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ISSUE TWO - 2015NEWS FROM AUT | TE WNANGA ARONUI O TMAKI MAKAU RAU

Project15 taking New Zealand innovation globalPage 10

Study reveals what makes Kiwis awesomePage 15

Climate change, environmental journalism and better media ethicsPage 19

Scaling the heightsJordon Milroy - Page 5

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Index

Notice something different? .............................................................................. 03

Woolf Fisher First-in-Family ............................................................................. 04

Jordon Milroy scaling the heights .............................................................. 05

Vice Chancellors Doctoral Scholarships ................................................... 06

Measuring up on student satisfaction ........................................................ 07

Educating our young people for the future ............................................. 07

Muslims at Work summit opens up an important conversation ................................................................................................................ 08

Law School hosts Public Defence Service workshop ........................ 09

Inaugural Entrepreneurship Symposium connects business and research ................................................................................................................ 09

Project15 taking New Zealand innovation global ............................ 10

Sports science research delivers fast bowling gains .......................... 11

Digital technology lowers cost of Mori language learning ......... 12

Knowledge sharing enables indigenous language and cultural revival ............................................................................................................ 13

Discovery and exploration of New Zealand told through braille: Paul Moons The Voyagers ................................................................ 14

Health and wealth: the argument for investment................................. 14

Study reveals what makes Kiwis awesome ............................................... 15

Choosing the right poems for New Zealanders .................................... 15

Sharyn Graham Davies nominated for Ruth Benedict Prize ......... 16

Paramedicine team show skill in Baltimore ............................................. 16

Waste and recycling audit in Hikuwai Plaza ............................................ 17

Plastic bottle kayaks ............................................................................................... 18

Professor Paul Moon on Coast ...................................................................... 18

Climate change, environmental journalism and better media ethics ................................................................................................................. 19

Lifelike trauma simulations give AUT paramedics the edge ......... 20

Vietnams Prime Minister visits AUT ............................................................ 21

Polyfest 2015 ............................................................................................................... 22

AUT remembers ........................................................................................................ 23

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More than 1000 staff, students and alumni served and, in many cases, lost their lives in World Wars One and Two. These brave men and women were nurses, soldiers, officers and technical support people who sacrificed their lives for their country.

Auckland Technical College (now AUT) alumnus Cyril Bassett VC was one of these brave men who served at Gallipoli and in World War Two. Bassett served as a sapper (combat engineer) in the New Zealand Divisional Signal Company, a division of the Corps of New Zealand Engineers as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary

Force (NZEF). He landed at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915. For his hard work and dedication to laying communication lines in even the most hostile of situations he was later appointed to the position of

Corporal. But it was for his bravery under fire at the battle of Chanuk Bair in August 1915 that he was awarded the highest of military decorations; the Victoria Cross Medal. Bassett was the only New Zealander to be awarded this honour for his service at Gallipoli.

After being awarded the Victoria Cross he was promoted to the role of Second Lieutenant. Before being released from the NZEF he was

appointed Lieutenant, a position he then took up again in World War Two serving for the National Military Reserve.

He was a reluctant hero, stating that All his mates ever got were wooden crosses, but 100 years on from his landing at Gallipoli, AUT would like to commemorate one of our bravest alumni Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett, 3 January 1892 to 9 January 1983.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morning,We will remember them.

AUT remembers

This ANZAC Day, AUT was honoured to remember our alumni, staff and students who served and to commemorate those who lost their lives and innocence.


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Polyfest 2015

AUT had a strong presence this year, after a three-year absence from being a stage sponsor. We proudly sponsored the Cook Islands Stage, in a significant year for the Cook Islands with them also celebrating 50 years of self governance. Our integration of Cook Islands Maori Language into our signage and acknowledgement of the self governance, was greatly appreciated by the elders and Cook Islands community.

Thousands of people came through the stand over the four days with over 700 people stopping to take an inspiring selfie to share with their friends and family through facebook and twitter, with the AUT branded boards front and centre.

We also hosted 120 year 6-7 primary school students from several local

schools, in 15 minute workshops where they found out about AUT courses and some of the cool gadgets we have like the 3D-Printers and Motion Capture labs. Many were excited by the prospect of one day getting to use some of the new technology and no doubt will have AUT in mind as they progress through high school.

With AUTs student ambassadors there to answer questions on what to expect from university, and the Student Recruitment team there to answer more detailed enquiries related to courses and entry criteria, visitors seemed pleased to know there was a university in their backyard, that provided the training and education they needed to help them get ahead.

Events such as Polyfest are a great opportunity to speak directly to the local

community and provide real examples of what a difference education can make to them and their families lives.

To see more of AUTs presence at the event, check out the Polyfest video on AUTs YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVcaWh8WwAo

Polyfest is the largest secondary school festival celebrating the various cultures of the Pacific, with 9500 students performing from 63 schools in 221 groups, across four days. The event features traditional music, dance, costume and speeches and is now recognised as an important showcase of New Zealands diverse cultures and a celebration of youth performance.

For many secondary school students in Auckland the ASB Polyfest is one of the most important dates in the calendar year, and with it happening right across the road from AUTs South Campus at the Manukau Sports Bowl, it made sense for AUT to go above and beyond to make sure those attending knew all about what the university has to offer.

Cook Islands Stage proudly sponsored by AUT.

AUTs Inspired at Polyfest 2015 selfies.

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Inside AUT has been redesigned to reflect AUTs new visual identity as part of the brand refresh rolling-out in 2015.

Notice something different?

The Brand team have been working hard to ensure the AUT brand represents New Zealands newest and most contemporary University, embodying the value of our graduates and marketplace reputation.

From June, we will be AUT, not AUT University. The refreshed brand also introduces a dynamic and contemporary visual identity across all University promotional material and communications, including new colours, fonts, patterns and styles. But theres more to it than just a new look with the creation of brand values big-hearted, transformational and spirited to support the refreshed visual identity.

The refreshed brand was developed in-line with the Universitys strategic objectives and to support AUTs continual growth by positioning AUT as the University for our changing world.

Two waves of brand monitoring research indicated the need to reposition our brand to create distance between AUT and other competing universities. The

brand refresh seeks to define and articulate our point of difference to increase our first choice ratings and enrolments in target areas such as post-graduate, first-in-family or the South Campus community. And, by making our current students feel proud of and connected to our brand, we are also working towards increasing student success and retention rates.

