Business news
Are you planning to retire or “rewire”?
14 May, 2025
Increasingly, employees appear open to different ways of combining some paid work alongside increased leisure and/or family time, writes Kate Kearins.
Are clean slates for criminals working?
06 May, 2025
The question of what to do with people with convictions when it comes to employment has been considered by policymakers and justice campaigners globally.
Who'll be hardest hit by Trump tariffs?
17 Apr, 2025
New modelling shows how Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs will affect other trading nations - including the United States, writes Niven Winchester.
When does “gossip” become “intel”?
16 Apr, 2025
What counts as gossip is a slippery notion. The key is not any set of objective criteria, but rather a shared agreement that a situation counts as gossip.
Top honours for Business School alumna
07 Apr, 2025
A high-flying AUT Business School alumna has been awarded the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Business Achievement Award.
Navigating the blend of zigzag working
01 Apr, 2025
It's called “zigzag working” - employees simultaneously blending job and family roles that once used to be separate. But who does it and does it work?
2024 top business scholars honoured
21 Mar, 2025
AUT Business School has honoured the recipients of the 2024 Top Scholar Awards and inducted 131 graduates into the Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) honours society.
Job hurdles for trans, non-binary Kiwis
17 Mar, 2025
New research shows employment challenges and wage gaps for people in the trans and non-binary community.
Time to change NZ’s tax exemption system
24 Feb, 2025
New research shows the current tax exemption system in New Zealand is neither fair nor equitable. It is past time for this to change.
Rising unemployment has broad impacts
20 Feb, 2025
Job losses in male-dominated industries may signal shifts in household income dynamics, particularly for families that depend on a male breadwinner.