Education / July 2019
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University visual identity refresh
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has announced a number of decisions made by its Council regarding the refresh of its visual identity, emphasising and celebrating its location in Wellington and strengthening its distinctiveness internationally.
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Rongotai on top after successful exchange against Silverstream
- College Sport Wellington
- Rongotai 1st XV vs Silverstream 1st XV Rugby Photo Credit: Dave Brownlie Rugby For the first time in more than a decade, Rongotai College have secured a home semi-final in the Premiership defeating St Patrick’s College, Silverstream 10-5 in the 60th annual Old Boys Cup traditional.
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Hokonui Winners 2019
- Wellington Girls' College
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Newsletter- NZSSAA Track, Field and Road Race Championships
- College Sport Wellington
- Please find the following information and newsletter relating to the NZ Secondary School Track, Field and Road Race Championships, being held in Newtown Stadium in 6-8 December 2019 Newsletter One Guideline Programme The following changes (in red) have been made to the programme: In order to avoid a clash of High and Triple Jumps for the Junior Boys the Junior/PA Boys and Junior/PA Girls High Jumps have been swapped. The boys will now compete on Sunday at 9.00am and the girls on Saturday at 3.30pm. This also improves the spread of jumps for the girls. As a result of interest in having mixed girls and boys 4×400m relays the NZSSAA Executive has decided to trial this as a pilot event for both grades for 2019/20. Conditions of entry: Teams are to made up of 2 boys and 2 girls Any individual school team or a combined team from two single gender schools within the same region (as defined for the Cross Country Relay Championships) may enter Only 1 team per grade from each school or combined schools may enter An athlete may only compete in one 4×400m relay Schools entering teams in the 4×400m relays are asked to please consider carefully the number of events their athletes are involved in and the possibility that they may be overloaded by doing relays in addition to their individual events The post Newsletter- NZSSAA Track, Field and Road Race Championships appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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Senior Derived Grade Exams 2019
- Wellington High School
- All students in Year 11—13 will be sitting derived grade practice examinations between Friday 23 August — Thursday 29 August 2019.
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Big Term Of Netball For Saviour Tui And St Mary’s College
- College Sport Wellington
- St Mary’s College shooter Saviour Tui was recently one of two Wellington netballers (along with Paris Lokotui, Queen Margaret College) who joined the NZSS team in Auckland for a week-long camp that included a series of games against England U19.
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Weekly Wrap-Up (Term 3, Week 1)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates 29 July: Board of Trustees meeting, 6pm 5 August: Whānau Hui, 6pm 6 August: Capital City Kāhui Ako information evenings for Trustees and Whānau (5.
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Time to take LAWS into our own hands
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand should add to its proud legacy of moral leadership and support a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems, write artificial intelligence experts Professor Michael Winikoff, Professor Stephen Cranefield and Associate Professor Alistair Knott.
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Food tourism in Asia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Food provides tourists with a deeper insight into the places they are visiting, write Victoria University of Wellington's Dr Eerang Park and Associate Professor Ian Yeoman ahead of their Wellington on a Plate event.
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Joint exhibitions explore ecological concerns and spiritual connections to the land
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi at Victoria University of Wellington is proud to present two concurrent exhibitions that examine spiritual connections to place and bring precious taonga to public view for the first time.
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2019 Rugby League competition information – entries open
- College Sport Wellington
- Please find information below for the Under 15 (Johnny Lomax Cup) and Premier (Stephen Kearney Cup) boys Rugby League competitions.
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New Clubs space officially open
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University’s new Clubs space was officially declared open on Thursday 18 July by Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilford, who noted: “this new space is an important step in recognising that student club leaders need a central space to connect with each other and seek support.”
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Wellington Secondary Schools Skateboarding Comp – Entries Now Open!
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- The post Wellington Secondary Schools Skateboarding Comp – Entries Now Open! appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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HIBS on track to defend Trevor Rigby Cup
- College Sport Wellington
- Reigning champions Hutt International Boys’ School returned to the top of the Trevor Rigby Cup standings with an entertaining and clinical 4-2 victory against St Patrick’s College, Silverstream on Saturday.
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Jonny Higham (Silverstream) – A renegade defender of inline hockey
- College Sport Wellington
- Inline hockey is a sport suffering from falling numbers, but Jonny Higham is proof of the exciting possibilities the code provides.
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Harrison Press (HIBS) – Pressing for the top
- College Sport Wellington
- Harrison Press (Hutt International Boys’ School) on the run against Rongotai College Harrison Press was the only individual from Upper Hutt to make the Hurricanes Under-18 representative squad.
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What could a New Zealand space programme look like?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As we mark the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon, Dr Nick Long, Director of Victoria University of Wellington's Robinson Research Institute, reflects on what that's meant for New Zealand and considers the space 'gold rush' ahead.
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Our obsession with performance is changing our sense of self
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Ben Walker from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Management and Dr Dan Caprar from the University of Sydney look at the effects of society's pervasive pressures to excel.
