Alumni news

Jack and Jill can teach us about the CGT

In NZ, capital gains tax debates are like zombies, constantly getting killed off and coming back to life. The debate needs a broader definition of “fair”.

Tuvalu Language Week 2024

As part of Tuvalu Language Week 2024, an AUT Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) student shares her language learning journey.

NZ sentencing reforms: dogma or data?

The proposals ignore the fact that most of the people in the judicial system have a reduced capacity to take personal responsibility for their actions.

Māori knowledge of animals

Teachers now have new groundbreaking classroom resources on Māori knowledge of animals, and Māori concepts as they relate to animal ethics.

LASFF 2024 links communities together

This month AUT put on the Auckland screenings for the 22nd Latin America & Spain Film Festival.

Ads from Hell: Do we love to hate them?

When it comes to controversial advertising, Hells Pizza is often pushing boundaries. But when does an ad cross the line of “acceptable” controversy?

Law School academic advises on Whenua

An AUT Law School academic played a key role in Whenua, a NZ Herald-led project that raises uncomfortable issues about Aotearoa’s colonial legacy.

A closer look at school zone fraud

The teacher a child has matters more than the school they attend, says Senior Lecturer Stuart Deerness.

Spend the summer with Taylor Swift?

AUT is offering Australasia’s first university level course studying Taylor Swift; looking at Swift’s 18-year career through the lens of communications.

Take a look inside AUT's Living Labs

A new video looks at how AUT's Living Labs project is connecting people to nature by interweaving ecological science and mātauranga Māori.