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On Air 2026 Global Live Broadcast

AUT screen production students and staff participated in On Air 2026, a global student broadcast project bringing students from around the world together.

AUT students' visions for Auckland

AUT Art & Design students have showcased their creative visions for Auckland as part of Dear Auckland & Te Hiringa Wai – A Creative Journey.

Q&A: Food Politics Matters

AUT Professor Tracy Berno, expert in resilient and sustainable food systems, answers questions about the food system, health, the environment and waste.

What a leaked curriculum meeting reveals

The process of putting together a national curriculum needs to be visible, Dr Stuart Deerness says.

Three years of relentless reform

Politicians face the hefty challenge of bridging divides and trying to bring the education sector back together.

What tourism changed in the Cook Islands

Tourism brings many benefits to the Cook Islands, but the Indigenous people found there were some advantages when tourism stopped.

Q&A: Human Rights Matters

AUT law lecturer Lida Ayoubi on human rights, legal protections, global challenges and the possibility of new rights emerging in future.

Auckland kids missing outdoor play

Only 1 in 5 children in Tāmaki Makaurau regularly climb trees, down from almost 1 in 3 a decade ago, according to new data released for Play Week Aotearoa.

Women on the climate change front line

Women are leading the response to climate change in rural Thailand, and are important agents of adaptation to increased weather-related challenges.

50 AUT winners at the 2026 Best Awards

AUT School of Art and Design staff and students have taken home a record breaking 20 gold pins at the Design Institute of New Zealand’s 2025 Best Awards.