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Launch of Online Rarotongan Dictionary

Te Ipukarea Research Institute has partnered with the Cook Islands Language project to launch an online dictionary for Cook Island Māori.

How influential NZ schools affected NCEA

As we digest the news about government plans to scrap NCEA, we should also consider the role influential and prestigious schools had on its demise.

Big changes to NCEA and polytechs

Getting New Zealand’s vocational education and training system right this time should be non-negotiable.

Swift book fills research ‘blank space’

A new book explores how Swift studies is bringing the cultural phenomena of Taylor Swift into academia.

Celebrate Cook Islands Language Week

AUT celebrates Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Airani | Cook Islands Māori Language Week.

It’s Vanuatu Bislama Language Week

AUT is this week proudly celebrating the first Vanuatu Bislama language week in the 2025 Pacific Language Series.

The end of open-plan classrooms

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pendulum in school

Advice for trekking to Everest Base Camp

If you didn’t know better, you might think it’s just a nice hike in the Nepalese countryside.

Top prizes for AUT Māori law students

Two AUT law students took out the top awards at the recent Hui-ā-Tauira, an inaugural event run by Tūmatakahuki | National Māori Law Students' Association.

Helping disenfranchised young people

An AUT expert in Alternative Education would like to see vulnerable young people better provided for in mainstream secondary schools.