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Contamination of kids' sand products with asbestos has triggered recalls by NZ's government. But while the situation is concerning and the risks associated with asbestos should not be taken lightly, Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry says not all people exposed will develop cancer.
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Contamination of kids' sand products with asbestos has triggered recalls by NZ's government. But while the situation is concerning and the risks associated with asbestos should not be taken lightly, Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry says not all people exposed will develop cancer.
AUT's Professor Regan Potangaroa, a global expert in humanitarian engineering who's been involved in more than 200 UN deployments in 22 countries, on rebuilding Gaza.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
AUT's Professor Regan Potangaroa, a global expert in humanitarian engineering who's been involved in more than 200 UN deployments in 22 countries, on rebuilding Gaza.
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AUT researchers in search of asbestos contamination collected samples from east Auckland beaches at the weekend, in an effort to determine the level of public risk posed by the material.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
AUT researchers in search of asbestos contamination collected samples from east Auckland beaches at the weekend, in an effort to determine the level of public risk posed by the material.
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The government shake-up of earthquake-prone building rules should explore how social connections and community ties to earthquake-prone heritage buildings may affect compliance with the current earthquake-prone building legislation, says AUT's Dr Esther Aigwi.
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The government shake-up of earthquake-prone building rules should explore how social connections and community ties to earthquake-prone heritage buildings may affect compliance with the current earthquake-prone building legislation, says AUT's Dr Esther Aigwi.
Have you seen stories about people falling in love with chatbots? Or people using them as therapists? ❤️📲
Dr Brigitte Viljoen, Clinical Sciences lecturer at AUT and registered psychotherapist, explains why the New Zealand Government needs to put regulations in place to protect the public.
Dr Brigitte Viljoen, Clinical Sciences lecturer at AUT and registered psychotherapist, explains why the New Zealand Government needs to put regulations in place to protect the public.
September 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Have you seen stories about people falling in love with chatbots? Or people using them as therapists? ❤️📲
Dr Brigitte Viljoen, Clinical Sciences lecturer at AUT and registered psychotherapist, explains why the New Zealand Government needs to put regulations in place to protect the public.
Dr Brigitte Viljoen, Clinical Sciences lecturer at AUT and registered psychotherapist, explains why the New Zealand Government needs to put regulations in place to protect the public.
NEWS ALERT: New tool for catching AI BOTS!! 🤖 LLM-BotGuard is HERE!!! READ now 👉👉👉 www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories... 🔥🔥🔥 #AI #TechNews #WOW #MustRead #DidABotWriteThis? #BOTS #🔥🔥🔥
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEWS ALERT: New tool for catching AI BOTS!! 🤖 LLM-BotGuard is HERE!!! READ now 👉👉👉 www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories... 🔥🔥🔥 #AI #TechNews #WOW #MustRead #DidABotWriteThis? #BOTS #🔥🔥🔥
This photograph, by artist and AUT Associate Professor Fiona Amundsen, shows a hibakujumoku (an atomic bomb survivor tree) in Hiroshima. Part of a series of new photographs currently on show at the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the cherry tree depicted is more than 300-years-old.
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This photograph, by artist and AUT Associate Professor Fiona Amundsen, shows a hibakujumoku (an atomic bomb survivor tree) in Hiroshima. Part of a series of new photographs currently on show at the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the cherry tree depicted is more than 300-years-old.
Using waste glass — rather than lime or cement — to stabilise Aotearoa’s roads could lower carbon dioxide emissions by up to 21 percent, AUT's Dr Roohollah Kalatehjari has found🍾
You can read the full paper in @springer.springernature.com's Scientific Reports www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You can read the full paper in @springer.springernature.com's Scientific Reports www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Using waste glass — rather than lime or cement — to stabilise Aotearoa’s roads could lower carbon dioxide emissions by up to 21 percent, AUT's Dr Roohollah Kalatehjari has found🍾
You can read the full paper in @springer.springernature.com's Scientific Reports www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You can read the full paper in @springer.springernature.com's Scientific Reports www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sometimes academics are hard to understand. And sometimes they're John Tookey.
