News in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha

Punch in cinemas today

Today is the official release of Punch, the debut feature film written and directed by AUT professor of Art & Design, Welby Ings.

Celebrity and indigenous voice

The Australian PM met with Shaquille O’Neal to enlist his support for constitutional recognition for an Indigenous voice. Some question why Shaq.

Never Have I Ever a winner at ORCAs

AUT Advertising and Brand Creative students have won this year’s TRB student competition at the ORCAs.

Revolutionising quake-resistant building

An innovation by NZ academics will change the way buildings are constructed, and how they perform in earthquakes, writes AUT’s Dr Shahab Ramhormozian.

New MENA student mentoring programme

A newly developed mentoring programme aims to support AUT’s Middle Eastern and North African students, its founder Nabil Sabra says.

Win for construction engineering grad

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) graduate Hayley Ngo has been recognised by the National Association of Women in Construction NZ.

Win for construction engineering grad

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) graduate Hayley Ngo has been recognised by the National Association of Women in Construction NZ.

AI for the environment hackathon

In September AUT will host the female-led AI hackathon AI for the environment in a weekend of creative problem-solving.

AUT finalists at Best Awards 2022

Forty-two AUT student projects are finalists in the prestigious Best Awards.

Fashion student ‘level above the rest’

Sheetol Chawla’s spirituality-inspired collection saw her take home the supreme award and close to $18k at the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards.