Opinion
Views and opinions from AUT experts.
What’s your money personality?
Ayesha Scott and Aaron Gilbert

How to beat obesity? Leave GST in place
Ranjana Gupta

Holograms and AI reinvigorating music
Justin Matthews and Angelique Nairn

NZ’s gas problem
John Tookey

Sports and language revitalisation
Dion Enari and Sierra Keung

Seabed mining around Aotearoa
Professor Paul Myburgh

Low-paying jobs for some workers
Alexander Plum and Kabir Dasgupta

Allyship and making a difference
Kate Kearins
Optimal recovery: why, and how, to do it
Helena Cooper-Thomas

How to C.O.P.E. during “8 for April”
Candice Harris

Don’t let financial shame be your ruin
Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Smita Singh, and Aaron Gilbert

Is there such thing as Māori science?
Georgina Tuari Stewart

"Gender lens” investing supports women
Ayesha Scott, Aaron Gilbert, and Candice Harris

How to manage upwards
Kate Kearins

What if your colleague is a bot?
Lena Waizenegger and Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn

Keep the fun in reading for pleasure
John Milne, Celeste Harrington, Jayne Jackson and Ruth Boyask

Covid’s decade long impact on education
Damon Salesa

The power of emotion in tweets
Chris Van Staden, Sabrina Chong, Mahmood Momin

What makes a treasure, a treasure?
Rod Thomas

The ESG backlash – what's it all about?
Syrus Islam

Ella Henry: myth buster
Ella Henry

For richer, for poorer, for less risk
Prasad Hegde and Nick Nguyen

Making sustainable practices work
Kate Kearins

Much Ado About Shakespeare
Barry King

Policy uncertainty and your investments
Ihsan Badshah, Prasad Hegde and Sara Ali

The city as laboratory
Amanda Yates

Hospitality work: A map for change
David Williamson, Candice Harris and Erling Rasmussen

Challenges for Māori support workers
Amber Nicholson, Katherine Ravenswood, Fiona Hurd

How a son can help young criminal dads
Alexander Plum and Kabir Dasgupta

Celebrity and indigenous voice
Averill Gordon

Revolutionising quake-resistant building
Shahab Ramhormozian

Costco will change how Kiwis shop
Megan Phillips

Making Work From Home workable
Kate Kearins

Racism, exclusion and tokenism
Leilani Walker

Does digitalisation deliver or divide?
Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Antonio Diaz Andrade, Bill Doolin and Harminder Singh

In the mood for sustainable funds?
Adrian Fernandez-Perez

For the love of Thor
Angelique Nairn

Build back better: A catalyst for change
Simon Milne

$400-a-week retirement shortfall
Ayesha Scott

Why Kate Bush's music spans generations
Lorna Piatti-Farnell

Does a lower drinking age reduce crime?
Alexander Plum, Christopher Erwin, Kabir Dasgupta

A glimmer of certainty for the NZ dollar
Olga Dodd and Adrian Fernandez-Perez

Emissions reduction plan lacks strategy
David Hall

Women workers still less valued than men
Katherine Ravenswood

Treat public health like transport
Rhema Vaithianathan

Weaving work and worship on the job
Edwina Pio

Risks, rewards for brands taking a stand
Jessica Vredenburg

How can NZ prepare its supply chains?
Bill Wang

How NZ can reduce emissions faster
David Hall

Moe mai rā: Moana Jackson
Khylee Quince

Immigration policy discriminates
Lida Ayoubi

Revoking the Licence to Kill
Kris Gledhill

Did protesters breach tikanga?
Ella Henry

New friendships forge social cohesion
Khylee Quince

Lessons from the pay equity settlement
Katherine Ravenswood

Pandemic exposes NZ’s supply chain vulnerability
Rahul Sen and Sadhana Srivastava

Ukraine invasion will hurt Kiwi pockets
Olga Dodd

Ordinary activities or petty crimes?
Khylee Quince

Can big oil help save the planet?
Richard Meade

To prosecute or not?
Khylee Quince

Small weights strong impact
John Cronin

Speak up, listen up, and give feedback
Kate Kearins

The trouble with chatbots
Lena Waizenegger and Angsana Techatassanasoontorn

How to harness ‘the great recruitment’
Candice Harris and Jarrod Haar

Kiwi kids who read for pleasure do well
Ruth Boyask, Celeste Harrington and John Milne

Three strikes creates law vs justice gap
Khylee Quince

Reconsidering the ecological impact of introduced species in NZ
Sebastian Leuzinger

Good design and normalising disability
Sally Britnell

Legal aid crisis erodes right to justice
Kris Gledhill

Is school ‘hot desking’ beneficial?
Leon Benade

Who or what are Māori?
Khylee Quince

The Day of the Dead in a pandemic
Lorna Piatti-Farnell

Should we be wary of brand activism?
Jessica Vredenburg

Avoid an Auckland business bonfire
Richard Meade

Worst of times bring out the best in us
Kate Kearins
Listen to - and trust - the experts
Khylee Quince

Our economy is not promoting innovation
Omid Aliasghar

Work and parenting in a lockdown
Candice Harris and Jarrod Haar

Climate explained: what is an ice age?
Michael Petterson

A “culture pass” to help kids, economy
Khylee Quince

Uni students and online learning
Dilani Gedera

Overlooked and undervalued NZ caregivers
Katherine Ravenswood, Amber Nicholson and Fiona Hurd

US case shows key role of native rights
Khylee Quince

Could NZ have prevented terror attack?
Kris Gledhill

Choosing to avoid the terrorists' trap
David Hall

Covid spurs call for “tax forgiveness”
Ranjana Gupta

Integrating sustainability into business
Muhammad Bilal Farooq

Mood, music, money and financial markets
Ivan Indriawan and Adrian Fernandez-Perez

Can HR fix NZ’s toxic workplaces?
Fiona Hurd

Time to intervene in supermarket duopoly
Dr Lydia Cheung

Consider the costs of long COVID
Richard Meade

Hidden curriculum in universities
Khylee Quince

Universities must embrace partnerships
Guy Littlefair

Dousing the flames of fatigue
Professor Kate Kearins

Could Britain be sued for reopening?
Professor Kris Gledhill

Are we gaining or losing native forest?
Sebastian Leuzinger

Is any job better than no job – really?
Alexander Plum, Gail Pacheco and Kabir Dasgupta

Who pays for more resilient supply chains?
Peter Enderwick

Auckland "most liveable"? Not for Maori
Ella Henry

Support for action on inequality in NZ
Peter Skilling

How to decolonise a mind
Atakohu Middleton

Identity not just about DNA percentages
Khylee Quince

Underground History
Professor Welby Ings

The fatherhood penalty
Patrick van Esch

NZ's climate change efforts
David Hall

New authority could transform Māori health
Dr Heather Came and Dominic O'Sullivan

What got us here won’t get us there
Professor Kate Kearins
Should tourism get its hopes up?
Professor Michael Lueck

NZ is facing a fragmented global economy
Peter Enderwick

Time to rethink arts funding in NZ
Jonathan Baker

A fairer strategy than the green tax
Michael Lueck

Anti-slavery law an urgent priority
Kris Gledhill

Cheerleaders are athletes
Patrick van Esch

COVID vaccine passports
Dave Parry

Promoting Equality In The Future of Tech
Mahsa Mohaghegh

Business lessons from the Māori tie
Jarrod Haar

Greater media literacy is vital
Wayne Hope

A 20th century adage with a COVID twist
Kate Kearins
Trump's Twitter legacy
Verica Rupar and Tom De Smedt

Assassin's Creed: Why is it successful?
Tof Eklund

Climate emergency: Inspire hope not fear
David Hall

Masking a good thing
Kate Kearins
Do we follow or lead on climate change?
David Hall

