AUT review finds significant ongoing staff bullying

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 5 February 2021

An independent review has found staff bullying  is a significant and ongoing problem at the Auckland University of Technology.

AUT vice-chancellor Derek McCormack said he and the university's council accepted the findings from the seven-month report authored by Kate Davenport QC.

AUT economics professor Rhema Vaithianathan is a spokesperson for Stop Sexual Harrassment on Campus.

She has deep reservations about the report and joins us now.

RNZ has approachd AUT for comment but has not heard back.