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The Peacemaker—David Harland's life’s work for peace
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A childhood surrounded by the “world of politics and war and peace” laid the foundation for 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award winner David Harland’s career in international diplomacy.
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Our history is on life support. Don’t pull the plug
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How can we make sense of the past—and the present—if knowledge of our history is destroyed, ask Kate Hunter and Ewan Morris.
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington signs MoU with Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new agreement with a Beijing university will see the establishment of new academic pathways into architecture and urban planning programmes.
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History scholarship recipient uncovers ‘disreputable’ stories
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fraudsters, faith healers, and ‘quack’ doctors on the outskirts of respectable society are some of the characters that intrigue History Master’s student Ashleigh Hickey.
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Sewn to serve
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of crafty staff members turned a volunteer craft day into a new shopping bag system for halls of residence, inspired by Boomerang Bags.
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Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real—and will affect generations to come
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Decades of research has found dramatic increases in food prices always mean there is a famine—and price increases seen in Gaza are unprecedented, writes Ilan Noy.
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Celebrating the Kiwis shaping a better world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University’s Distinguished Alumni Award winners for 2025 showcase how their study at the creative, scientific, and political centre of New Zealand continues to help them shape a better world.
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Te Kōkī graduate fulfils New York music dream with Fulbright win
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A last minute change of study plans in her first year at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington altered the trajectory of musician Phoebe Johnson’s life, and the Fulbright scholar couldn’t be more excited about what the future holds.
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Let’s not open the gate to US-style voter disenfranchisement
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Democracy shouldn't be about making it harder for voters to make their voices heard, writes Toby Moore.
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The royal commission recommended abolishing time limits on abuse cases—a year on, nothing has changed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Time limits on civil claims continue to deny justice to abuse survivors, writes Zoë Prebble.
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Kamchatka earthquake is among top 10 strongest ever recorded. Here’s what they have in common
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The most powerful earthquakes recorded in modern history were all located on the 'Ring of Fire'—Dee Ninis and John Townend explain what makes this part of the world so volatile.
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Telling stories: four ways micro-influencers build and keep their loyal audiences
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How beauty and skincare micro-influencers craft stories to compel their followers to stick around—Shahper Richter, Alexander Richter, and Drew Franklin discuss the findings of their recent research.
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AI will soon be able to audit all published research—what will that mean for public trust in science?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Some outright fraud and a much larger mass of garden-variety errors will likely be uncovered by a comprehensive audit of research publications, write Alexander Kaurov and Naomi Oreskes.
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App research seeks to tell new story about sleep
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The designer of a new app, driftoff, to help students improve their sleep, tells a story of collaboration including the creation of original content by local contemporary writers.
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Maria’s mission to help others
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Maria Rabino-Neira, a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law PhD student, has been awarded a Fulbright Award to conduct research into humanitarian legal protection at Harvard University.
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Financiers’ big reveal on how they impact the climate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Large financial institutions are now required to report annually on their climate-related activities. Yinka Moses looks at how well they're doing.
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Future leaders of Malaysia share their Victoria experience
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Malaysian students at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington shared their stories of adapting to life in Aotearoa New Zealand with Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister when he and his delegation visited the Kelburn campus.
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Helping Manaaki scholarship students find their place
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alumnus Dom Kafatolu is passionate about sharing the knowledge he learned during his time studying at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington with Manaaki scholarship students.
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Trailblazing editor of Māori literature
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka University Press editor Jasmine Sargent (Ngāti Porou) has scooped the Publishing Trailblazer of the Year Award at the 2025 Aotearoa NZ Book Industry Awards.
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We travelled to Antarctica to see if a Māori lunar calendar might help track environmental change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The mass arrival of Weddell seals outside New Zealand’s Scott Base is a sign of the height of summer in Antarctica, write Holly Winton and Ayla Hoeta.
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Combining the world of finance with te ao Māori
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Hemi Pinfold-Whanga (Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato-Tainui & Ngāti Maniapoto) envisions an Aotearoa where individualist economics are replaced by collectivist practices that benefit both our whānau and whenua.
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Annual Pasifika Week at Te Herenga Waka
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Pasifika pride will take centre stage from 21–26 July as Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington celebrates its annual Pasifika Week, a vibrant showcase of Pacific cultures, connections, and student excellence.
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Should the building industry keep using this controversial material?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Polycarbonate is commonly used in construction, especially for transparent roofing, but its downsides are seldom discussed, writes Emina Kristina Petrović.
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New AI strategy is long on ‘economic opportunity’ but short on managing ethical and social risk
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Aotearoa New Zealand is among 'the most relaxed nations' when it comes to the regulation of artificial intelligence, writes Andrew Lensen.
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Student athletes going the distance
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Meet our five student athletes who are travelling to Germany to represent New Zealand at the World University Games in mid-July.
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Recognising leadership in the everyday
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Erin Roxburgh’s journey to the United Nations’ 2025 Commission on the Status of Women.
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Nafanua Purcell Kersel named as 2025 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Nafanua Purcell Kersel as the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for 2025.
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“It’s business time”, celebrating the annual Gold Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The judges’ brief for the annual Post Gold Awards is always to find the most inspiring local businesses—the ones that take off, generate cool ideas, and look out for people.
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A celestial journey through time and identity
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Animated film Vā Hina screened at the Mana Moana festival in Wellington, is a dreamscape that explores the shapeshifting manifestations of Pacific ancestor Hina.
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Hotspots for conservation of threatened native tree identified in Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers pinpoint priority areas for efforts to save maire tawake, or swamp maire, from the deadly myrtle rust disease.
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