Eating healthy is hard on a Covid budget
Elaine Rush

My annual anxiety as an monolingual dinosaur
Khylee Quince

COVID shows inequities among school kids
Khylee Quince

Plussing in a pandemic
Professor Kate Kearins

Why hairstyle is a human right
Khylee Quince

Fathers, let’s think of the kids
El-Shadan Tautolo

The economics during lockdown
Marilyn Waring

A ‘new normal’ for Pacific Tourism
Simon Milne

The bumpy road ahead for ECE teachers
Andrew Gibbons

Good leadership in uncertain times
Kate Kearins

How our language helped contain COVID-19
Dr Nelly Martin-Anatias

NZ’s COVID-19 budget and climate change
David Hall

Pacific governments and media crackdown
David Robie

The survival challenge for NZ tourism
Michael Lueck and Sabrina Seeler

Bursting the bubble fallacy
Sharyn Graham Davies and Susanna Trnka

Call for better oversight of aged care
Judy McGregor

Everything is not ka pai
Lida Ayoubi

What is a road?
Ben Wooliscroft

Corporate diversity: token or real?
Akshaya Kamalnath

We need truth and reconciliation
Paul Moon

Waitangi Day and the Auckland Pride Festival: An intertwined history of racism and homophobia
Richard Orjis

Older and wiser – but worth the price?
Professor Kate Kearins

What's behind the 737 MAX groundings?
Michael Lueck

Colonial Combat reinvents colonisation
Sharon Mazer

Why radio matters so much, 100 years on
Peter Hoar

Early Learning Action Plan
Andrew Gibbons

A new dawn for te reo Māori
Hēmi Kelly

Why were tourists allowed on Whakaari?
Michael Lueck

Broadcasting sector in serious trouble
Merja Myllylahti

Burning waste to generate electricity
Jeff Seadon

Call for a diverse national forest
David Hall

Negotiating unconscious bias in the workplace
Professor Kate Kearins
Good Leadership by Design
Professor Kate Kearins
Economic impact of the NZICC Skycity fire
Danaë Anderson

Māori women who commit crime demonised
Antje Deckert

Flexibility essential in home design
John Tookey

How to turn Auckland’s inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy
Carl Douglas

Universities shouldn't host untruths
David Hall

Why your DHB vote matters
Katherine Ravenswood

My generation has failed young Kiwis
Marilyn Waring

How to limit climate change push back
David Hall

The perils of promoting vaping
Patrick Van Esch and Sommer Kapitan

Blissfully ignorant about recycling?
Jeff Seadon

Most Kiwis know climate change is here
David Hall

Compulsory NZ history is a turning point
Paul Moon

Politicians must do more to earn trust
Julienne Molineaux

Unpaid work should be counted
Marilyn Waring

The digital quest for immortality
David Evans Bailey

Poetry is for all the times in your life
Siobhan Harvey

New Zealanders’ ignorance on the Holocaust should spur us to action
Melissa Derby

Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players
Sierra Keung

Climate emergency? Try revolution
David Hall

One person, one vote: Abolish the ratepayer roll
Julienne Molineaux

Free speech is pointless for its own sake
Paul Moon

Children have fun playing sports and don’t need to satisfy adults’ ambitions

NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern's government be transformational?
David Hall

NZTA plans for Auckland Harbour bridge cycle and walking path
Erica Hinckson

Why are accused rapists acquitted?
Kris Gledhill
Unequal access to fertility treatment
Sharyn Graham Davies

To build social cohesion, our screens need to show the same diversity of faces we see on the street
Arezou Zalipour

Architecture the key to creating a more humanistic approach to technology
Charles Walker

Explainer: how a royal commission will investigate Christchurch shootings
Kris Gledhill

Pacific countries score well in media freedom index, but reality is far worse
David Robie

What does luxury really mean?
Tracy Harkison

The SKA: should NZ stay or leave?
Vice-Chancellor Derek McCormack
