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Paul Moon standing in front of the wharenui at AUT

A composite image showing the four AUT Marsden grant recipients.

New professors and associate professors

17 Nov, 2022

AUT is delighted to announce the promotion of 15 of its academics to the position of Professor and 30 to Associate Professor.

Ella Henry: myth buster

15 Nov, 2022

Ella Henry rebuts recent claims that mātaraunga Māori | Māori knowledge is myth, not science.

Record ranking for AUT

12 Oct, 2022

AUT has claimed its highest-ever place among New Zealand universities in the latest global rankings.

Paul Moon gets first higher doctorate

18 Nov, 2021

Professor of History Paul Moon is the first academic to be awarded a higher doctorate by Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Four Marsden fund grants for AUT

03 Nov, 2021

Four AUT research projects have been granted more than $2.8 million in the 2021 Marsden Fund round.

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Great graduatesParekura PewhairangiKaiako/Teacher, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, WhangāreiMaster of Arts
Bachelor of ArtsWhen Parekura Pewhairangi first moved to Auckland from the Hawke’s Bay to start uni, he thought his future would be in the media. But life had different plans.When Parekura Pewhairangi first moved to Auckland from the Hawke’s Bay to start university, he thought his future would be in the media. But life had different plans. After completing his Master of Arts in mid-2021, Parekura is now living in Whangārei where he gets to share his love of te ao Māori with his students at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

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Great graduatesDiana Albarrán GonzálezDesign ResearcherDoctor of PhilosophyMeeting her PhD supervisor for the first time was a key moment for her, says Dr Diana Albarrán González who completed a PhD in Māori and Indigenous Development.Meeting her PhD supervisor for the first time was a key moment for her, says Dr Diana Albarrán González who completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Māori and Indigenous Development. Her doctoral research sought to contribute to the decolonisation of design through Buen Vivir (good living, collective wellbeing) and the recognition of indigenous design, says Diana who grew up in Mexico and is of Nahua and Purepecha descent.

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