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We learn reading and writing at school. Why not educate kids about mental wellbeing too?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Dougal Sutherland from the School of Psychology asks why we learn reading and writing at school but not the equally important skills of emotional awareness and management.
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A wealth of literary talent at Writers on Mondays
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Popular readings series Writers on Mondays returns to Wellington from 22 July, featuring a stunning array of local, national, and international writers.
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Raising environmental awareness in Kiribati schools
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Invasive species including plants, insects and birds are a big problem in the Pacific, affecting the health of people and the environment and even driving people from their homes and land.
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Inside the nuances of corporate responsibility
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington Associate Professor in Public Policy and Sustainability Valentina Dinica weighs the balance between business and conservation responsibilities.
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Nine named in Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council Under 18 for 2019
- College Sport Wellington
- Congratulations to the following Wellington players named in the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council Under 18 for 2019.
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Victoria University of Wellington wins prestigious international sustainability award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has won an international sustainability award for its student leadership programme at the United Nations-hosted Green Gown Awards ceremony in New York.
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Results – 2019 CSW Orienteering #6 Mt Vic & Final Points Table
- College Sport Wellington
- Please find below the results from the CSW Orienteering #6 event at Mount Victoria as well as an updated points table.
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Building connection and collaboration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Although new to the waterfront, the XXCQ (or Deloitte) building has already become a distinctive part of the Wellington skyline, its reflective surface visible for miles.
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Playground Enhancement Working Bees
- Kilbirnie School
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Weekly Wrap-Up (Term 2, Week 10)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates 5 July: End of Term 2 22 July: Term 3 begins; Years 9 and 10 move to new options on their timetables 23 July: Parents’ Evening for Seniors (and Juniors as requested).
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Principal’s Message – End of Term 2, 2019
- Wellington High School
- Message from the Principal Recently we ran our annual International Students dinner and I was thinking about the effect these students have on the rest of the students in the school.
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Five named in NZ Maori Rugby Under 18 Squad
- College Sport Wellington
- Congratulations to Milly Mackey (Newlands College) for the girls and Khya Wilson (St Pat’s Town), Ridge Studd (Wellington College), Tana Rangiwhetu (St Bernard’s), and Te Kirimaia Wanoa (St Bernard’s) for the boys who have been selected for the national U18 Maori Wahine & Tane Development Camp.
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From pets to burgers – behind our eco-footprints
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Some pets can have an annual ecological footprint equivalent to a car travelling 10,000 kilometres a year, points out the recipient of Victoria University of Wellington's inaugural Staff Sustainability Excellence Award, Professor Brenda Vale.
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Results – 2019 CSW Regional Individual Swim Champs
- College Sport Wellington
- Chelsey Edwards (Chilton St James) won the Prue Kelly Memorial Cup for the 5th year in a row for the fastest 50m girls time.
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Music Evening – 2019 Term 2
- Wellington High School
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Taking the fight to short-termism in government
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Parliamentary scrutiny of quality of long-term governance in New Zealand is limited, ad hoc and unsystematic. So what are the solutions, asks Professor Jonathan Boston from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Government.
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New laws are great, but rape victims deserve more radical change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Incrementalism will only take us so far, writes Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Criminology Jan Jordan, who argues the ‘system of injustice’ for sexual violence victims requires a transformational approach.
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2019 AWD Ten Pin Bowling Tournament – Results
- College Sport Wellington
- Congratulations to all of the students who took part in the 2019 AWD Ten Pin Bowling Tournament, held at the Newtown Bowlarama. Best Team – Mana College Best Girl – Jemma Kessell (Mana College) Best Boy – Jeremy Goddard (Onslow College) 2019 AWD Ten Pin Results The post 2019 AWD Ten Pin Bowling Tournament – Results appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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Digital memory bank records past and inspires future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A digital archive to document and celebrate Victoria University of Wellington’s creative past and present is set to inspire its creative future, says Professor Conal McCarthy, director of our Museum and Heritage Studies programme.
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Homestays urgently needed
- Wellington High School
- Have you thought about hosting an international student? Now is the time! Due to changed circumstances we have two students who are without a homestay.
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Wellington Schools Cycling – Update
- College Sport Wellington
- We’re now well into the schools cycling calendar with two TTT’s under our belt.
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The lasting legacy of New Zealand’s Public Finance Act
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An upcoming conference at Victoria University of Wellington will explore the history and impact of New Zealand's Public Finance Act on its 30th anniversary.
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Treasury pick carries risk of tall poppy paradox
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One doesn't need to be a long-term resident of New Zealand to understand some of its major weaknesses, writes Professor Jeroen van der Heijden, Chair in Regulatory Practice in Victoria University of Wellington's School of Government.
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Students swap the outdoors for the office this summer
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Talented students from Victoria University of Wellington will swap the outdoors for the office this summer while they brainstorm, problem solve and offer creative solutions to a host of businesses and organisations.
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Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Scholarship exceeds fundraising target
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Thanks to the generosity of donors, the fundraising goal for the Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Scholarship Fund has now been exceeded—with more than $280,000 raised.
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