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Designer molecules enabling major advances in biom
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 4:16 pm | AUT University
Imagine being able to modify the surface characteristics of living cells to achieve an endless range of biomedical benefits. Professor Stephen Henry, Director of AUT University’s Biotechnology Research Institute and CEO of KODE Biotech Limited, ... More >>
Rearing Deep-Sea Squid In Captivity Record Attempt
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 1:44 pm | Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand scientist Dr Steve O’Shea, well known for his study of giant squid, is attempting to break his own world record for keeping deep sea squid alive in captivity, as a warm up to his goal of one day raising a giant squid in a tank. More >>
Plans For Treaty Described As ‘Misguided’
Monday, 1 February 2010, 10:12 am | Auckland University of Technology
A call by the Human Rights Commission to consider entrenching the Treaty of Waitangi as part of a wider review aimed at improving the human rights of Maori has been criticised by a Treaty expert. More >>
Historian denounces museum exhibition
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:52 pm | AUT University
AUT University Professor of History, Dr. Paul Moon, has criticised the Russell Museum for its Pou Taharua Exhibition, which opens on Monday 14 December. The Exhibition’s highlight is a piece of wood allegedly from the flagstaff that Hone Heke felled in ... More >>
Double Kaitaia graduation triumph
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 2:57 pm | AUT University
When best friends Bridget Dawson and Ashlee Peeters left Kaitaia for university three years ago their hearts remained behind. Now, after both graduating with a bachelor of business degree from AUT University yesterday, the pair says the world’s their ... More >>
NZ support of refugees shows room for improvement
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 11:58 am | AUT University
New Zealand’s annual refugee quota of 750 people represents a tiny fraction of the 750,000 people worldwide currently requiring resettlement. The massive global demand for refugee resettlement and support was discussed at the 2009 Refugee Health ... More >>
Lack of certainty crippling Auckland’s economy
Saturday, 14 November 2009, 11:54 am | AUT Business Faculty
Auckland can never be the growth engine people expect – or that the country requires – as long as its export economy remains as one of the lowest in New Zealand, a senior economist warns. More >>
Economist: Auckland Must Export to Grow
Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:49 pm | AUT University
Auckland can never be the growth engine people expect or that the country requires as long as its export economy remains as one of the lowest in New Zealand, a senior economist warns. BERL Chief Economist Dr Ganesh Nana says Auckland can't be a service ... More >>
Sir Don McKinnon: Time to look at Brazil
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 1:33 pm | AUT University
Brazil is rapidly on the move and now is the time for New Zealand businesses to know and understand the people in this country, says Chair of the Brazil Business Forum Sir Don McKinnon. “Indian-American author Fareed Zakaria said: ‘We are now living ... More >>
Flawed rehab assumptions driving millions in ACC
Monday, 5 October 2009, 3:11 pm | AUT University
Failure to prioritise active rehabilitation for people with long-term and complex disability in an effort to rationalise spending could be costing New Zealand hundreds of millions of dollars. More >>
Rehab assumptions driving millions in ACC spending
Monday, 5 October 2009, 10:11 am | Auckland University of Technology
Failure to prioritise active rehabilitation for people with long-term and complex disability in an effort to rationalise spending could be costing New Zealand hundreds of millions of dollars. More >>
UN World Investment Report 2009
Friday, 18 September 2009, 9:58 am | AUT University
Today sees the release of the 2009 World Investment Report, an annual publication from the United Nations which offers the most comprehensive and authoritative study of foreign investment trends. This year’s Report, which focuses on agricultural ... More >>
Half of disabled Aucklanders on poverty line
Friday, 4 September 2009, 3:34 pm | AUT University
There are 77,000 disabled people living in New Zealand’s largest city - Auckland - the majority of whom earn far less than their non-disabled counterparts, even when they have a tertiary qualification. This is one of the key findings from a new report ... More >>
AUT University and Vodafone present Maori Expo
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 12:27 pm | AUT University
AUT has joined forces with Vodafone this year to bring you Auckland’s best-established and show-stopping celebration of Maori achievement- AUT Maori Expo and it’s on this week! More >>
AUT Astronomer Welcomes SKA Announcement
Friday, 21 August 2009, 5:17 pm | AUT University
Professor Sergei Gulyaev, Director of AUT University’s Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, has welcomed today’s breakthrough announcement about the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. The New Zealand and Australian governments ... More >>
AUT University and Vodafone present Maori Expo ‘09
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 1:07 pm | AUT University
AUT University has joined forces with Vodafone to bring you Auckland’s best-established and most exuberant celebration of Maori achievement and culture, AUT Maori Expo ’09. More >>
Govt forces cuts at AUT and Awanuiārangi
Friday, 31 July 2009, 2:41 pm | Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi are both likely to cut courses next year because of government policy, despite having record numbers of students wanting to study at their institutions. More >>
Unemployment figure reporting masks real issues
Monday, 20 July 2009, 2:05 pm | AUT University
An employment relations Professor says the daily reporting of employment statistics masks the real economic issue facing New Zealand. More >>
Reporting of job stats masks real economic issue
Monday, 20 July 2009, 11:32 am | AUT University
Professor Erling Rasmussen, author of a new book ‘Employment Relations in New Zealand’ being launched tomorrow at AUT, says New Zealand’s low productivity goes back several decades and there are very real barriers to the country lifting its performance. ... More >>
Dunbar Sloane flagpole “probably fake” - historian
Monday, 20 July 2009, 9:02 am | AUT University
AUT University History Professor, Dr. Paul Moon, has warned that an item being sold by tender by auctioneers Dunbar Sloane this August, as almost certainly a fake. The item – described as a “Piece of Wooden Flagstaff Cut Down by Hone Heke” is ... More >>
