History of the AUT Physiotherapy School

What is now known as AUT began in 1895 as as school for children of poor families - read more about the history of the school.

The Hanover Street Physio Pool
Published in Physio Matters magazine March 2011: for many graduates of the Otago School of Physiotherapy, the hydrotherapy pool at... Read more
The Greenlane Rocker Bed
Published in Physio Matters magazine October 2007: the image of the Greenlane ‘rocker’ bed will be familiar to generations of... Read more

1 History of the University

What is now known as AUT began in 1895 (coincidentally the founding year of physiotherapy in England) as a school for children of poor families. Read more
2 Physiotherapy at AUT

Although an early training in massage was offered to nurses in Auckland in 1913, the course was to be short lived and it would be another 60 years before Auckland established a second physiotherapy training school. Read more
3 Becoming a University

In October 1999 AIT became the first polytechnic to become a university and changed its name to Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Read more

1 History of the University