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July 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Sometimes academics are hard to understand. And sometimes they're John Tookey.
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OMG I almost forgot Gigi, the CATriarch. Gigi likes to spend her time incatpacitating her humans. She's 10, which makes her, like, 700 in cat years.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
OMG I almost forgot Gigi, the CATriarch. Gigi likes to spend her time incatpacitating her humans. She's 10, which makes her, like, 700 in cat years.
Bonus content: JJ being a menace
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Bonus content: JJ being a menace
And last but not least, the celebrity cats Juno Lanigan (white floof) and Brucie Burnet (black chonk). They have been in TV ads. Here they are just casually posing #nofilter
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
And last but not least, the celebrity cats Juno Lanigan (white floof) and Brucie Burnet (black chonk). They have been in TV ads. Here they are just casually posing #nofilter
Cuba and Otis come as a package. Cuba (grey) is 1 and enjoys being a pretzel. Otis, also 1, enjoys football. Here he is helping Barcelona's defence.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Cuba and Otis come as a package. Cuba (grey) is 1 and enjoys being a pretzel. Otis, also 1, enjoys football. Here he is helping Barcelona's defence.
Here is Ōtepoti. His hobbies are fossicking in the fridge, squeezing into small spaces, escaping through locked doors, and eating broccoli (cooked, obvs).
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Here is Ōtepoti. His hobbies are fossicking in the fridge, squeezing into small spaces, escaping through locked doors, and eating broccoli (cooked, obvs).
Introducing Billie.
Billie is two years young. She enjoys losing her collar and whining for biscuits.
Billie is two years young. She enjoys losing her collar and whining for biscuits.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Introducing Billie.
Billie is two years young. She enjoys losing her collar and whining for biscuits.
Billie is two years young. She enjoys losing her collar and whining for biscuits.
First, we have JJ and Brian.
JJ was found at four-weeks-old on a roundabout and is quite the menace but is very endearing. The black and white cat with the magnificent whiskers is Brian. A former colony cat rescued with his sister Karen (RIP), Brian's main hobby is evading being harassed by JJ.
JJ was found at four-weeks-old on a roundabout and is quite the menace but is very endearing. The black and white cat with the magnificent whiskers is Brian. A former colony cat rescued with his sister Karen (RIP), Brian's main hobby is evading being harassed by JJ.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
First, we have JJ and Brian.
JJ was found at four-weeks-old on a roundabout and is quite the menace but is very endearing. The black and white cat with the magnificent whiskers is Brian. A former colony cat rescued with his sister Karen (RIP), Brian's main hobby is evading being harassed by JJ.
JJ was found at four-weeks-old on a roundabout and is quite the menace but is very endearing. The black and white cat with the magnificent whiskers is Brian. A former colony cat rescued with his sister Karen (RIP), Brian's main hobby is evading being harassed by JJ.
NZ homes can be cold and damp. Here are four tips to help keep your place warm this winter, from AUT construction professor John Tookey, via @aunz.theconversation.com:
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June 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
NZ homes can be cold and damp. Here are four tips to help keep your place warm this winter, from AUT construction professor John Tookey, via @aunz.theconversation.com:
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It actually is rocket science 🤓
AUT student Asif Rasha is heading to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to work alongside NASA scientists and engineers, thanks to a New Zealand Space Agency-sponsored scholarship.
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AUT student Asif Rasha is heading to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to work alongside NASA scientists and engineers, thanks to a New Zealand Space Agency-sponsored scholarship.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It actually is rocket science 🤓
AUT student Asif Rasha is heading to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to work alongside NASA scientists and engineers, thanks to a New Zealand Space Agency-sponsored scholarship.
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AUT student Asif Rasha is heading to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to work alongside NASA scientists and engineers, thanks to a New Zealand Space Agency-sponsored scholarship.
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A panel discussion at AUT will explore the volcanoes and lava caves of Tāmaki Makaurau. Join kaupapa Māori researcher Sylvia Tapuke, geological heritage specialist Kate Lewis & artists Nat and Sam Tozier in discussion with AUT Associate Professor Janine Randerson and lecturer Ziggy Lever on 29 May.
