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“Lungwashing” stubs out tobacco harm

New AUT research exposes the steps a major tobacco company takes to look like it cares about the health of people and the planet.

Market volatility can work for savers

Volatility is our friend when investing. It doesn’t feel good while we are experiencing it – but falling markets can sometimes help long-term investors.

Recognising excellence

Business School celebrates the 2025 Top Scholar Awards and Beta Gamma Sigma inductees.

What’s the point of performance reviews?

Perhaps the most meaningful metric businesses can adopt is one that measures the effectiveness of performance metrics themselves.

Can NZ support more foreign students?

NZ’s push to expand international education appears an easy win for economic growth – but the numbers on paper don’t make for prudent policy. Here’s why.  

Growth potential in India-NZ trade deal

If it gets over the political line, the India-New Zealand deal will be a comprehensive economic partnership that looks beyond the exchange of goods.

The case for pay equity in Aotearoa NZ

Over five decades, women have moved into many new work roles. Men have not. That imbalance continues to shape pay outcomes across the NZ economy.

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

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

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