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Worse health outcomes for Pacific women
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 10:04 am | AUT University
A new study shows that indigenous Fijian women living in New Zealand are not benefitting from the higher level of resources available. In fact, they are worse off in terms of their awareness and practice of family planning. More >>
Kava drinking research highlighted in global report
Monday, 12 March 2018, 4:25 pm | AUT
AUT PhD student, Edmond Fehoko, continues to garner international attention with his master’s thesis on the experiences and perceptions of New Zealand-born Tongan males participating in the faikava or kava drinking circle. More >>
New education programme launches to support entrepreneurship
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 10:28 am | AUT University
Aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs alike will see their business ideas reach new heights thanks to two high-profile business leaders who have developed an entrepreneurial education programme to put New Zealand at the top of the world map when it comes ... More >>
Gender and Diversity Research at AUT turns 10
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 9:57 am | AUT University
AUT’s Gender and Diversity Research Group has reached a significant milestone, celebrating 10 years of research and debate on gender and diversity issues within the community. More >>
Re-booting biculturalism in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Friday, 2 February 2018, 10:25 am | AUT University
The bicultural historical relationship between Māori and Pākehā has been a love affair as well as a power struggle. More >>
Fifty Years From the Woodhouse Report
Friday, 8 December 2017, 3:06 pm | AUT University
In December 1967 the Woodhouse Report was released, recommending a no-fault accident compensation scheme for New Zealand. 50 years later, ACC remains operates largely intact, an uncommon feat amongst New Zealand public policy initiatives. More >>
‘Working for dole’ policy could do more harm than good
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 2:00 pm | Auckland University of Technology
Simplistic ‘working for the dole’ approaches are unlikely to have significant impact and could cause damage, says Professor Max Abbott – Dean of AUT’s Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences. More >>
New Tool Measures Corporate Governance Effectiveness
Monday, 4 December 2017, 8:35 am | Auckland University of Technology
A new corporate governance index aims to quantify the voice of the shareholder at the boardroom table. More >>
New Zealand market sentiment index launches
Monday, 20 November 2017, 9:41 am | Auckland University of Technology
Bull or bear? For the first time New Zealand investors can quantify of how sentiment is shaping local financial markets. More >>
Family violence in the Pacific
Monday, 13 November 2017, 10:52 am | Auckland University of Technology
A leading Pacific academic says knowledge of family violence in Samoa is limited to physical abuse. And, the concept of ‘grooming’ is barely understood or recognised. More >>
Inaugural Kayes Fletcher Walker visiting scholar award
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, 11:15 am | Auckland University of Technology
Australian criminal law academic Bernadette McSherry is the first person to receive the Kayes Fletcher Walker visiting scholar award in conjunction with AUT Law School. More >>
AUT helping students build mental strength
Tuesday, 10 October 2017, 1:50 pm | AUT University
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has marked Mental Health Awareness Week with the release of a new Resilience App for staff and students, the first of its kind by a New Zealand university. More >>
Awards winner keeps exports on track
Monday, 9 October 2017, 5:29 pm | AUT University
KiwiRail has taken out the supreme award at the AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards. More >>
Ākina Foundation recognised
Monday, 9 October 2017, 4:18 pm | AUT Business Faculty
Hot on the heels from hosting the hugely successful Social Enterprise World Forum in Christchurch, The Ākina Foundation won the Non for Profit award at the 2017 AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards. More >>
Building 21C Skills for the New World of Work
Wednesday, 27 September 2017, 11:31 am | AUT University
Auckland based start-up 21C Skills Lab is hosting a series of events in October to raise awareness of the challenge and opportunity around 21C skills. More >>
Focus on fees for long-term KiwiSaver benefit
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 1:41 pm | Auckland University of Technology
Media coverage of research released today by KiwiSaver provider ANZ, which includes comments regarding a worrying trend that young people are too concerned with KiwiSaver fees rather than focusing on returns, flies in the face of current research on what ... More >>
Addressing the burden and benefits of tertiary study
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 5:27 pm | Auckland University of Technology
AUT has welcomed the debate following the Labour Party’s policy announcement on tertiary education emphasising the need to understand the unique role it plays in the lives of individuals and the country. More >>
Rural medicine school well intended but misplaced
Monday, 28 August 2017, 2:45 pm | AUT University
National’s election announcement of funding to establish a new school of rural medicine is well intended but misplaced, according to Auckland University of Technology Dean of Health and Environmental Sciences Professor Max Abbott. “The good news ... More >>
KiwiSaver product disclosure statements
Monday, 21 August 2017, 1:38 pm | Auckland University of Technology
KiwiSaver investors are dealing with less financial jargon but still need to be well educated to make sense of one of the key documents sent out by providers. More >>
A national languages policy for New Zealand
Friday, 18 August 2017, 4:42 pm | AUT University
New Zealand is more ethnically and linguistically diverse than ever before. What is now termed ‘superdiversity’ has the potential to be a great strength for New Zealand. Having people able to speak a number of languages and communicate interculturally ... More >>
