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Science makes a splash

AUT sports science at the Z Manu World Champs

AUT architecture student wins $5k award

AUT Master of Architecture (Professional) student Nathan Moore has landed the 2026 UXBRIDGE Malcolm Smith Architecture Fellowship.

Play's great for adults too

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. Yet there is clear evidence adults benefit from playfulness just as children do.

Protein rises to top of food pyramid

New dietary guidelines from the US have upended the traditional food pyramid, moving protein into the spotlight.

Q&A: Shopping Matters

Why do we always leave the supermarket with way more than we intended to buy? Join senior lecturer Amy Errmann to find out why we shop the way we do.

ANTM docuseries offers no apologies 

Reality Check, on Netflix, doesn’t apologise for abusing contestants, and seeks to blame others instead, says Senior Lecturer Rebecca Trelease.  

AUT celebrates 2026 UniPrep graduates

Graduates of AUT’s transition to university programme, UniPrep, have gained a head start on their tertiary journeys.

Computer science research in Tonga 

Auckland University of Technology and Tonga National University launch a national centre for excellence for computer science in Tonga. 

5 artists keeping te reo Māori alive

Music reflects societal views on politics, identity and power, revealing tensions and hopes that often stay hidden in formal settings.

Time for an anti-corruption agency?

NZ is among the world’s least corrupt countries, but we’re slipping in the global rankings – and that suggests a trend that is troubling for many reasons.