aug, 2025
AUT’s world-leading Women’s Health and Neuroscience research programme (WHN) generated a lot of buzz at a Beehive event in Wellington recently.
Business
19 Aug, 2025
Two academics from AUT Business School, Dr Alex Plum and Dr Anca Yallop, have received significant funding from the Health Research Council.Science and technology news
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. 
Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
22 Sep, 2025
The next generation of humanoid robots has arrived at AUT
Know your rhodium from your ruthenium
Science
09 Sep, 2025
Tom Lehrer wrote a song about it, Daniel Radcliffe knows it off by heart, and now the Periodic Table in all its glory has come to AUT.University news
Showcasing Māori research in Te Reo
Te Ara Poutama: Māori and indigenous development
09 Oct, 2025
The Ngā Hua a Tāne-te-Wānanga held during AUT’s Research Week – Te Wiki Rangahau showcased Māori Research in te reo Māori.AUT celebrates 25 years of partnerships
07 Oct, 2025
AUT marked 25 years with its first Partnerships Dinner, Together for 25 – Poipoia, uniting 180 partners from Aotearoa and beyond.
Graduate wins top culinary competition
Hospitality, tourism and events
02 Oct, 2025
A recent AUT culinary arts graduate has won the prestigious 2025 Nestlé Golden Chef of the Year.Celebrating success
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.
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.
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.