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MPs failing to lead on human rights

Democracy in New Zealand is suffering from a Parliament which under-performs in its scrutiny of human rights, a new report has found.

Empathy needed to reduce family violence

AUT report finds that agencies and services designed to aid wāhine Māori in unsafe relationships often contribute to their entrapment.

New school on the block

At the beginning of next year, AUT will open its new School of Future Environments.

Cookbook sales fund refugee scholarship

AUT students from refugee backgrounds can now apply for a scholarship fund created from the sales of the Tastes of Home cookbook.

AUT helps Microsoft with te reo Māori

Te reo Māori is now available on Microsoft Translator, thanks in part to Te Ara Poutama, staff and students at the Auckland University of Technology.

NZ rates of in-work poverty examined

Research conducted by AUT’s New Zealand Work Research Institute has found more than 50,000 working households live in poverty across Aotearoa.

New accolades for most cited scientist

AUT’s Professor Valery Feigin has been elected as both a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Five questions: Professor Andrew Kilding

We asked Professor Andrew Kilding five questions about his research ahead of his Inaugural Professorial Address.

AUT building wins NZ Architecture award

AUT’s WZ Building - Ngā Wai Hono, has won the Education Award at the 2019 New Zealand Architecture Awards announced last week.

Disrupting the public health workforce

New Zealand's public health workforce is rapidly changing in response to local and global trends, including new technologies and widening inequities.