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The value of leadership “shadowing”

Business
21 Aug, 2025
Is there a way to test out a role before you take it? Kate Kearins examines the benefits of “shadowing” a job before you sign on the dotted line.
Madrid, Spain; 05 31 2024: Portia Woodman-Wicklife of New Zealand runs with the ball during Madrid Rugby Sevens at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium.

Who’ll win the Women’s Rugby World Cup? 

20 Aug, 2025
There’s more interest than ever in the tenth Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in England on August 23. Can an AUT algorithm predict the winner? 
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HRC wins for Business School

Business
19 Aug, 2025
Two academics from AUT Business School, Dr Alex Plum and Dr Anca Yallop, have received significant funding from the Health Research Council.
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New tariff modelling shows global pain

Business
05 Aug, 2025
The impacts of tariffs are becoming clear, as economies adjust to the “global rollercoaster ride” of Trump’s revised reciprocal tariff policy.
Impression from the event

Converging sport, innovation, and business

21 Jul, 2025
AUT has hosted a U.K. Government and British NZ Business Association event, bringing together more than 100 sports and business leaders.
Professor Ella Henry

"Whaea” Ella’s professorial lecture

Business
09 Jul, 2025
“Whaea” Ella Henry, AUT Business School’s inaugural Professor of Māori and Indigenous Entrepreneurship, delivered a lecture filled with wairua and aroha.
At the end of time

Immortality at a price

Business
12 Jun, 2025
The quest to defy death – once the domain of scientists and the super rich – is fast becoming a consumer product. But efforts to cheat death are pricey.
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KiwiSaver at a crossroads

Business
27 May, 2025
Changes to KiwiSaver laid out in this year’s budget undermine what was already an underperforming scheme, writes Professor of Finance, Aaron Gilbert.
Counting on success

Careers beyond the numbers

Business
19 May, 2025
The recent event Counting on Success: How Accounting and Finance Can Lead to Different Career Pathways showcased the diversity within accounting.
Kate Kearin, Professor at AUT smiling at camera.

Are you planning to retire or “rewire”?

Business
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.

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