Culture and society news

Law vs Persons: why legal rules matter

NZ courts are moving from a “rule of law” to a “rule of persons’ approach, raising important questions about how we want to be governed as a society.

Time to transform NZ’s justice system

A five-year study led by AUT Law School aims to transform how our justice system supports whānau experiencing mental health distress and addiction.

Māori chief inspires fashion student

Ngāti Tūwharetoa design student Tia Tahau’s collection, showcased at AUT’s 2023 Graduate Fashion Show, was inspired by her ancestor Te Rangi Tāhau

Decolonising Māori death practices

Marsden-funded research is revitalising and adapting ancient Māori burial customs and practices for modern life.

New gourmet range to benefit students

Renowned chef patron of Antoine’s, Tony Astle, is launching a new gourmet range, with profits going towards supporting students in hardship.

NZ law schools embed, teach bijural law

AUT Law School and all NZ law schools are working to ensure the tertiary law curriculum reflects a legal system that is bicultural, bilingual, and bijural.

Indigenous knowledge for climate change

A new podcast features AUT research into nature-based solutions to climate change rooted in indigenous knowledges.

AUT students tackle food insecurity

With Healthy Families South Auckland and The Southern Initiative, Bachelor of Design students seek to improve food security and sovereignty in communities.

NZ workplace rules will change again

Whether you are a worker or an employer, the office or factory floor is likely to move under your feet over the next three years.

AUT chef students cook for charity

AUT’s culinary arts students had the very special opportunity recently to prepare a delicious three-course meal for 150 guests at a charity gala dinner.