Tag: Auckland University of Technology
West Papuan Laurens Ikinia helps empowering fellow overseas wantoks
Jordan Fennell of ABC Pacific Beat talks to Laurens Ikinia
Living in New Zealand as a student Laurens Ikinia wanted to create a space for...
AUT’s Pacific vice-chancellor targets ‘digital divide inequality’ in education
RNZ News
Auckland University of Technology's new vice-chancellor -- the country's first Pasifika educator in the top role at a university -- is determined to...
Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan...
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom
Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut -- out...
AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Incoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia...
‘No stranger to media freedom threats’, but hope at communication forum
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Keynote speakers professor David Robie and Glenda Gloria, executive editor of Rappler, addressed “truth and justice” on the opening...
‘Transform lives’ with education, new vice-chancellor for AUT tells Pasifika
RNZ Pacific
The new vice-chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology is calling on young Pasifika peoples pursuing their education to stay the course.
Toeolesulusulu Dr...
Pacific scholar Dr Damon Salesa named AUT’s next vice-chancellor
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Te Wānanga...
New USP research paper explores journalism culture in the region
By Pita Ligaiula in Suva
What are the views of Pacific journalists on professional ethical issues and what pressures affect their work? What is the...
Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is...
AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ...
RNZ News
An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) student who was at a lecture yesterday is among the 10 new cases of covid-19 reported in...
Asia Pacific Report freshened with new student roles, independent journalism
JEANZ News
Professor David Robie, founding director of the AUT Pacific Media Centre, has relaunched Asia Pacific Report as an independent Pacific affairs and analysis...
Gavin Ellis: The Pacific Media Centre must break free to survive
THE KNIGHTLY VIEWS: By Gavin Ellis
For many years I thought universities were the ideal place to establish centres of investigative journalism excellence. Now I’m...
Listen to the Pacific people plea to AUT over diversity future...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A retired university professor and a Tahitian doctoral candidate have appealed to Auckland University of Technology to “listen” to the Asia-Pacific...
Outcry over signs of upheaval at Pacific Media Centre
Auckland University of Technology has denied claims that the Pacific Media Centre is being dumped or sidelined.
The centre's recently retired director Professor David Robie...
Call for AUT vice-chancellor to resign after scathing report into bullying
By RNZ News
A senior academic staff member at the Auckland University of Technology wants the vice-chancellor to resign following a scathing report into bullying.
The...
Gallery: PMC celebrates Pacific ‘reset’ vision and farewells founding director
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
Pacific Media Centre students, staff and journalists gathered at Auckland University of Technology this week and debated reset strategies for the...
NZ covid minister Hipkins announces no lockdown over community case
By RNZ News
Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says he is hopeful a lockdown can be avoided in New Zealand's largest city after a...
Pacific research of ‘hard’ social issues profiled in new publication
By Michael Andrew
Six years of diverse Pacific research by Auckland University of Technology staff and students has been profiled in a new publication.
Presented by...
Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th
AUT is a strategic partner for New Zealand's Techweek19 programme next month, on May 20-26, and the only NZ university taking part. Dr Roseanne...
AUT students: ‘We want to stay as a country, unified, always’
By Michael Andrew
Muslim students at Auckland University of Technology have praised the gestures of kindness they have received from fellow students and the New...
Nuku’alofa Film Festival launches with documentary dedicated to leiti struggle
By Blessen Tom in Nuku'alofa
Leitis in Waiting, a feature documentary, launched the fourth Nuku'alofa International Film Festival 2018 at the Digicel Square in Nuku'alofa,...
Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic
By Rahul Bhattarai
The Pacific community has contributed immensely to New Zealand's economy - but that isn't the only contribution, says a leading development studies...