The old visual system uses an outdated mismatch of styles, graphics, colours, logos and font, with over 140 sub-brands and more than six identified versions of the master brand logo in existence.

There is strength AUT having one brand that is embedded throughout our University and culture, which sends a powerful message of unity to our staff, students, potential students and other stakeholders. Providing a shared vision for AUT that is understood and supported by staff drives a strong internal culture of pride and confidence.

For more information about the brand refresh and what this means for you, please contact: [email protected]

Director of Brand Georgina Hammond is proud of the work her team has produced, Its rare for such brand development work to be completed largely in-house, but a testament to the high skill level of the new brand team and an insight into whats on offer as a service to the wider University.


4The Woolf Fisher Trust, established by Sir Woolf Fisher, is one of New Zealands largest privately endowed educational trusts. Trust Chair Sir Noel Robinson says they are thrilled to offer this First-in-Family scholarship.

We are proud to have awarded these scholarships and we are excited to see where the recipients academic study will take them in the next few years, says Sir Noel.

Vice Chancellor Derek McCormack says AUT is delighted to have partnered with the Woolf Fisher Trust to establish this scholarship scheme.

Our goal is to encourage these young New Zealanders to follow their dreams by graduating with an AUT degree, to enjoy career success in their chosen field of study, and to provide encouragement and support to others to also aspire to university success, says Mr McCormack.

The 2015 Woolf Fisher Trust AUT Scholarship recipients are:

Brendan Allan (Pukekohe) Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences

Mackenzie Bennett (Tauranga) Bachelor of Business

Kaycee Botcher (Te Aroha) Bachelor of Health Sciences Paramedicine

Alexandra Newman (Manurewa) Bachelor of Visual Arts

Nikora Price (Whangarei) Bachelor of Communication Studies

Stacey Purdon (Te Atatu) Bachelor of Design

Roselyn Singh (Mangere) Bachelor of Health Sciences Health Promotion

Thorne Williams (Warkworth) Bachelor of Communication Studies

Sarah Bowyer (New Plymouth) Bachelor of Arts Criminology

Rebecca Harris (Whitianga) Bachelor of Business

Dana Lawrence (Hastings) Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences

Shae Miller (Waiuku) - Bachelor of Health Science Physiotherapy

The Woolf Fisher Trust will invest more than $2 million over the next 10 years, which will support up to 40 scholarship holders per year by 2017. Twelve scholarships will be offered in 2015, covering the direct costs of study for the duration of their undergraduate degree with a nominal value of around $20,000 per scholarship.

The scholarships are for undergraduate degree study at any of our three campuses and annual renewal of the scholarship will be dependent on the satisfactory academic progress of the scholarship recipient.

The Woolf Fisher Trust considers AUT the ideal partner for this endeavour with its commitment to access and opportunity, academic quality and the wide range of relevant contemporary degrees on offer.

AUT is proud to announce 12 inaugural recipients of the 2015 Woolf Fisher First-in-Family AUT Scholarship. The scholarships are aimed to support and encourage young people from families with no history of successful university education to complete a university degree.

Woolf Fisher First-in-FamilyAUT Scholars lead the way

Ten of the recipients with their certificates.

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Vietnams Prime Minister visits AUT

Discussions with the Vietnamese delegation, headed by the Prime Minister, covered AUTs educational partnership with the country, including training of more than 300 Vietnamese officials in 2014 in areas of human resource development, public policy and English language.

New Zealand Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce told the delegation the visit to AUT was appropriate.

You are sitting in New Zealands youngest and one of our most dynamic universities which is appropriate given Vietnams own youth, dynamism and position in South East Asia.

Links created through education are amongst the strongest links of all, Minister Joyce said.

Prime Minister Dng told the delegation that with a young people making up 40% of Vietnams population there is a huge demand for education and training.

Education is a high priority for social growth and progress and improving peoples lives, he said.

Vice Chancellor Derek McCormack noted Vietnam is an important trading partner for New Zealand and AUTs relationship with the country reflects this.

We are privileged to host Prime Minister Dng. AUTs partnership with Vietnam spans more than two decades and since 2009, we have had more than 1300 Vietnamese students at the University.

Partnerships include programmes with six Vietnamese universities covering the disciplines of Business, Engineering,

Hospitality and Tourism and Aquaculture Research as well as postgraduate placements at AUT from Hue University, said Mr McCormack.

The MOU, signed in Quang Ninh in March, sets the scene for AUT to become a key training and consultancy partner with Quang Ninh province with a focus on hospitality and tourism; promoting academic research and commercial collaboration and the establishment of the Ha Long University in the province.

Work has already begun with AUT being selected to train more than 20 industry and government leaders from the province in a programme lead by AUTs Professor Simon Milne of the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute.

Vice Chancellor Derek McCormack, Prime Minister Nguyn Tn Dng, Minister of Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce and members of the Vietnamese delegation.

AUT marked the 40th anniversary of New Zealands bilateral relationship with Vietnam by hosting Prime Minister Nguyn Tn Dng and signing an education Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnams Quang Ninh province.

Members of the delegation visited AUTs Colab, where Prime Minister Dng tried out an Oculus Rift brain visualisation part of an ongoing research project by Dr Stefan Marks. Derek McCormack and Prime Minister Nguyn Tn Dng.


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This has been made possible thanks to a new state-of-the-art simulation suite for undergraduate and post-graduate Paramedicine students at the South Campus.

Paul Davey, Head of Paramedicine at AUT, says advanced clinical simulation suites of this kind create an important link for students between simulation scenarios and the real-life world of actual trauma and medical emergency.

The high fidelity human simulators mimic human body responses during a medical emergency, and react appropriately to the treatment administered.

This simulation environment enables our students to gain vital in-depth exposure to some of the infrequent medical emergencies they may not encounter during their practical work placements, says Mr Davey.

They will be able to better practise their problem solving skills and improve their speed of response and diagnosis, while also gaining vital theoretical learning. AUTs Paramedicine teaching is all about ensuring our students are immediately

ready for action in real-life situations, and are given every opportunity to develop their clinical skills.

St John National Clinical Planning Manager, Sarah Werner says the AUT graduates they employ in St John are well prepared for employment following graduation.

Clinical simulation is an excellent way to prepare them for what they may experience in clinical practice.

She adds that AUTs degree in Paramedicine is internationally accredited and graduates are sought after both in New Zealand and overseas.

From 2015 the South Campus will be the dedicated home of AUTs Department of Paramedicine. The shift to new and modern premises has been welcomed by students and staff, who value the AUT South Campus proximity to key paramedic employer St John.

