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Distance - the key to active transport

Distance is the strongest determining factor for how teenagers feel about walking or cycling to school according to new research.

Prof Steve Henry new Royal Society Fellow

Congratulations to Professor Steve Henry of Kode Technology Innovation (DCT) and Kode Biotech, on being made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

LGBT policies impact investor behaviour

New research shows companies that adopted LGBT-supportive policies for the first time can affect the attitudes and activities of investors.

NZ Tree intel in your pocket, even offline

AUT’s popular NZ Trees app has been updated with more than double the number of native plants now included as well as an offline feature.

Extending manaaki to our community

A 40-foot container full of desks and chairs donated by AUT has been shipped over to Tonga to get schools up and running.

Te Tiriti: Two perspectives

Q+A with ‘Te Tiriti-based futures + Anti-racism 2022’ event organisers – Heather Came (Pākehā activist-scholar) and Eridani Baker (Māori student-activist).

Did protesters breach tikanga?

Tikanga is a noun, glossed as custom, practice, and protocol. Yet the debate over tikanga at the Parliament protest is not clear cut, writes Ella Henry.

A bakery programme with heart

Nine former refugees have been learning the art of bread making thanks to a new social enterprise, The Bread Collective.

New friendships forge social cohesion

Making a new friend at any time in life is an interesting process, forcing me to reflect on my own beliefs, experiences and values, writes Khylee Quince.

Lessons from the pay equity settlement

AUT research shows the impact of the soon-to-expire Pay Equity Settlement Act – for good and not so good.