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Māori face harsher sentences than Pākehā

Business
28 Nov, 2025
New AUT research asks: do Māori face a higher likelihood of a community-based sentence, instead of the more common – and least severe – outcome of a fine?
Fireworks above the Aotea Centre on November 16 for WIPCE 2025.

Thousands gather for WIPCE 2025

Te Ara Poutama: Māori and indigenous development
17 Nov, 2025
Iwi manaaki Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei welcomed more than 3000 Indigenous knowledge holders, educators and leaders from across the globe for WIPCE 2025.
Khaled Ibrahim

Rural wisdom in a digital world

Business
17 Nov, 2025
Rural NZers are leading a sustainability movement based on social trust and pragmatic purchasing, rather than advertising slogans or education campaigns.
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Business news

Close up of New Zealand police car for national police service and principal law enforcement agency of NZ Aotearoa

Māori face harsher sentences than Pākehā

Business
28 Nov, 2025
New AUT research asks: do Māori face a higher likelihood of a community-based sentence, instead of the more common – and least severe – outcome of a fine?
The crowd at the event

AI in Action

27 Nov, 2025
Industry leaders and academics gathered earlier in November for a dynamic panel discussion ‘AI in Action – Turning Innovation into Impact’.
Khaled Ibrahim

Rural wisdom in a digital world

Business
17 Nov, 2025
Rural NZers are leading a sustainability movement based on social trust and pragmatic purchasing, rather than advertising slogans or education campaigns.
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Culture and society news

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AUT winners of 2025 Lexus Design Award

Art and design
27 Nov, 2025
Rat control and greywater management systems created by AUT students won top awards at the 2025 Lexus Design Award.
Fireworks above the Aotea Centre on November 16 for WIPCE 2025.

Thousands gather for WIPCE 2025

Te Ara Poutama: Māori and indigenous development
17 Nov, 2025
Iwi manaaki Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei welcomed more than 3000 Indigenous knowledge holders, educators and leaders from across the globe for WIPCE 2025.
Artwork for Te Ao Pūtahi. Red and orang hues, showing the sun rising over Rangitoto and the city of Auckland.

Indigenous festival hits Auckland

Te Ara Poutama: Māori and indigenous development
16 Nov, 2025
Landing in the heart of Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Ao Pūtahi Festival will transform Aotea Square into a living Indigenous village.
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Health news

View over Auckland city

Nobel Sustainability Award

Sport and recreation
20 Oct, 2025
AUT’s Professor Erica Hinckson co-director of recipient organisation
Two people looking at a computer with a brain scan on the screen.

New brain lab ‘a beacon for hope’

Health sciences
17 Oct, 2025
Last week marked a new era for brain research at AUT with the opening of the updated Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience laboratory on North Campus.
Woman Typing Message on her Smartphone in the Evening at Home.

AI chatbots no substitute for therapy

Health sciences
08 Oct, 2025
An AUT senior lecturer says New Zealanders could be at risk from unregulated AI chatbots being promoted for therapy.
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Science and technology news

AUT senior lecturer Dr Amandine Sabadel at the opening of the eel symposium.

Eel symposium goes swimmingly at AUT

Science
24 Nov, 2025
A recent two-day gathering of eel (tuna) enthusiasts at AUT attracted dozens of local and international experts.
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Asbestos in kids’ play sand

Architecture and built environment
20 Nov, 2025
Auckland University of Technology's Dr Terri-Ann Berry on asbestos contamination of children’s coloured sand products.
Meet the robots

AUT robots attend first symposium

Engineering, computer and mathematical sciences
19 Nov, 2025
AUT’s humanoid robots took part in the Ministry for Ethnic Communities’ annual business symposium, Ethnic Xchange 2025.
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University news

Ara Tipu Start-up is launching

Unleashing young entrepreneurs’ futures

26 Nov, 2025
The newly-launched Ara Tipu Start-Up programme will train and fund entrepreneurial young AUT students.
Group photo at the awards

NZSL team wins national award

Language and culture
07 Nov, 2025
The team’s commitment to allyship and inclusivity has been recognised at Te Whatu Kairangi
City Campus at AUT in summer

AUT Marsden and Mana Tūāpapa Success

06 Nov, 2025
AUT academics have been recognised in 2025’s Marsden Fund and Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowships.
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Celebrating success

Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw

Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw

27 Aug 2025
Associate Professor Stephanie Rossouw is part of a global team of researchers that will examine the association between social media and wellbeing.
Dr Anca Yallop

Dr Anca Yallop

26 Aug 2025
Anca Yallop from the Business School has been awarded a $395,002 grant from the Health Research Council as part of the AI in Healthcare Funding Initiative.
Dr Alex Plum

Dr Alex Plum

26 Aug 2025
Dr Alex Plum from the AUT Business School and the NZ Policy Research Institute has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Health Research Council.
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