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AUT architecture student wins $5k award

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

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.

AUT celebrates 2026 UniPrep graduates

AUT celebrates 2026 UniPrep graduates

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

Time for an anti-corruption agency?

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.

2026 NZ sustainability survey launches

2026 NZ sustainability survey launches

AUT is calling on those people who have sustainability as part or all of their role to take part in this year’s survey on NZ’s sustainability profession.

NZ needs stronger hate-crime law

NZ needs stronger hate-crime law

Lesbian and bisexual women in NZ face substantially higher risks of crime by strangers, showing the need to change public health and policy settings.

AUT architecture student wins $5k award

AUT architecture student wins $5k award

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

Q&A: Shopping Matters

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 

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.  

Play's great for adults too

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

Protein rises to top of food pyramid

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

Pacific Islands Families Study turns 25

Pacific Islands Families Study turns 25

AUT has celebrated the research work of Professor Tautolo on AUT's Pacific Islands Families Study as it turns 25

Computer science research in Tonga 

Computer science research in Tonga 

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

Cooperation vital to end dengue outbreak  

Cooperation vital to end dengue outbreak

A recent Cook Islands dengue death is a reminder that community cooperation is the most vital tool in transmission reduction, AUT expert says. 

What does the latest cyber hack teach us

What does the latest cyber hack teach us

The recent Manage My Health hack has made cybersecurity top of mind. AP Kenneth Johnson tells us what we can learn from the latest hack.

AUT celebrates 2026 UniPrep graduates

AUT celebrates 2026 UniPrep graduates

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

PR major gains international recognition

PR Major gains international recognition

AUT’s undergraduate Public Relations major has received significant international recognition from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

Iti Kōpara enters its second year

Iti Kōpara enters its second year

The unique programme is helping build confidence, capability and aspiration well before students make the transition to university.