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

Celebrating AUT's women academics

Today is International Women’s Day. Read a sample of the research from AUT’s women academics who are working to improve the lives of women in our society.

COVID vaccine passports

Vaccine passports would need to be linked securely to travellers and be almost impossible to illegally copy or modify, writes Professor Dave Parry.

Promoting Equality In The Future of Tech

Closing the gender gap in STEM starts with educating girls at school and cultivating their interest throughout their education, writes Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh.

Visual arts alumna revives Niuean art

Artist and AUT visual arts graduate Cora-Allan Wickliffe is reviving the ancient Niuean art of hiapo.

New low cost COVID-19 antibody test

A new Kode Technology COVID-19 antibody test costs a fraction of current diagnostics using existing laboratory technology.

AUT alumnus wins major artist residency

AUT visual arts alumnus Kalisolaite 'Uhila has been awarded the Art Foundation’s prestigious $100,000 Harriet Friedlander Residency.

Passion for entrepreneurship and design

Alumnus Sam Gray shares with us how his passion for entrepreneurship and design led him to become the CEO and founder for two companies.

LOIMATA film wins Grand Prix at FIFO

Documentary LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears, has won the Grand Prix du Jury at Tahiti’s prestige FIFO, (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien).

Greater media literacy is vital

In an age of digital disinformation, dropping level 1 media studies in NZ high schools is a big mistake, says Professor Wayne Hope.

A Heartfelt solution

Two students at AUT have designed a simple yet powerful answer to the distance and isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.