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New Chancellor announced

30 Mar, 2012

The Council of Auckland University of Technology has announced the election of Mr John Maasland as the Chancellor of the University.

Mr Maasland’s service to the governance of the University began in 2009 when he was appointed to the University Council in consultation with the Central Organisation of Employers.

3D type wins over audience

Art and design
30 Mar, 2010

Visitors to the HP Future Designers exhibition at Urbis Designday voted graphic designer Anzac Tasker as their favourite designer.

Seven stunning installations by recent AUT design graduates impressed Designday guests on March 20th but Tasker took the prize, winning a HP touch screen laptop – one of only two in the country.

Will Fiji bring back capital punishment?

Law
30 Jun, 2026
Fiji is facing a drug crisis but calls to bring back capital punishment for offenders are based on moral panic and fail to address the underlying issues.

AUT marks 21 years

30 Jun, 2021
This year marks twenty-one years of Auckland University of Technology as a university and over 125 years as a tertiary education institution.

The Rainbow Warrior bombing

Communication studies
30 Jun, 2020
35 years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, RNZ speaks to Professor David Robie as part of their “Crime NZ” history series.

AUT rises in Asia-Pacific rankings

30 Jun, 2018
The Times Higher Education (THE) released its Asia-Pacific University Ranking 2018. AUT has climbed 17 places on last year and is now ranked number 84.

NZ has a $2.5b building defect problem

Architecture and built environment
30 Jul, 2026
AUT PhD graduate Dr Mark Kirby asks whether self‑certification will make Aotearoa's $2.5b building defect problem better or worse.

Is Deadpool & Wolverine the hit needed?

Communication studies
30 Jul, 2024
Deadpool and Wolverine is entertaining but it likely won't cure our superhero fatigue, writes Professor Lorna Piatti-Farnell.

Five questions: Professor Andrew Lowe

Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
30 Jul, 2021
We asked Professor Andrew Lowe five questions about his research ahead of his Inaugural Professorial Address.

Working 4-day weeks for 5 days' pay?

Business
30 Jul, 2018
A four-day week trial showed that if workers have more control over their job, they feel and perform better.

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