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Landmark sustainable building a green finalist in The Post Gold Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What would our city look like if we aimed to live in harmony with our natural environment? If we took our responsibility as kaitiaki seriously? Ngā Mokopuna, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s newest building, answers these questions.
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Robinson Research Institute awarded $71 million to host advanced technology platform
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Robinson Research Insititute, a pioneer in high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) research, has received funding of $71 million towards setting up and hosting an advanced technology platform in Future Magnetic and Materials Technologies.
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University reopening Friday 2 May
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University is now open for teaching, learning, and research activity.
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Kānuka extract shows promise in reducing medication’s side effects
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An extract from the native kānuka plant could help reduce the side effects of a drug used in organ transplants, new research has found.
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The promise of urban agriculture: reconnecting cities with their food
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Instead of letting urban sprawl consume productive land, we could design cities and towns that embrace urban agriculture—from rooftop gardens to vertical farms, writes Isabella Mendonca.
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Te Herenga Waka strengthens Pacific connections through new partnership with the Université de la Polynésie française
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has deepened its commitment to regional collaboration through the signing of a new framework agreement with the University of French Polynesia (Université de la Polynésie française—UPF), a key partner in the Nārua project.
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Documentary on modern sorcery violence aims to shift beliefs
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Many of us think witches being burned at the stake is a thing of the past, but there’s an enclave in the South-Pacific where innocent people today face violence and persecution due to accusations of witchcraft.
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Reefs in the ‘middle’ light zone along NZ’s coast are biodiversity hotspots
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We're discovering more about the diverse marine communities that live around our coast—many of these communities are largely unprotected from human impacts, writes James Bell.
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They see me rollin’, they learnin’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The School of Psychology’s innovative mobile help desk, fondly known as the Badger Cart, is bringing support directly to students.
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Easter break closure and library hours
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University is closed from 5 pm, Thursday 17 April—7.30 am, Wednesday 23 April for the Easter break.
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Cost cutting risks children’s learning and wellbeing
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Early childhood education services should never be considered merely a business proposition, write Carmen Dalli, Jenny Ritchie, and Linda Mitchell.
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Law change means owners will no longer be responsible for tourism accidents on their land—but they never really were
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: A planned change to health and safety legislation aims to protect landowners from a risk they never really faced, write Chris Peace, Danaë Anderson, and Joanne Crawford.
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Rural Māori students fulfil their dream of studying technology
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Information management services provider TEAM IM NZ has sponsored two new undergraduate scholarships for Māori school leavers who wish to study STEM-related subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Te Herenga Waka community supports tuatara research at Zealandia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- More than 700 people from the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumni community attended a friends and family event on Saturday 22 March.
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Yes, data can produce better policy—but it’s no substitute for real-world experience
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Data often lacks the depth, context, and responsiveness needed to drive real-world change, writes Anna Matheson.
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New maps show coastal sites with high rates of subsidence and increased flood risk as sea-levels rise
- Victoria University of Wellington
- High resolution maps pinpoint coastal sites in major cities that are sinking faster than previously thought.
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Ngā Mokopuna to star in TV show about Māori architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Architecture Derek Kawiti is hosting a TV show examining the influence of Māori design concepts on Aotearoa’s contemporary built environment—and Ngā Mokopuna is set to play a starring role.
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Wellington’s new indie game studio with a literary twist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Associate Professor Zach Dodson, co-founder of the Visual Narrative Lab at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, has launched independent game studio Interactive Tragedy, Limited.
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Cancer during Covid inspires survivor to participate in Relay for Life
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In early 2020, at the age of 14, Kyrith Reynolds was diagnosed with cancer. They had just begun high school, and the COVID-19 lockdowns were starting.
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Living in ‘garbage time’: when 500 million Chinese change their spending habits, the world feels it
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Financial anxiety is causing young Chinese to change their spending habits—and that has global implications, writes Christian Yao.
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Four Te Herenga Waka professors named Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Law and engineering researchers feature in the 2025 list of new Royal Society Fellows.
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Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Voice of America may be remembered by many as the US propaganda outlet from World War II. But the reality of this and similar state-sponsored global media outlets is more complex, writes Valerie Cooper.
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If NZ wants to decarbonise energy, we need to know which renewables deliver the best payback
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Life-cycle assessment of renewable energy technologies can tell us about their carbon and energy footprints, write Alan Brent and Isabella Pimentel Pincelli.
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Te Herenga Waka talent takes the stage at CubaDupa 2025
- Victoria University of Wellington
- CubaDupa showcases Wellington’s cultural scene with standout performances from local acts, including many Te Herenga Waka students and alumni.
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From speculums to self-testing—champion of HPV self-testing wins Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Bev Lawton ONZM (Ngāti Porou) from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Te Tātai Hauora o Hine National Centre for Women's Health Research Aotearoa has been named 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year.
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After Orr: time for NZ to rethink imported banking rules
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: By cherry-picking standards from Australia, Singapore, or the UK, politicians, pundits, and influencers risk undermining local regulatory effectiveness and the Reserve Bank’s credibility, writes Martien Lubberink.
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Research finds significant shortfalls in early intervention psychosis services
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The ‘early’ part of early psychosis care is significantly lacking in New Zealand, researchers say.
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NZ has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters—without it, we’re planning in the dark
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, but we don't know how much they're costing us, writes Ilan Noy.
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The politicisation of research funding
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: A funding model that favours immediate economic returns over intellectual diversity and long-term societal benefits will undermine academic independence, write Mirjam Schindler, Marcela Palomino-Schalscha, Mairéad de Róiste, and Brendon Blue.
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Climate reporting cuts bad for business
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: New Zealand’s leadership in climate reporting could be undermined by softening disclosure rules, writes Yinka Moses.
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