Our students currently enjoy a number of practical work placements with St John and health providers around the Manukau area as an integral part of their degree studies, says Professor Max

Abbott, Dean of AUTs Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences.

With the move to South Auckland we have doubled the student intake and plan to expand research and postgraduate study in the area of trauma and emergency care.

Lifelike trauma simulations give AUT paramedics the edge

Lifelike trauma and medical situations will allow AUT Paramedicine students to apply their skills and gain vital practical experience before entering the workforce.

Post-graduate Paramedicine students Joshua Sanders and Harry Misselbrook practice their skills on one of the clinical human simulators.

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Jordon Milroy scaling the heights

Final year PR major student Jordon Milroy is an inspiration to others. Academically he has received AUT High Academic Achievement Awards and has, in his spare time, achieved sporting goals that put him alongside other exceptional young people at a national level. Jordon is not only a Young New Zealander of the Year finalist, but also a tireless worker in the field of disability awareness. Jordon runs a social media campaign Jordons climb for awareness to support his love of climbing towers and to help him raise money to buy wheelchairs for the people of Samoa and other Pacific Islands.

Growing up in Samoa with cerebral palsy meant that Jordon did not have a wheelchair until he came to New Zealand at the age of 18.

Samoas infrastructure is not wheelchair friendly and requires a particularly rugged and durable type of wheelchair. I decided I wanted to help people like me in Samoa, so I researched if there are any suitable wheelchairs and worked with a US-based company that designs wheelchairs for Africa they sent me one to try out, explains Jordon.

As a result of Jordon climbing the Sky Tower and raising money, he was able to fulfil his dream, and donated 16 wheelchairs to Samoa. Since that first climb, Jordon set his sights on other climbing feats and has to date climbed eight towers and one bridge in three countries climbs which have totalled

over 10,000 steps. Along the way he has gathered a number of supporters his Facebook page alone has over 18,000 followers. The goal more wheelchairs for other Pacific people.

At AUT Jordon plays an important role as the Student Disability Officer for AuSM where he provides a voice for disabled students at AUT.

Jordon says he was not prepared for university by his school, who did not see his tertiary education as a possibility, but was encouraged by his parents who, despite not having attended university themselves, believed that education was his best option as he could not use his body for physical work and would need to use his brain. Although the conversation at school about university focussed on the need to be independent you are on your own and no-one cares Jordon has found AUT different to that expectation. If you try hard and are seen to be working then a lot of help is forthcoming, with support provided in every way possible, including in Jordons case, a helper who types up his assignments.

As a disabled student Jordon needs to be more organised than non-impaired students and says that many lecturers have no experience of disabled students in their classes. Sometimes they freak out but they just need to sit down with the individual and find out what they need.

Jordon says the language around disability is always changing and although he is very comfortable with the word disability, which he explains is an integral part of his identity, not all students identify as strongly as he does. We do not have a strong uptake for events aimed at a disabled group, probably for this reason, he explains. However, the issues around access both to learning opportunities and physical environments remain important, for example wheelchair access in some of the lecture theatres in the Sir Paul Reeves Building is difficult, and the use of the disabled bathrooms by non-disabled students is an ongoing issue. Jordon is also keen to remind us that not all disabilities are as visible as his, and because of this some can fall under the radar.

AUTs re-launched staff network Disability, Access and Inclusion Network aims to promote and celebrate disability culture, by raising awareness and promoting understanding of disability and inclusion through education.

If youre interested in disability, access and inclusion (regardless of your abilities) contact Anna Nelson: [email protected].

Works for the Cerebral Palsy Society while finishing the last year of his degree PR major in BCS.

Trains does steps each day for example 1600 steps around the Hillsborough coastal walkway. Sky Tower climb took 25 minutes 1029 steps.

Believes that succeeding in his studies is his ultimate way to thank his parents for all their support and the sacrifices they have made for him.

Has a Facebook page: www.facebook.com/jordonsclimb Jordan Milroy climbing towers.

Jordons message: you may be disabled but you can still set goals and achieve them.


6Vice Chancellors Doctoral Scholarships

AUT has awarded 13 Vice Chancellors Doctoral Scholarships to high calibre students in the first round for 2015. The students each received scholarships worth $95,000 to support their doctoral study at AUT.

Derek McCormack with the 13 Vice Chancellors Doctoral Scholars.

The scholarships are aimed at assisting high achieving international and domestic doctoral candidates to complete their doctoral studies. The $95,000 covers tuition fees for a three-year doctoral degree, as well as a $25,000 annual stipend to cover living costs.

Vice Chancellor Derek McCormack says, There is a huge emotional and financial cost to students completing doctoral studies. The Vice Chancellors Doctoral Scholarships aim to help reduce the stress, not just on the students, but on their friends and families.

One of the students Shereen Moataz travelled from Egypt to complete her doctoral thesis titled Embedded Systems for Computer-aided diagnosis/detection of melanoma under the supervision of Associate Professor Hamid Gholamhosseini in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies.

Without becoming a recipient of the Vice Chancellors Doctoral Scholarships, I would not have been able to come to New Zealand and study here at AUT, she said.

The March 2015 Vice Chancellor Doctoral Scholarships were awarded to:

David Airehrour: Developing a Framework for Secure Routing Protocols for Manets.

Fahimeh Zaeri: Exploring the potentials for the application of simulation methods in construction projects delivery in New Zealand.

Francis Bourgeois II: The Role of Strength and Power in Change of Direction Performance.

Lorenzo Fiori: Assessing the Effects of Humpback Whale-based Tourism in Hervey Bay, Queensland: Behavioural Responses of Whales to Vessels and in Water Tourism Activities.

Maree Lockie: How online reviews are read.

Marian Makkar: Luxury for oneself or luxury for others? Exploring the underlying emotions of inconspicuous luxury consumption.

Rafael San Jose Iglesias: The Effects of Brand Alliances between Global and Local Brands on Consumers Perceptions and Attitudes.

Reza Nemati: The role of bile acids in the remission of diabetes after bariatric surgery.

Helen Sao Keng Mok: In Vivo Study of Plasmacytoma Variant Tanslocation 1 Gene (PVT1) as a Novel Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy.

Shabnam Jalili Moghaddam: What is the Relationship Between Dietary Patterns and Glycaemic Control in Children?

Shereen Moataz: Embedded Systems for Computer-aided Diagnosis/Detection of Melanoma.

