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AUT celebrates 25 years of partnerships

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

A recent AUT culinary arts graduate has won the prestigious 2025 Nestlé Golden Chef of the Year.

AUT experts on new earthquake rules 

Engineering experts from AUT have their say about the NZ Government’s new earthquake-prone building system. 

Nosebuds bring relief – and big sales

The company behind a new device giving hayfever sufferers relief has become AUT’s most successful hardware spinout to date in terms of sales.

AUT celebrates Tuvalu Language Week 2025

Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu is being celebrated across Aotearoa this week.

Should protests near homes be illegal?

The NZ Parliament’s Justice Select Committee is currently considering the right to protest near someone’s home and the inconvenience it may cause.

Gen AI for & by the people

Useful insights from Mongolia on AI preserving indigenous language

We must not restrict university access

Restricting access to university threatens New Zealand’s productivity, writes Cristóbal Castro Barrientos, an AUT PhD candidate in economics.

NCEA Reform: Academic or Vocational?

The Government wants vocational education and training in the school curriculum, but how will it be decided whether a student takes a VET track?

The future is here

The next generation of humanoid robots has arrived at AUT