AUT University's Journalism major concentrates on today’s rapidly changing news media environment, which requires journalists with a professional focus who know how to find, write and produce news using multimedia technologies, and who have a solid grounding in broad communication theory.
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Danni Mulrennan
Lecturer & team leader
Danielle (Danni) Mulrennan has lectured at AUT University in the journalism and television curricular areas since in 2005, after twenty years in television broadcast news
and sports production with New Zealand’s leading networks and production companies. Danni was working for TVNZ in Avalon, Wellington at the time of the Rainbow Warrior bombing
and recalls how it shocked the nation. She also had a minor on-screen role as a reporter in an American tele-feature on the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.
Producing video stories on news themes related to the Rainbow Warrior made this assignment authentic and meaningful for the students. Many students say they felt privileged to be involved in such a culturally significant project.
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Memorabilia
Senka and Jaz are both Television majors. Jaz says they enjoyed meeting Susi Newborn to discuss her fascination with Rainbow Warrior memorabilia.
“I believe we could have made a nice short documentary out of all that she said,” says Jaz.
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Senka Bosnyak
reporter
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Jaz Witheford
producer
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Brenna
Aimee and Matthew are both Journalism majors, and their story features Brenna Gotje and her personal crusade with Greenpeace, inspired by her mother, Susi Newborn. Aimee says, “It was really fun and we had a great subject.”
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Aimee Shaw
reporter
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Matthew Burrows
producer
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Generation
Natasha is a Television major and Jessica is a Journalism major. While researching the importance of conservation has
within the current generation, they met Ema Wingrove, a passionate environmentalist who runs a group that
collects rubbish around Auckland beaches.
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Natasha Free
reporter
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Jessica Varney
producer
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Miller
George and Charlotte are both Journalism majors. Their story is about the acclaimed activist and photographer John Miller,
and the significance photography has on activism. Charlotte says through the Rainbow Warrior project she realizes
photographic activism “has a fundamental role in how we remember pivotal events in our history.”
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George Freeman
reporter
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Charlotte Harland
producer
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Waiheke
Yana and Miriam are both Journalism majors who travelled to Waiheke Island to meet Martini Gotje and Margaret Mills,
both former crew-members now living on Waiheke Island. “Waiheke Island is beautiful,” says Yana.
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Yana O’Gorman
reporter
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Miriam Harris
producer
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Schools
Gretchen a Television major and Jess is a Journalism major. Both were interested in exploring whether school students of today have
any knowledge of the Rainbow Warrior and were surprised to find out how little students knew about it.
Jess says she found it fascinating talking to the original members of the Rainbow Warrior crew in her
research for the story.
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Gretchen Hatton
reporter
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Jessica Corkill
producer
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Muriwai
Kendall and Tessa are both Journalism majors and their story looks at how an oil spill could affect some of New Zealand’s most iconic beaches,
like Muriwai. Kendall says, “I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to be involved in this amazing project observing the 30th anniversary
of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. I’ve loved being able to bring my passion for conservation and Greenpeace to a university project
in a worthwhile way.”
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Kendall Hutt
reporter
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Tessa Mitchelson
producer
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Books
Caitlin and Nola are both Journalism majors. In their story about the many books produced on the sinking of the
Rainbow Warrior, Caitlin speaks to David Robie about his exclusive photographs featured in his latest edition
of the Eyes of Fire book. Caitlin says she is interested by publisher Tony Murrow’s comments on how important
it was for more people to understand the sacrifices crew members made on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage.
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Caitlin Moorby
reporter
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Nola Naera
producer
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Fallout
Hannah and Mabel are Journalism majors who got to see the first play produced on
the Rainbow Warrior bombing. They discovered the importance of storytelling in archiving our
history – especially the re-telling of the Rainbow Warrior story through the play,
Fallout, by New Zealand playwright Bronwyn Elsmore.
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Hannah McLean
reporter
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Mabel Muller
producer
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Hanly
Therese is a Journalism major and Morgan is a Television major.
Together they have produced a story profiling socio-political photographer Gil Hanly,
the only person invited on board to shoot the wreckage of the ship. Morgan says Gil’s photographs
are contributing to a Greenpeace exhibition to recognize the 30th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing.
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Therese Henkin
reporter
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Morgan Smith
producer
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Matauri Bay
Erin and Judie are both Journalism majors. Judie is also a keen diver who was inspired to travel with Erin to the final
resting place of the Rainbow Warrior, a controversial decision thirty years ago. So they travelled all the way
to Matauri Bay for this assignment.
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Erin Speedy
reporter
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Judie Snowden
producer
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Oil
Jordon and Anya are Journalism majors and their story is about the opening up of seven oil exploration
areas off New Zealand’s west coast, and looks into whether the environmental risks are worth the
financial benefits. Anya says she has gained much from being a part of the Rainbow Warrior project,
“It’s been great to learn about an important part of New Zealand’s history.”
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Jordan Bond
reporter
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Anya Truong-George
producer
Find out more about the AUT Journalism major.