Shima Behnoosh: Investigating the role of social marketing programs in attracting clients to sports clubs.

Vathna Am: Economic Optimisation of a Geothermal Binary Cycle Power Plant.

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Conservation issues, loss of land, enforced location and culture and language erosion are a few of the worries troubling low-lying Pacific communities, and for indigenous communities, relocation will ultimately lead to culture and language loss.

A seminar on the ethical reporting of environmental risks, particularly in relation to the Pacific, was hosted by the AUTs Pacific Media Centre, bringing together students, teaching staff, members of the public and influential climate change advocates in a forum of open dialogue and debate.

The seminar featured Science communication specialist Dr Jan Sinclair of Massey University; whose focus is on analysing science issues and the challenges of communicating complex stories and policy and empowerment; and AUT doctoral candidate and Kiribati Independent editor Taberannang Korauaba who has recently conducted field work researching what it is like on low-lying atolls and islands of Micronesia.

Dr Sinclair began reporting on climate change in 1987 for The Dominion newspaper, and in the early 1990s for The Observer and New Scientist in the United Kingdom.

Dr Sinclair addressed the breakdown in communication from the experts to the public.

People get most of their information about science from the news media. With climate change and sea level rise, the news media have not adequately informed people of real risks to life, health, property and economic security. Nor have they passed on readily available scientific advice about how to reduce or prevent these risks. Instead, climate change has been represented as an issue which is political but not physical, and global therefore not local.

Korauaba calls for better training in the Pacific, geared for the countries themselves and by their own in-country trainers especially in the low-lying countries of Micronesia that are in the front line of climate change.

Pacific people are linked to their land in a cultural and spiritual way, which makes messages about their changing environment hard to receive, according to Korauaba.

Both Korauaba and Dr Sinclair suggested a collaborative approach to informing the public in the correct way.

Korauaba believes pushing the message through respected community leaders to communities in the Pacific is a way for people to realise somethings going on.

The Director of AUTs Pacific Media Centre Professor David Robie says there needs to be better reporting of risks and remedies from the science reports for communities to be informed.

Failure to report adequately about the risks and remedies is an issue of journalism ethics, says Professor Robie.

Ironically the role of some Pacific government offices, and how they project the climate change story globally, contrasts with how they are framed and packaged locally or not at all, with the local media often left out of the picture completely.

First, they belong to the land, their land is theirs, they really have a strong connection there. So when the media is trying to work to cover the story, people dont want to hear that because they dont want to hear stories about theyre sinking, theyre going to die.

Climate change, environmental journalism and better media ethics

Science communication specialist Dr Jan Sinclair speaking at climate change media seminar.

Photo: Del Abcede/Pacific Media Centre.


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Plastic bottle kayaks

Arun George Paul is a second year Bachelor of Business student at AUT, who has also completed additional papers in Computer and Information Sciences. It was while Arun was completing a Computing Technology in Society paper that he became more aware of how current society can negatively impact the environment through electronic waste and single-use materials.

Arun heard about a group of young people who were working together to make kayaks using recycled materials and decided to volunteer. Together they have created several kayaks using plastic bottles. Arun was involved in the project from the start contributing to the design, construction and operation of the plastic bottle kayaks. He also recruited AUT mechanical engineering student Noble Clement to assist with the construction and former AUT student Jamie McDell.

The aim of the project was to make the plastic bottle kayaks and then paddle along the coastal Abel Tasman National Park on a three-day adventure. Unfortunately Arun was unable to participate, but plans to attend future expeditions.

Arun says, the entire project is about making people aware of the amount of single use materials (especially plastic bottles) in our environment that dont break down. This project highlighted the importance of reuse, responsible consumerism and proper recycling.

The team also worked with sustainability and education experts to design lessons for the current school curriculum. School students have helped name the kayaks, had video interaction with the crew during the journey and learnt about marine ecology, sustainability and social enterprise. Now that the expedition is complete school students will be challenged to apply what they learnt and undertake environmental actions within their schools and communities.

Professor Paul Moon pictured with interviewer Neil Oliver, historian and archaeologist, in Russell at the end of February during the filming of the BBC series Coast set in New Zealand. Professor Moon was interviewed during the segment on Russell, and provided information about the local history.

The episode will be shown in September/October this year on TV One and in Europe on Sky television.

Professor Paul Moon on Coast

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The level of satisfaction students have with their programmes of study and with their AUT experience is increasing, with 88% of students saying they would recommend AUT to others.

The annual AUT University Experience Survey (UES) was completed by 29% of AUTs 26,000 students at the end of 2014 and is intended to ensure the University for our changing world continues to listen to those we serve and adapt to their needs.

Vice Chancellor Derek McCormack said an exceptional student learning experience is always top of mind and the

survey is one of the ways we assess this to improve.

We cant be complacent, and feedback from a large number of students is enormously helpful in doing better for all of our students, said Mr McCormack.

This research is complemented by the Annual Programme Survey (APS) that assessed 187 programmes and 1780 individual papers. This survey, with a response rate of 34%, showed an overall satisfaction rate of 81% (with 13.5% of students neutral about their programmes and 5.4% dissatisfied).

The APS survey showed a 5% increase in satisfaction with the quality of teaching, a key theme in AUTs strategic plan, since 2012. Focus areas for improvement include organisation and appropriateness of workload.

The UES also noted that distance learning students and students who are deaf or have an impairment are slightly less likely to be satisfied with their AUT experience. These are areas of focus, along with ensuring that facilities at the Universitys North Shore and South campuses continue to be improved to create the world class environment offered by AUTs City Campus.

If we dont change the way we teach, our young people will be unprepared for the world of the future, says Professor Gilbert, who recently led a new forum for teachers to discuss the future of education.

The research forum, named Edge Work, helped teachers to explore ways to think, act and engage differently, to prepare young people for a range of educational futures.

She believes teachers are being told to focus on measureable results instead of the overall picture.

The big aim of our current schooling system is to get students into university, so they can get a job. But with technology advancing much faster than we can keep up with and computers becoming more and more powerful, the nature of work is constantly changing. By the time graduation rolls around, the jobs they were prepared for might not even exist anymore.

Producing future-ready students, she says, is not about equipping them with the latest iPads or decking out the classroom with the latest technological

gear. It is a fundamental shift in the way educators think.

AUT and Edge Work will facilitate an education system that nurtures curious minds and foster innovation and new ideas skills integral to solving world issues such as climate change and social inequality.

