LOIMATA Wins Best Documentary
Loimata – the sweetest tears, won the NZ On Air Best Documentary at the New Zealand Television Awards. The documentary is produced and written by Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication Studies, Jim Marbrook
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Investigating Sustainability Challenges in Community-based Midwifery
Researchers from across AUT have received a $1,364,660 grant from the Health Research Council (HRC) to collaborate with Pasifika Midwives Aotearoa, Ngā Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa, and the New Zealand College of
Access to Energy, Lighting Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Approximately 2 in every 3 people in the Federated States of Micronesia lack access to electricity. As it stands, the country’s Chuuk State has the lowest access to power in the Pacific region. The challenges to
Building Economy – Post-COVID Learning and Strategies
1. Productivity One of the parameters of growth engine starts from improving the productivity of human resources. When human resources productivity improves, naturally machines will be managed well to deliver
AUT to Teach Climate Action
How to change society in order to combat climate change can now be studied at AUT. A new Climate Action course is being introduced together with a reshaped Bachelor of Arts, organised around the United Nations
University of Guam: Centered on Island Wisdom
Islands share similar concerns and similar struggles. But they also share a similar resilience and bring a certain innovation to problem-solving. At the University of Guam, we call this “island wisdom.” It’s a way
PACIFIC PEOPLE: Local Knowledge. International Reach.
AVI Pacific People is the first Pacific-wide specialised end-to-end recruitment service headquartered in Suva, Fiji. We combine deep local knowledge with or broad international reach ensuring the best candidate pool for
‘Celebrating Melanesia’s Newest Maritime Officers’
Melanesian marine services business Pacific Towing (PacTow) is celebrating the recent graduation of 10 female ‘Officers of the Watch’. The Papua New Guinean women represented the first intake of scholarship awardees
KACIFIC: Listening, learning, evolving
Kacific Satellite Technologies listens to its customers. And when those customers are based in some of the Pacific island region’s most remote areas, Kacific’s efforts to improve connectivity and meet their
Prosthetic Fins for Injured Sea Turtles
Researchers from the AUT BioDesign Lab have developed a prosthetic fin to rehabilitate injured sea turtles. Healthy oceans need sea turtles, but they are unfortunately frequently injured by human factors such as boats
FNPF Builds for the Future
The Fiji National Provident Fund has played a critical role in meeting the immediate needs of Fijians affected by job losses and hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic over the past 18 months. While it meets
Easy Ways to Love and Respect Your Eyes
Over 1.1 billion people in the world are blind or vision impaired, but four out of five of those people don’t need to be. CEO of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, Dr Audrey Aumua says we must do more to care for our
Pacific Public Health Priority During COVID-19
The Pacific Community’s Public Health Division works in the region to improve, promote, and protect the health of the Pacific Island people. This year has been challenging thus far as the Pacific region witnessed the
One Pacific, One Voice, One Point Five
From 31 October to 12 November 2021 the Twenty-Sixth Conference of the Parties was held in Glasgow, UK. The Pacific islands region worked together as a united collective voice as one Pacific in our endeavour for a 1.5
Beyond Labs & Lecture Theatres
Giving students opportunities to experience marine environments, and get beyond labs and lecture theatres, is an important focus for AUT’s marine science programmes. “Scientific expedition is a really critical
PIFON LAUNCH PIRAS PROJECT FOR FARMER ORGANISATION MEMBERS IN FIJI AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
The Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network has launched the Pacific Islands Rural & Agriculture Stimulus Facility project (PIRAS) aimed at helping farmers in Fiji and Solomon Islands recover from
Pacific Climate Change Centre
The PCCC is a globally respected Centre of Excellence, it is highly valued by our Pacific Islands as it provides practical support and training to address our adaptation and mitigation priorities. Underpinned by strong
“CLIMATE CHANGE IS OCEAN CHANGE” AT COP26, GLOBAL LEADERS SHOULD CONSIDER THE PACIFIC WAY
Climate change is ocean change. This is a reality that has escaped much of the world’s attention, but is daily life in the Pacific Islands. Today’s ocean is warmer and more acidic, sea levels are rising, and extreme
Pacific Conversation – Flex for 1.5: Amplifying our Pacific Voice at COP26
The Twenty-Sixth Conference of the Parties is held in Glasgow, Scotland from 31 October – 12 November 2021 this year. Man made climate change is affecting the way of life as we all know it, and while our Pacific
CHANGING WEATHER HEIGHTENS STROKE RISK
New data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study shows that low ambient temperature is an increasing stroke risk factor around the world. Global warming not only produces hotter summers and extreme weather events
Pacific Conversations – Scaling Up Pacific adaptation to climate change
Impact methodology: Learning from the past, making sense of impact to inform the future. About GCCA+ SUPAThe Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Scaling up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+ SUPA) is about scaling up climate
DRINKABLE WATER EVEN WHEN YOUR DAMS ARE CONTAMINATED WITH ALGAL BLOOMS
While our global diplomats flood the COP26 media cycle, the climate crisis continues to stress natural capital and adversely impact our island communities. One of the negative impacts Island communities will experience
AUT CLIMBS UP THE GLOBAL RANKINGS
AUT has climbed yet again up the global university rankings, now joining the top 250 and further improving its place in the top group of world universities. This is according to the prestigious Times Higher Education