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Helping solve kauri dieback disease

Helping solve kauri dieback disease

How soil microbes shape kauri health, influence dieback disease, and offer clues to protecting one of Aotearoa’s great taonga.

Franklin youth explore the future

Franklin youth explore the future

Innovation Franklin & AUT taking technology to schools

How can mindfulness make waiting easier?

How can mindfulness make waiting easier?

We found that mindfulness – deliberately paying attention to the present – appears to slow the subjective passage of time.

How can mindfulness make waiting easier?

How can mindfulness make waiting easier?

We found that mindfulness – deliberately paying attention to the present – appears to slow the subjective passage of time.

Workplace violence a reality for many

Workplace violence a reality for many

Nearly 80% of NZ’s vital workers in home and community care, mental health, addiction, and disability services experience workplace violence.

Why greedy investors miss out on gains

Why greedy investors miss out on gains

New research shows that greed makes investors more likely to sell winners too soon.

Law School expert on Modern Slavery Bill

Law School expert on Modern Slavery Bill

AUT Law School’s modern slavery expert Selwyn Coles is actively engaged in discussions about combatting modern slavery in New Zealand.

Whakataukī and t-shirts at Law Awards

Whakataukī and t-shirts at Law Awards

AUT Law School students had reason to feel inspired to go out and do good after an evening filled with acknowledgement, achievement, and advice.

Call for social educators in schools

Call for social educators in schools

Schools need to become more involved in young people's developmental needs in order give them the best chance in life, AUT academics say.

GPs' ‘moral distress’ over patient care

GPs' ‘moral distress’ over patient care

Doctors say they feel ‘guilty’ and ‘inadequate’ because of patient care choices that come from circumstances beyond their own control.

Q&A: Feet Matters

Q & A: Feet Matters

Professor Matt Carroll explains how to care for your feet; whether it’s choosing the right running shoes, managing pain or avoiding bad smells.

Airborne asbestos in kids’ play sand

Airborne asbestos in kids’ play sand

AUT research led by Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry finds airborne asbestos in children’s play sand.

Helping solve kauri dieback disease

Helping solve kauri dieback disease

How soil microbes shape kauri health, influence dieback disease, and offer clues to protecting one of Aotearoa’s great taonga.

E-scooter design makes crashing easy

E-scooter design makes crashing easy

The unstable design of e-scooters makes them easier to crash, and with a higher chance of serious injury, says an AUT mechanical engineering researcher.

Mechanical engineers shift gears with AI

Mechanical engineers shift gears with AI

Research commercialisation from AUT is set to revolutionise the process of gear system design.

Franklin youth explore the future

Franklin youth explore the future

Innovation Franklin & AUT taking technology to schools

First Pacific Professor of Pacific ECE

First Pacific Professor of Pacific ECE

AUT’s Professor Jacoba Matapo has become the world’s first Pacific Professor of Pacific Early Childhood Education.

It’s Cook Islands Māori Language Week

It’s Cook Islands Māori Language Week

This week Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani is being celebrated around Aotearoa.