Our education system was set up to serve the collective good and create the kind of society we want to live in. Our schools are the prime space in which we try to create the kind of society we want, she says.

Measuring up onstudent satisfaction

Our students satisfaction with their experience of university learning is measured each year by surveys and were heading in the right direction.

Educating our young people for the future

Annual Programme Survey results

Professor Jane Gilbert

Producing future-ready students isnt about equipping them with

the latest technology, its about giving them the skills to solve

problems, says AUTs education professor Jane Gilbert.


8Convened by Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio, the summit attracted human resource professionals, managers, organisations, public sector leaders and community stakeholders interested in improving their understanding of, and provision for, the growing Muslim workforce in New Zealand.

Topics covered at the summit included the Muslim concept of work, what work success means to Muslims and the experience of Muslim women in the workplace.

Dr Jackie Blue, New Zealands Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, opened the summit by speaking on how organisations can seek to incorporate religion in their workplaces. Other speakers included Kevin Jenkins, Managing Director of MartinJenkins, Sheikh Rafat, the Imam at AUT, Anne Lee and Fetiya Mohammed from the Umma Trust, New Zealands first ethnic police inspector Rakesh Naidoo,

and Mohamud Mohamed, Managing Director of the Ethnic Perspective Advisory Services.

Professor Pio said, The summit aimed to dispel myths, shed light on the Islamic culture and create understanding of the diversity within our Muslim workforce.

There are more than 46,000 Muslims in New Zealand who hail from over 50 countries.

Muslims in New Zealand have a lot in common but are a very diverse group that crosses the spectrum of socio economic status, skills and education.

By sharing information and research we wanted to encourage delegates to promote understanding and positive change at an individual, organisational and national level.

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy said that the Human Rights Commission welcomed the discussion on

Muslims in the workplace, This forum provides the chance to discuss important challenges and opportunities. Education and awareness is critical to building a greater understanding for all New Zealanders.

The Office of Ethnic Communities works to promote the economic benefits of our ethnically diverse population by identifying and removing barriers to participation and creating conditions conducive to increased participation. We believe people from diverse backgrounds, including Muslims, provide a positive contribution to New Zealands multicultural workforce and economy. We applaud AUT for fostering greater social cohesion by convening this summit, said the Director of the Office of Ethnic Communities Berlinda Chin.

The Summit was supported by the Office of Ethnic Communities, the Human Rights Commission and the NZ Police.

Vivien Verheijen (Office of Ethnic Communities)and Naima Ali (Refugee Youth Action Network)at AUTs Muslims at Work Stakeholder Summit

Muslims at Work summit opens up an important conversation

AUT led conversations surrounding the challenges Muslims face in the New Zealand workplace at a summit held in April.

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Student waste auditors helped to separate recyclable and compostable material from the waste bins. They also separated the contents of the recycling bins to identify the level of contamination (non-recyclables) within the recycling bin.

During the audit the items from each bin were weighed and the results show that the external rubbish bins around Hikuwai Plaza contained 16% of recyclables (plastic, glass and cans) and 46% of food waste. The remaining amount totalling 36% was rubbish. Conversely

the recycling bins included 25% non-recyclable and 75% recyclable materials. These figures show an improvement when compared with AUTs first audit of external recycling bins at the North Shore Campus in 2012 (external recycling did not exist at the City Campus in 2012). This revealed a higher amount of non-recyclables (42%) in the external recycling bins.

Improvement is still required to further reduce contamination in recycling bins; as non-recyclables in recycling bins jeopardise the recycling process.

Likewise recyclables that are put in the waste bins represent a resource that is treated like waste. Additional communication initiatives will be implemented with the aim of reducing contamination within the recycling bins.

The waste auditors included students from the AuSM Sustainability Club, some of which are completing degrees within the Business School and the School of Engineering, majoring in accounting, marketing, sustainable enterprise, business and information systems, and project management.

A group of AUT students and staff conducting a waste and recycling audit in Hikuwai Plaza.

Waste and recycling audit in Hikuwai Plaza

A group of AUT students and staff completed a waste and recycling audit in Hikuwai Plaza during late March. The waste audit was designed to highlight to student volunteer auditors, as well as students passing by, what to recycle and why. Also, the level of contamination in the rubbish and recycling bins was recorded and displayed to students in a visible way.


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Sex and Sexualities in Contemporary Indonesia, published in late December 2014 by Routledge, was co-edited by Sharyn and Linda Rae Bennett.

The innovative book explores the issues of sex, sexuality and sexual relationships in Indonesia, which are hotly debated and often trigger complex and passionate responses. The book highlights historical and newer forms of sexual diversity, as well as the social responses they provoke. It critiques differing representations of

sexuality, pointing to the multiplicity of discourses within which sexuality and the sexual are understood in modern-day Indonesia.

The Ruth Benedict Prize is presented each year at the American Anthropological Associations annual meeting to acknowledge excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered topic.

Sharyn Graham Davies nominated for Ruth Benedict Prize

Paramedicine team show skill in Baltimore

Four lecturers from the Department of Paramedicine Luke Summers, Brendan Wood, Haydn Drake and Sarah Gordon recently participated in the 2015 EMSToday Conference/JEMS Games in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. TeamAUT were able to showcase their skills at the games and gain valuable insight on the latest research in the world of paramedicine.

Competing against 26 teams from all across America, and from as far afield as London, TeamAUT relished in healthy collegial dialogue with their overseas counterparts.

Not routinely accustomed to using CPAP (a treatment that uses mild pressure to keep the airways open) or delivering CPR while moving through a serpentine course, while being timed, TeamAUT had agreed before the competition to not compromise patient care for speed,

for fear of being disqualified. The final scenario involved a police helicopter crash, post police car chase, and a number of patients with mixed injuries and levels of severity.

The team placed 21st in the preliminaries. While this may not seem impressive on the surface, the judges complimented them highly on the quality of patient care and CPR delivery. TeamAUT was advised that they achieved the highest Q-CPR score (a measure of the overall quality of CPR delivery) of the competition, while some teams failed to gain scores above the 50 percentile.

Sarah was also proud individual winner of the Zoll CPR challenge, scoring herself a brand new Littman stethoscope.

The competition was won by returning champions, the Fire Department of New York, with a preliminary scenario time of 13 minutes. TeamAUT completed with a time of 26 minutes, on par with teams from London and Australia.

The conference itself featured presentations on advanced airway management in messy airways; stress in the paramedic student classroom through to reports on the effectiveness of new Urgent Community Care models in Australia.

