Alumni news

Student chefs cook for the homeless

Hospitality students working in AUT’s commercial kitchen are preparing high-quality food for the homeless.

Study - Non-crop vegetation helps farms

Non-productive vegetation on farms can increase ecosystem services such as decomposition and nitrogen mineralisation, according to a recent study.

Black lives matter and NZ police reform

As the Black Lives Matter protests spread from the US to NZ, the wero is about facing institutional racism at home, say Katey Thom and Khylee Quince.

PUNCH: a new film by AUT Welby Ings

The New Zealand Film Commission recently approved production finance for AUT Professor Welby Ings’ feature film PUNCH.

AUT grad named international finalist

AUT Fashion Design graduate Imuy Teav is one of the finalists for the 2020 iD International Emerging Designer Awards.

A ‘new normal’ for Pacific Tourism

Amidst the global impact of COVID-19, the time is now for the Pacific Islands to re-think and re-shape tourism, writes Professor Simon Milne.

The bumpy road ahead for ECE teachers

For early childhood teachers the $151m ‘pay bump’ is a long time coming – and it’s not the only bump they need, writes Associate Professor Andrew Gibbons.

Digital contact tracing for COVID-19

Digital contact tracing solutions for COVID-19 must offer exceptional speed and achieve high take-up rates to be useful, a working paper has found.

Crisis, disintegration and hope

Professor Wayne Hope from AUT’s School of Communications Studies says only urgent intervention can save New Zealand’s media.

Documentary looks at Māori culture

Experiencing Māori culture while studying on exchange at AUT has inspired two filmmakers from the United States.