May 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A panel discussion at AUT will explore the volcanoes and lava caves of Tāmaki Makaurau. Join kaupapa Māori researcher Sylvia Tapuke, geological heritage specialist Kate Lewis & artists Nat and Sam Tozier in discussion with AUT Associate Professor Janine Randerson and lecturer Ziggy Lever on 29 May.
“Language policy might sound like a distant bureaucratic concept, but it impacts our classrooms, our communities, and the futures of the tamariki we teach” — Sharon Harvey
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May 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“Language policy might sound like a distant bureaucratic concept, but it impacts our classrooms, our communities, and the futures of the tamariki we teach” — Sharon Harvey
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Ever go to the store planning to buy just two things, and walk out with two full bags? Or wondered why your social media feed is full of ads for things you don’t want?
In tomorrow's episode of Research Matters, AUT Senior Lecturer Amy Errmann dives into the psychology of all things shopping.
In tomorrow's episode of Research Matters, AUT Senior Lecturer Amy Errmann dives into the psychology of all things shopping.
April 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Ever go to the store planning to buy just two things, and walk out with two full bags? Or wondered why your social media feed is full of ads for things you don’t want?
In tomorrow's episode of Research Matters, AUT Senior Lecturer Amy Errmann dives into the psychology of all things shopping.
In tomorrow's episode of Research Matters, AUT Senior Lecturer Amy Errmann dives into the psychology of all things shopping.
The anti-Tesla movement has sparked a group called @everyonehateselon.bsky.social, who have created several fake Tesla ads.
But, while these ads are creative, do they change the way we feel about brands such as Tesla?
Hear AUT Lecturer Dan Fastnedge’s expert take on the power of advertising.
But, while these ads are creative, do they change the way we feel about brands such as Tesla?
Hear AUT Lecturer Dan Fastnedge’s expert take on the power of advertising.
April 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The anti-Tesla movement has sparked a group called @everyonehateselon.bsky.social, who have created several fake Tesla ads.
But, while these ads are creative, do they change the way we feel about brands such as Tesla?
Hear AUT Lecturer Dan Fastnedge’s expert take on the power of advertising.
But, while these ads are creative, do they change the way we feel about brands such as Tesla?
Hear AUT Lecturer Dan Fastnedge’s expert take on the power of advertising.
Scrolling for news? 🗞 You’re not the only one!
The sixth annual Trust in News report from the AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) found a significant shift in news consumption patterns with Facebook, Instagram and YouTube among New Zealanders’ most used news sources.
The sixth annual Trust in News report from the AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) found a significant shift in news consumption patterns with Facebook, Instagram and YouTube among New Zealanders’ most used news sources.
April 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Scrolling for news? 🗞 You’re not the only one!
The sixth annual Trust in News report from the AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) found a significant shift in news consumption patterns with Facebook, Instagram and YouTube among New Zealanders’ most used news sources.
The sixth annual Trust in News report from the AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) found a significant shift in news consumption patterns with Facebook, Instagram and YouTube among New Zealanders’ most used news sources.
AUT senior lecturer Jade Kake has become the first person to complete their architectural registration in te reo Māori. Jade spoke to Te Ao Māori News' Michael Cugley about her reo journey and why she took on this challenge:
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April 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
AUT senior lecturer Jade Kake has become the first person to complete their architectural registration in te reo Māori. Jade spoke to Te Ao Māori News' Michael Cugley about her reo journey and why she took on this challenge:
www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/26/m...
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“The Witcher shows how religious ideology can enter into contemporary political struggle and play out in the form of violence, oppression and persecution..." - Yael Cameron, co-editor of a new book Theology, Religion and The Witcher
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April 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“The Witcher shows how religious ideology can enter into contemporary political struggle and play out in the form of violence, oppression and persecution..." - Yael Cameron, co-editor of a new book Theology, Religion and The Witcher
www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories...
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