The competition and conference provided a solid foundation for networking and assisted in getting AUT on the world map, further supplementing the teams success at the Ferno Australia Paramedic Simulation Challenge in Australia last year, says Luke Summers.

Sharyn Graham Davies, AUTs Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Public Policy is nominated for the 2015 Ruth Benedict Prize for the best edited anthropology book for Sex and Sexualities in Contemporary Indonesia: Sexual Politics, Health, Diversity and Representations.

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Keynote speakers were the award-winning New Zealand engineering entrepreneur Bill Buckley, Professor Norris Krueger from the School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix and Entrepreneurship Northwest and AUT Professor of Entrepreneurship Trish Corner.

The Entrepreneurship Symposium was presented by the Management Department of AUT Business School, in partnership with the Entrepreneurs Organisation Auckland. Management lecturer Smita Singh was the lead organizer.

Head of AUTs Management Department Professor Stephen Teo said, The

inaugural symposium aimed to create an ongoing dialogue about entrepreneurship from many different perspectives. The focus was on sharing knowledge and creating connections between those who work, research and teach in this field.

Entrepreneurs Organisation Auckland spokesman James McGlinn said, The Entrepreneurs Organisation is proud to partner with AUT University to deliver the inaugural Entrepreneurship Symposium. Entrepreneurship today takes many forms beyond the purely commercial; the symposium facilitated experience sharing and learning to benefit entrepreneurs across new ventures of all kinds.

Inaugural Entrepreneurship Symposium connects business and research

AUTs inaugural Entrepreneurship Symposium was a great success, bringing together a diverse group of entrepreneurs, researchers and business leaders with a shared interest in entrepreneurship.

AUTs School of Law hosted the 2015 Public Defence Service national workshop in April.

The professional development workshop comprised two days of speakers and sessions tailored to educate and inform criminal lawyers employed by the Public Defence Service (PDS), which is part of the Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of Justice Hon Amy Adams opened the workshop and welcomed the more than 145 lawyers in attendance. The Director of PDS Madeleine Laracy emphasised in her address that regular

and high quality legal training is one of the greatest benefits that PDS has to offer criminal lawyers and is an area of strategic focus for the organisation. To that end, a centralised PDS National Training Programme has been implemented.

AUTs Dean of Law Professor Charles Rickett said, It is important for the Law School to engage with our profession by hosting events like this on campus. The PDS workshop is a chance to bring members of the legal profession from across New Zealand onto campus and let them know a little about the law degree

we offer. It also means we can include some of our fourth year law students, giving them a taste of the life of a lawyer and the chance to network with potential future professional colleagues.

Dr John Edgar, who organised the workshop, said: The hosting of the event by AUTs Law School underlined the positive relationship between the two organisations. During the 2015 academic year PDS staff will also be giving guest lectures while AUT law students will be able to apply for the newly established PDS summer internships.

Professor Charles Rickett (AUT Law Dean), John.Edgar (Deputy Public Defender, Waitakere), Madeleine Laracy (Director, Public Defence Service) and Minister of Justice Hon Amy Adams.

Law School hosts Public Defence Service workshop

AUT management lecturer and organiser of the Entrepreneurship Symposium Smita Singh with keynote speaker Bill Buckley, President of Buckley Systems Ltd.


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Project15 taking New Zealand innovation global

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Rob Allen opened the conference with reference to AUTs history as a start-up institution just 15 years ago and that AUT shared an understanding of the challenges for modern entrepreneurs.

Day one of Project15 included keynote speeches from international speakers, including Dave Schiff of Colorado-based ad agency Made, Australian start-up wizard Steve Sammartino, chief tech evangelist at Microsoft James Whittaker and David Smith from Silicon Valley Business School. The programme also included presentations from Malcolm Rands of Ecostore, New Zealand entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds and Rightway CEO Greg Sheehan.

A common theme emerged during day one as presenters spoke of new ways to disrupt the status quo by setting unique parameters for the way business is done.

While creativity is required from New Zealand start-up organisations James Whittaker aptly said, if you dont know anything how can you ever create anything? Therefore, subject mastery and knowledge is a pre-requisite for success.

Whittakers comments were re-enforced by AUTs Professor of International Business Simon Mowatt. Mowatt said that external factors such as supply chain operators can determine the success of a product regardless of quality and that New Zealand entrepreneurs need

to determine what is unique about their offering before going to market.

AUT graduate and Vend CEO Vaughn Rowsell closed day one with practical advice on gaining knowledge of international markets get on a plane and see the world.

Day two of the conference kicked off with a keynote from Triumph and Disaster founder and former Black Cap Dion Nash, followed by four tailored workshops that addressed international marketing, global growth strategies, overcoming the challenges of foreign markets and IP innovation.

Executive Producer and conference organiser Martin Bell said Over the one and a half day conference more than 270 registered attendees gained unique and meaningful insights into the why and the how of taking New Zealand products and services global. Feedback from speakers, attendees and sponsors alike has been overwhelmingly positive, with several saying it was the best business event they had ever attended.

Project15 is a collaboration between founding partners AUT, The US Embassy and Social Media New Zealand. The conference forms part of an extended series of activities during 2015, which includes regular Project Connect networking events.

For more information visit: www.the-project.co.nz

An engaging line-up of 21 local and international speakers took to the stage at AUT to tackle to subject of Taking New Zealand innovation global. Attendees were treated to anecdotes, case studies and first-hand accounts from entrepreneurs and experts on international expansion.

Executive Producer and conference organiser Martin Bell.AUTs Professor of International Business Simon Mowatt.

Previously Unavailable founder and principle James Hurman presents on advertising creativity and disruption at Project15.

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The latest results released in April show Kiwis aged 55+ were more likely to be awesome (enjoying extremely high levels of wellbeing) than those under 35 years of age.

According to Professor Grant Schofield who led the study, the project aims to help New Zealanders live well and experience quality of life right to the end. Id like to see people live long and drop dead, however the current reality is most of us will suffer around 12 years of disability.

This research is about unravelling what makes people well and what helps people to flourish in other words what produces awesomeness, he says.

Ten-thousand New Zealanders were surveyed as part of the project, which was carried out by AUTs Human Potential Centre in partnership with Sovereign. It is the first survey of its kind, designed specifically to measure the wellbeing of New Zealanders.

The research showed that having positive relationships and living in supportive communities were important to wellbeing. Other factors associated with higher rates of wellbeing included income and the ability to live comfortably on your earnings; using your strengths and being satisfied in your job; and health status and lifestyle including sleeping well, eating well and exercising.

