Science and technology news

Kānuka extract impacts cancer cells

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month in New Zealand, and an AUT study has shown a local plant may be able to help fight the deadly disease.

Claude Meetup returns to AUT

AUT supported the latest Claude Auckland Meetup, bringing together industry leaders, students and researchers to explore emerging technologies.

Q&A: Squid Matters

AUT Professor Kat Bolstad discusses deep-sea squid, their place in ocean ecosystems, the differences between giant and colossal squid and more.

From research to reality at AUT forum

Manufacturers, industry leaders, academics and engineering students met at AUT for the inaugural Advancing Manufacturing Forum (AMF 2026).

Dramatic impact of Hunga volcano

The most explosive eruption of the last century – the 2022 Hunga volcano near Tonga - caused massive changes to the ocean floor.

Curved buildings are strong

Architecture PhD student Surendar Jayachandran from AUT’s school of future environments has developed a new design for curved, reusable buildings.

Ship anchors leave lasting mark

The impact on the seafloor from the anchoring of cruise ships and big cargo vessels is similar to the destruction from bottom trawling.

Teaching Ai to recognise possum calls

Teaching Ai models to recognise owl calls helps those models more accurately detect possums, AUT researchers find. 

AI hackathons spark innovation at AUT

More than 220 participants took part in two sold-out AI hackathons hosted at AUT's South and City campuses as part of the Aotearoa AI Hackathon Festival.

Helping solve kauri dieback disease

How soil microbes shape kauri health, influence dieback disease, and offer clues to protecting one of Aotearoa’s great taonga.