Fijian Language Week 2022

We’re pleased to launch Episode 7 of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability.

Depression in Pacific adolescents

A new study uses network analysis to demonstrate how connectedness with family, friends, and school can prevent depression in Pacific adolescents.

Tuvalu Language Week 2022

Episode six of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – went live this week.

Guiding tourism in the Pacific Islands

With visitors now returning to the Pacific Islands, AUT is helping destinations make better decisions on building back.

Meet our staff: Saten Kumar

Professor Saten Kumar, who leads AUT’s School of Economics, is interested in finding ways to enhance the quality of economic data for Pacific Islands.

Cook Islands Language Week 2022

Episode four of AUT’s 2022 Pacific Language Week Video series – AUT Focus on Sustainability – is now live.

Meet our staff: Sandra Thaggard

A senior lecturer in nursing, Dr Sandra Thaggard is interested in the management of diabetes, violence & abuse, and mental health issues in Pacific people.

Meet our staff: Tafili Utumapu-McBride

What she loves most about her work is developing a rapport with students, says Dr Tafili Utumapu-McBride who is a senior lecturer in education.

Covid's impact on Pacific workers

COVID-19 exacerbated existing disparities between NZ European and Pacific workers - particularly for Pacific women under 30 in Auckland.

Meet our staff: Rita Krishnamurthi

Associate Professor Rita Krishnamurthi balances her work as a public health researcher with her role as the deputy director of NISAN at AUT.