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AUT staff join South Auckland community in record-setting clean-up
More than 80 AUT staff members participated in a successful attempt to set the New Zealand record for ‘Largest Single Environmental Clean-up’ on Saturday 30 April.
AUT Centre for eHealth signs formal relationship agreement with the Health Promotion Agency
Karakia in schools under threat from court action, says academic
Dr Paul Moon, Professor of History at Te Ara Poutama – AUT’s Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development – says that a recent failed court action to ban Bible lessons from schools will not be the last attempt to remove religious instruction from the country’s state schools - and it puts karakia under threat as well.
Professor of Psychology & Public Health receives national honour
Professor Max Abbott, Dean of AUT’s Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) at an investiture ceremony in Auckland last week.
Pacific high schoolers encouraged to be tomorrow’s leaders
More than a hundred Pacific Year 13 high school students from 30 high schools across Auckland recently attended a special programme with a vision to inspire them to achieve their very best, and assist them to explore and make informative decisions for their educational and career pathways.
PMC director calls for ‘voice for the voiceless’ at Pacific human rights forum
Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people by telling the truth was the message given to the Human Rights and the Media forum in Fiji organised by the region’s Pacific Community.
NZ a world leader in island conservation, says new research
An international study has shown that mammal eradication on islands has delivered great conservation gains for New Zealand’s native species and island biodiversity.
The research was part of a global effort across eight countries to assess the value of removing invasive mammals, such as rats, goats and cats, as a conservation measure. The results were published earlier this month in prestigious journal PNAS, and point to clear benefits for endangered fauna.
AUT's student focus recognised by independent panel
An independent audit has shown AUT students benefit from the University’s focus on providing opportunity and being ‘genuinely centred on teaching, learning and student engagement’.
AUT Pacific Islands Families study: Findings to be translated into international context
Researchers at Auckland University of Technology’s South Campus in Manukau will join forces with four other leading research groups in the field of child development studies, thanks to Government funding of $429,017 from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Catalyst Fund.
Visiting Writers Programme author: publishers don’t hold all the power
Setting aside time to write every week was one of the pieces of advice from Rich Man Road author Ann Glamuzina at the second talk in AUT’s Visiting Writers series.