According to Dr Aaron Jarden, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and a central member of the research team, Improving our wellbeing isnt easy; it takes hard work over a period of time, but it is possible to improve our quality of life. This research gives us some useful insights into how.

To see the full 2015 Sovereign Wellbeing Index report, and to take the quiz on your own wellbeing, visit mywellbeing.co.nz.

SOVEREIGN WELLBEING INDEX2015

www.mywellbeing.co.nz

Choosing the right poems for

New Zealanders

Poet Siobhan Harvey, who recently gained tenure as a permanent lecturer at the Centre for Creative Writing in the Faculty of Culture and Society, is having prolonged success with a book she co-edited.

Essential New Zealand Poems, which she edited with James Norcliffe and Harry Ricketts, has now gone past six months in the top 10 of the New Zealand best sellers charts.

Literary blogger Graham Beattie of Beatties Books said it was a surprising and a delightful achievement for a book on poetry.

Essential New Zealand Poems co-edited by AUTs Siobhan Harvey, and James Norcliffe and Harry Ricketts.

Study reveals what makes Kiwis awesome

The 2015 Sovereign Wellbeing Index has revealed new insights into New Zealanders wellbeing.


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The Voyagers tells dramatic stories of Europeans discovering and exploring New Zealand during the first half of the 1800s. Ocean adventures, cross-country trekking, imperial and spiritual conquests, first contacts with Mori, artists seeking the sublime, scientific discovery and commercial pursuits all feature in the book.

Moon, a Professor of History in the Faculty of Mori and Indigenous Development/Te Ara Poutama, says he is pleased to have had his book selected for translation into braille.

Its fantastic that more people will be able to discover more and more about the country they live in: the expeditions of Jules Dumont dUrville, Samuel Marsden, Ferdinand von Hochstetter

and Charles Heaphy, as well as an array of lesser-known but no less intrepid explorers soldiers and sailors, travellers and settlers, missionaries, artists and officials all of whom ventured from their homelands in search of new horizons in frontier New Zealand, says Moon.

Blind Foundation Library Collections and Access Manager Marianne Kraack says the Foundation is thrilled to be able to offer The Voyagers for its clients.

New Zealand history is always a popular topic in our library and I am sure this will be a popular addition to our collection.

The Voyagers is available in braille from the Blind Foundations Parnell library.

Discovery and exploration of New Zealand told through braille: Paul Moons The Voyagers

History lovers who are blind or have low vision will have another book to add to their list with the introduction of AUTs Professor Paul Moons book The Voyagers to the Blind Foundations braille library this month.

Health and wealth: the argument for investment

Professor McKee concluded there is a strong economic case for investment in health. However he cautioned that this case is nuanced and argues that the better health professionals are able to understand and communicate that nuance, the more credibly they can present their case.

In addition to shedding light on those nuances, Professor McKee posed some thought-provoking questions. How valuable are extra years of life to us as individuals? How much would you be

prepared to personally spend for an extra year of life? Do we appreciate the impact of poor health on income, productivity, labour supply, education and savings?

Professor McKee, who qualified in medicine in Belfast, believes economics is a vital language for achieving improvements to our healthcare systems. He promotes the notion of a virtuous circle whereby investment in (rather than simply funding of) health, wealth and healthcare systems produces mutually beneficial outcomes.

The Deans Lecture Series aims to stimulate debate about important issues in science, health, sport and recreation, and features distinguished speakers. Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Research Director for the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and President of the European Public Health Association. He is also an active contributor to public discussion of health, and is active on Twitter (@martinmckee).

On 15 April the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences welcomed visiting expert Professor Martin McKee to the North Campus for a public lecture on health and wealth. Part of the Deans Lecture Series, the event saw Professor McKee explore the argument for investment in health and examine the evidence behind the health is wealth argument.

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AUT is pleased to have contributed to their success, through research into the performance of crickets revered fast bowlers. Scientists from the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) and New Zealand Cricket have identified the biomechanical and physiological requirements of fast bowlers, as well as best practice for injury prevention and workload monitoring.

The findings, published in the international Strength and Conditioning Journal, have informed New Zealands fast bowling development programme and conditioning approach, and the results have shown. New Zealand went into the Cricket World Cup with a strong line-up of pace bowlers, who bolstered the Black Caps campaign.

The benefit of a cricket side having a genuinely fast bowler in their armoury is widely acknowledged. Faster ball release speed provides less reaction time for the batter, making it more difficult for the batter to execute their stroke.

However fewer people are aware of the physicality of their role. Fast bowlers are the workhorses of a cricket side, says Professor John Cronin, Co-Director of SPRINZ. They handle immense physical demands, undertake by far the greatest workload and are expected to run like the wind when they attack the crease during

the bowling action.

Fast bowlers were shown to cover an average of 16 kilometres in a one-day game or 22-28 kilometres during a single day of a multi-day game often repeating this many times over. Compared with other positions, fast bowlers travelled an additional 20-80 percent in distance, covered up to seven times the distance during high-intensity movement patterns (sprinting and striding), sprinted up to eight times more than other positions, and had at least 35 percent less recovery time between high-intensity efforts.

Theres such a science to conditioning these players and monitoring their workload. They require serious strength, speed, power and endurance to perform, says Professor Cronin.

Professor Cronin and his co-authors Bryan Stronach (General Manager of High Performance for New Zealand Cricket) and Marc Portus (Head of Movement Science at the Australian Institute of Sport), talk to the importance of the three phases of bowling the run up, pre-delivery stride and delivery stride.

Run-up speed specifically that of the final five metres of the run-up was shown to affect ball speed of the fast bowler. This means strength and conditioning coaches can directly

influence fast bowlers ball velocity, by focussing on improvements to running technique, power and speed in order to increase maximum running speed and then transfer that speed to a bowlers delivery.

Also significant predictors of ball speed were the angle of the bowlers front leg and deceleration or braking strength exerted during the delivery stride.

In addition, the research shed light on the high injury prevalence among pace bowlers. Fast bowlers experience considerable ground reaction forces through the delivery stride up to 12 times their body weight. For a 100kg player that would equate to 1200kg of force on the front foot during delivery. To withstand this force and aid absorption of repeated impacts, a high level of leg strength is needed specifically eccentric leg strength, says Professor Cronin.

As a result of this research we now have better insight into how to create athletic fast bowlers, who are more resistant to injury, he says.

