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Talking Fossil Fuels at Paris Climate Talks
By Vernon Rive, Senior Lecturer, AUT Law School who is attending the Paris Climate Talks
On the whole, human beings want to be good, George Orwell famously quipped. But not too good. And not quite all the time.
Project Energize celebrates 10 years in action
Project Energize, New Zealand’s innovative child health initiative, celebrates 10 years in action this year.
The programme sees a team of 26 ‘Energizers’ working with their local schools and communities to increase children's physical activity, improve nutrition and enhance their overall health. The Waikato project is funded by the Waikato District Health Board and grew out of a desire from parents, educators, community groups and Sport Waikato to support children’s health.
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AUT South Campus to host more Te Reo Māori classes
AUT’s Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Development - Te Ara Poutama – has expanded its te reo Māori offering at the AUT South Campus in Manukau for 2016.
Along with the Introduction to Conversational Māori classes held during the summer school period and in semester two, the Te Kākano Māori Language 1 and 2 classes are open to anyone wanting to pick up basic oral and written proficiency of the language.
PMC director gives media awards keynote, research seminar at Pacific university
Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie has visited Fiji as the guest of the regional University of the South Pacific to present a keynote address at the annual journalism awards night and to present a research seminar for academics.
Gifting the spirit of Christmas 100 years ago
AUT historian Paul Moon digs into the Christmas gifting habits of Kiwis in 1915. How much has changed?
Tackling Pacific health issues through better nutrition
A group of passionate Pacific workers will soon be taking their messages of healthy eating to communities ranging from Northland to Waikato.
Erasing Christmas not the answer to workplace diversity
Steering clear of Christmas is an inappropriate response to diversity, says Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio.
For an hour and a half on Sunday evening - in the final excruciating stages of a marathon negotiating session involving through the night meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - it looked as if a typo in the final draft text might derail proceedings.
Journalism under threat - ‘digital first’ strategies put journalists last
Journalism in New Zealand is threatened by the constant culling of editorial jobs and current affairs programmes. The 2015 JMAD New Zealand Media Ownership Report observes that in this year alone 60-70 jobs were removed from newsrooms and current affairs production. This report is the fifth produced by the AUT’s research centre Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD).