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
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