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25 years of partnerships

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.
Professor Kris Gledhill standing against wall.

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.
Stock image of high school students being taught in a workshop.

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?
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Business news

AUT Student at City Campus

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.
Kate Kearin, Professor at AUT smiling at camera.

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.
Madrid, Spain; 05 31 2024: Portia Woodman-Wicklife of New Zealand runs with the ball during Madrid Rugby Sevens at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium.

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? 
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Culture and society news

Professor Kris Gledhill standing against wall.

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.
Stock image of high school students being taught in a workshop.

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?
Unity elusive at Pacific Islands Forum

Unity elusive at Pacific Islands Forum

Law
18 Sep, 2025
The Pacific Islands Forum has wrapped up its annual leaders' meeting with some significant agreements - but integration remains a contested term.
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Health news

Abbott team standing in front of Abbott sign.

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.
Two academics standing against plain background.

HRC wins for Business School

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.
Placements while you study

$150K in clinical placement support

Health sciences
08 Aug, 2025
New Zealand’s biggest provider of health sector graduates, AUT is helping address hardship faced by students on clinical placement outside of Auckland.
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Science and technology news

AUT Lecturer standing in front of heritage building.

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. 
Professor Allan Blackman and chemistry lecturer Dr Emma Davison with the new periodic table in WS.

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.
AUT’s Dr Kerri Spooner (far right) with the winning NZ team at the IMMC summit posing for a picture..

AUT lecturer sums up success at IMMC

Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
03 Sep, 2025
Dr Kerri Spooner’s 10-year involvement with the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge pays off again.
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University news

25 years of partnerships

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.
Emily Morgan with her large golden trophy and three medals.

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.
This week Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week is being celebrated across Aotearoa.

AUT celebrates Tuvalu Language Week 2025

02 Oct, 2025
Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu is being celebrated across Aotearoa this week.
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Celebrating success

Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw

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.
Dr Anca Yallop

Dr Anca Yallop

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.
Dr Alex Plum

Dr Alex Plum

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.
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