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Professor Damon Salesa

Damon Salesa to lead AUT to 2032

12 Dec, 2025
AUT Council extends VC appointment for five more years
AUT robots star at Kiwi derby

AUT robots star at Kiwi derby

11 Dec, 2025
AUT’s leadership in New Zealand’s sport and technology sectors was on full display at a recent Auckland FC game.
A factory

Through the mill: Tokoroa’s tough year

Business
11 Dec, 2025
Sawmill closures and job losses in Tokoroa were seen by many as just the latest blow to a dying forestry company town. But it hasn’t always been this way.
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Business news

A factory

Through the mill: Tokoroa’s tough year

Business
11 Dec, 2025
Sawmill closures and job losses in Tokoroa were seen by many as just the latest blow to a dying forestry company town. But it hasn’t always been this way.
Future Me interns

Collaborations that count

Business
04 Dec, 2025
AUT Business School’s long-standing partnership with ASB has only strengthened over 2025.
Kate Kearins

Leave is leave

Business
03 Dec, 2025
At this time of the year, annual leave is top of mind for many of us. How do we ensure leave is leave? Kate Kearins examines the issue.
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Culture and society news

PODCASTS FILLING CURRENT AFFAIRS GAP

Podcasts filling current affairs gap

Communication studies
11 Dec, 2025
The latest JMAD Media Ownership Report shows that political podcasts are increasingly filling the current affairs gap in New Zealand's legacy news media.
Three men standing around a bbq, joking and drinking beer.

Why do men hog the bbq?

Hospitality, tourism and events
09 Dec, 2025
Even as other forms of cooking are (unfairly) treated as “womens’ work”, cooking meat on an open flame is largely framed as an activity for men.
A road in the country-side

Award-winning student journalism

Communication studies
08 Dec, 2025
International success for AUT journalism student recognises the real-world impact of revitalising language.
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Health news

View over Auckland city

Nobel Sustainability Award

Sport and recreation
20 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Professor Erica Hinckson co-director of recipient organisation
Two people looking at a computer with a brain scan on the screen.

New brain lab ‘a beacon for hope’

Health sciences
17 Oct, 2025
Last week marked a new era for brain research at AUT with the opening of the updated Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience laboratory on North Campus.
Woman Typing Message on her Smartphone in the Evening at Home.

AI chatbots no substitute for therapy

Health sciences
08 Oct, 2025
An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.
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Science and technology news

Melbourne Science Symposium

AUT’s big, bright career conversations

Communication studies
03 Dec, 2025
Which careers will disappear because of AI? How will young people’s future careers evolve and help us to sort fact from fiction?
AUT senior lecturer Dr Amandine Sabadel at the opening of the eel symposium.

Eel symposium goes swimmingly at AUT

Science
24 Nov, 2025
A recent two-day gathering of eel (tuna) enthusiasts at AUT attracted dozens of local and international experts.
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Asbestos in kids’ play sand

Architecture and built environment
20 Nov, 2025
Auckland University of Technology's Dr Terri-Ann Berry on asbestos contamination of children’s coloured sand products.
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University news

Professor Damon Salesa

Damon Salesa to lead AUT to 2032

12 Dec, 2025
AUT Council extends VC appointment for five more years
AUT robots star at Kiwi derby

AUT robots star at Kiwi derby

11 Dec, 2025
AUT’s leadership in New Zealand’s sport and technology sectors was on full display at a recent Auckland FC game.
Ara Tipu Start-up is launching

Unleashing young entrepreneurs’ futures

26 Nov, 2025
The newly-launched Ara Tipu Start-Up programme will train and fund entrepreneurial young AUT students.
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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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