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AUT wins trans Tasman journalism awards
The talents of AUT journalism students have been recognised with two wins at the 2009 Ossie Awards for Student Journalism.
Krista Ferguson has won the category for best print news story and Te Waha Nui, the newspaper produced by AUT journalism students, has taken the prize for best regular student publication.
Progress report on New Zealand’s support of refugees shows room for improvement
New Zealand’s annual refugee quota of 750 people represents a tiny fraction of the 750,000 people worldwide currently requiring resettlement.
The massive global demand for refugee resettlement and support was discussed at the 2009 Refugee Health & Wellbeing Conference in Auckland which began on Wednesday and runs until the end of the week.
Auckland export economy- one of NZ's weakest
Auckland can never be the growth engine people expect – or that the country requires – as long as its export economy remains as one of the lowest in New Zealand, a senior economist warns.
Sir Don McKinnon: Time to look at Brazil
Brazil is rapidly on the move and now is the time for New Zealand businesses to know and understand the people in this country, says Chair of the Brazil Business Forum Sir Don McKinnon.
School Aid to launch in New Zealand
He’s the first Kennedy to speak publicly in New Zealand and one of the most influential speakers on the environmental circuit.
On December 16 Robert F. Kennedy Jnr will address a select audience at the Hyatt Regency in Auckland as the keynote speaker at ‘An Evening with Robert F. Kennedy Jnr’.
Busy student chefs have been mixing, baking, icing and decorating their way towards showcasing their end of year talents.
First year Diploma and Certificate Patisserie students in AUT’s School of Hospitality and Tourism showcased their baked offerings in a ‘Mad Hatters Tea Party’ display for friends, family and AUT staff earlier this month.
Award-winning performances in Showcase 2009
Showcase '09 will see AUT’s third-year Bachelor of Dance students performing the award-winning 'Dancing with Difference' which took first prize at this year's 'Viva Eclectika' competition.
Boys underachieving in school and overrepresented in suspensions
Teenage boys are over represented in stand down and suspension rates, less likely to gain university entrance than their female classmates and more likely to leave school before 17, a Ministry of Education report says.
The report, “Boys’ achievement: A Synthesis of the Data”, gives a number of examples of this discrepancy between the sexes including that as many as 72% of all suspensions and stand downs in 2006 were boys, and that 10% more girls will gain university entrance than boys.
The search is on to find New Zealand's first MasterChef and AUT’s own Ray McVinnie will be on our television screens every week helping to find the country’s premier chef.
AUT Rookie impresses fashion A-listers
It was standing room only last night at AUT Rookie 2009, when AUT University fashion students showed their final collections on the runway. Fashion insiders, the media, designers and their families and friends crammed into St Pauls Church to see 22 collections take to the catwalk.