High school students and parents news

Burning waste to generate electricity

How “green” is it to incinerate waste in order to produce electricity? Dr Jeff Seadon answers the question.

Why were tourists allowed on Whakaari?

Research shows the majority of thrill-seekers are looking for risk, but in a controlled way, writes Professor Michael Lueck.

Call for a diverse national forest

Perhaps, when it comes to forests and climate change, we've got the wrong end of the stick, writes Dr David Hall.

MPs failing to lead on human rights

Democracy in New Zealand is suffering from a Parliament which under-performs in its scrutiny of human rights, a new report has found.

Designing Kai with Kids

South Campus Communication Design students Olivia Penfold and Brayden Luamanu are the designers behind a fundraiser recipe book for PILLARS.

Empathy needed to reduce family violence

AUT report finds that agencies and services designed to aid wāhine Māori in unsafe relationships often contribute to their entrapment.

New school on the block

At the beginning of next year, AUT will open its new School of Future Environments.

Negotiating unconscious bias in the workplace

“Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.”

AUT helps Microsoft with te reo Māori

Te reo Māori is now available on Microsoft Translator, thanks in part to Te Ara Poutama, staff and students at the Auckland University of Technology.

Siobhan Harvey scoops poetry award

The prestigious Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems has this year been awarded to an AUT creative writing lecturer.