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Q & A: Feet Matters

Professor Matt Carroll explains how to care for your feet; whether it’s choosing the right running shoes, managing pain or avoiding bad smells.

Airborne asbestos in kids’ play sand

AUT research led by Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry finds airborne asbestos in children’s play sand.

AI an existential threat to documentary?

AI has revolutionised documentary production techniques but raises critical questions about ethics, authenticity and the nature of truth in storytelling.

Should Fiji reinstate the death penalty?

Fiji is facing a drug crisis but calls to bring back the death penalty for offenders are based on moral panic and fail to address the underlying issues.

Improving cardiac arrest survival rates

More lives could be saved if community responders were equipped with portable automated external defibrillators (AEDs), a new study shows.

Can Wegovy help NZ's obesity crisis?

Wegovy has drawn much media attention - but its popularity raises questions about next-generation drugs and what they mean for a worsening obesity crisis.

Financial literacy a pathway to wealth

Does financial literacy help people get better financial outcomes, or do people become more financially literate as they manage their own finances?

Move on orders revive Victorian era

A proposed law rejects homelessness as a social issue, instead deeming homeless people a public nuisance who must be managed through the justice system.

Insights on sustainability experts

2026 Insights on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Sustainability Professionals report.

Third year running for AUT NASA interns

Laura Franssen is about to head to NASA, the third AUT student to have been awarded a 3-month internship at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.