Despite Australia claiming victory in the Cricket World Cup final, the Black Caps have drawn widespread praise from fans and media for the calibre of their performance during the tournament. British newspaper The Guardian labelled their performance inspiring and the Black Caps were largely seen as the dominant team of the competition.

Sports science research delivers fast bowling gains


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AUT lecturer Hmi Kelly says Te Pihinga is giving him ready access to exercises and learning materials for

his students language learning journey.

Digital technology lowers cost of Mori language learning

Mori language learners will benefit from more affordable and increased digital learning support thanks to the further development of AUTs Te Whanake app series for Apple iPads and Android tablets.

Te Pihinga sits at the lower-intermediate level of the Mori language course and follows on from Te Kkano which was introduced to Te Whanake in May last year by Te Ipukarea, AUTs National Mori Language Institute.

AUT Professor in Mori Innovation and Development John Moorfield says this second stage of the Te Whanake app development is a major step forward in improving the programme for learners from beginner through to advanced level te reo Mori.

Mori language learners, including students of AUTs Faculty of Mori and Indigenous Development/Te Ara Poutama, have the option of using hard copy textbooks which retail at $62.56 +

GST, study guides and dictionaries, along with online resources, or of purchasing the less expensive Te Kkano and/or the Te Pihinga stages of the Te Whanake app. The Te Whanake app also allows quick access to the popular Te Aka online dictionary.

As well as the increased mobility that an app on an iPad or Android tablet provides, the Te Kkano and the Te Pihinga stages of the app also bring together the textbook, animations, podcasts, exercise sheets and the television programmes of the Te Whanake series in one structured programme, says Professor Moorfield.

The team will also be introducing a study guide within the app that will be available later this year as a free upgrade.

Moorfield adds that the app language series is also a great resource for teachers and educators.

Its structured programme format introduces particular

exercises and activities from the various resources at the appropriate time, says Professor Moorfield.

AUT lecturer Hmi Kelly who teaches

the intermediate level Mori language classes says he is looking forward to seeing how his students engage with Te Pihinga in digital format.

And as a language teacher, Te Pihinga is giving me ready access to exercises and learning materials for each learners language learning journey.

Professor Moorfield, with support from AUT Professor Tania Kaai and Te Ipukarea staff, created the resources that make up the Te Whanake series while the technical development of the app itself has been done through web and mobile developers and designers, VO2 Web Design.

The development team will now set about producing the third stage of the Te Whanake app, Te Mhuri, the upper-intermediate level course in Mori language, for release later this year.

Te Ara Poutama and Te Ipukarea are proud to be helping promote bilingualism in New Zealand through initiatives like Te Whanake, says Professor Moorfield.

The Te Whanake app is available to download for tablet devices in the Apple app store and Google Play.

Digital innovations like this are enabling more affordable and accessible learning opportunities for students of te reo Mori.

Mori language in New Zealand (Source: 2013 Te Kupenga survey, Statistics New Zealand)

257,500 (55%) Mori adults had some ability to speak te reo Mori; that is, they were able to speak more than a few words or phrases in the language. This compares with 153,500 (42%) in 2001.

50,000 (11%) Mori adults could speak te reo Mori very well or well; that is, they could speak about almost anything or many things in Mori.

Between 2001 and 2013 there was a large increase in the proportion of younger Mori who reported some ability to speak te reo Mori.

164,500 (35%) Mori adults reported speaking some te reo Mori within the home.

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Knowledge sharing enables indigenous language and cultural revival

Mori and Hawaiian synergies

A worldwide voyage for education, culture, sustainability and leadership

The need for support from the critical mass to realise full indigenous language revitalisation, was a key point raised at a recent cultural summit organised by AUTs Faculty of Mori and Indigenous Development/Te Ara Poutama and Te Ipukarea, AUTs National Mori Language Institute.

We have a commitment to internationalise the right to language, and build greater proficiency in our

youth, says AUT professor and Director of Te Ipukarea, Dr Tania Kaai.

But, we need people on the table to effect this positive change for our indigenous languages; we need the critical mass. There is enough research to show that te reo Mori and Hawaiian are both still on the list of endangered languages in the World they are both still at risk, says Professor Kaai.

Professor Tania Kaai, We have a commitment to internationalise the right to language, and build greater proficiency in our youth.

This theme was reiterated by a 30 strong delegation from Hawaii, which included representatives from the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Department of Education, Kamehameha Schools, and the Polynesian Voyaging Society, while on the New Zealand leg of the Mlama Honua Worldwide Voyage.

President of the University of Hawaii, David Lassner, reemphasised the

importance of Professor Kaais call to action.

Ten years ago, we were new to this concept of language revitalisation. In many ways, New Zealand was ahead of us when it came to keeping their indigenous language alive. In Hawaii, we came pretty close to losing our language, and Hawaiian students were severely under-represented and under-succeeding in University education.

We have a commitment to Hawaiian people, to our Hawaiian language, and to enrol more Hawaiian students into University, says President Lassner.

Today, we have the opportunity through a Memorandum of Understanding with AUT to share in

key learnings around language revival and Mori and Pacific advancement.

AUT signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Hawaii West Oahu in 2010, and another MOU with University of Hawaii Manoa in 2011. The tertiary institutions have benefitted from student and staff exchanges, applied research and immersion language programmes at both undergraduate and post-graduate level.

Being in a global community like this enables us to share ideas and strategies on how we handle issues around language and cultural revitalisation, says AUT te reo Mori language senior lecturer Dr Dean Mahuta.

The Hikianalia sailing off in the Waitemata Harbour.

The Hawaiian delegation also included the Polynesian Voyaging Society, who crew on the Mlama Honua Worldwide Voyage of the Polynesian double-hulled sailing canoes, the Hklea and the Hikianalia.

The Societys mission is to perpetuate the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration through experiential programmes that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves, and their natural and cultural environments.

As part of the Malama Honua Worldwide Voyages 40th anniversary celebrations, six students and staff members from Te Ara Poutama got the once-in-lifetime opportunity to experience ocean sailing on the Hikianalia in Aucklands Waitemata Harbour.

Te Ara Poutama Master of Arts student Toi Williams says the sailing really anchored the importance of getting more youth to rethink and engage in experiences that reaffirm the value of culture, sustainability, leadership and education.

To actually be on a vessel that sails traditionally, and that has as one of its key purposes, the aim of revitalising the knowledge of our ancestors, was an invaluable experience.

Te Ara Poutama staff and students on Hikianalia.


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