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- Many of New Zealand’s most popular websites use ‘dark patterns’ to manipulate users – is it time to regulate?
  - 15 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Media Studies lecturer Dr Cherie Lacey and postdoctoral research fellow Dr Alex Beattie from the Centre of Science in Society explain "dark patterns" and the impact they are having on our online purchasing habits.
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- Mandatory vaccination required for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington halls of residence
  - 15 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Vaccination against COVID-19 will be mandatory for students and staff living and working in Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington operated student accommodation in 2022.
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- Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?
  - 15 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - It is now common to refer to the current biodiversity crisis as the sixth mass extinction. Associate Professor Michael Hannah asks if this is true? Are we in the middle of an event on the same scale as the five ancient mass extinctions Earth has experienced?
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- Kicking the can on methane
  - 14 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - There is a real risk that focusing on methane will mean we take our foot off the accelerator of CO2 reductions – where we've traditionally had a pretty poor record, write Professor Dave Frame and Dr Adrian Macey.
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- International education’s hidden taonga
  - 14 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Once the COVID-19 storm abates, the international education field will hopefully be ready to unearth its taonga. Chris Beard explains what that is.
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- Let the children vote
  - 14 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Professor Simon Keller lays out a case for why mature democracies like ours should extend the right to vote to children as young as 10.
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- Coping with ambiguity now COVID's here to stay
  - 13 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - A new and confusing system is now in place thanks to the uncertainty of Delta, and many are feeling more stressed and anxious than ever. Te Herenga Waka's Dr Dougal Sutherland and his colleagues have some practical suggestions.
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- Te Herenga Waka student joins Emerging Innovator programme
  - 11 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Master's student Holly Gooch is now part of the KiwiNet Emerging Innovator programme to progress a project to help twice-exceptional secondary students.
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- St Ashley of COVIDton
  - 7 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Superhero, saint, sex symbol, saviour—the mild-mannered public servant fronting the COVID-19 response has been the focus of an almost cult-like following, according to new research published by two sociolinguistics scholars.
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- New leadership appointments for Faculty of Law and Wellington School of Business and Government
  - 6 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Professor Mark Hickford has been appointed to the newly-created role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Government, Law and Business, to whom the Deans of the Faculty of Law and the Wellington School of Business and Government will report.
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- ECE teachers essential workers in all but name
  - 6 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Returning to work amidst the outbreak of the Delta variant, early childhood teachers must be recognised as essential workers - and remunerated as such, writes Dr Sue Cherrington.
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- The minority group we're not including
  - 5 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Organisations everywhere are talking 'diversity' but there's one large minority group whose voice is not being recorded, represented and heard, writes the Faculty of Law's Professor Graeme Austin.
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- Separate stroke and heart attack risk predictors necessary
  - 5 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Dr Denise Taylor and her colleagues at the University of Aucklan call for separate stroke and heart attack risk predictors to improve understanding for those at risk.
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- Cisco and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington announce new cybersecurity micro-credential delivered by Kāpuhipuhi Wellington Uni-Professional
  - 1 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - thanks to a new micro-credential created by Cisco and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealanders wanting a career in the lucrative and growing cybersecurity industry now have a natural starting point.
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- New Zealand’s debt collection problem
  - 1 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - New Zealand has a problem with harassment by debt collectors, and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Victoria Stace believes guidelines such as those in operation in Australia are the answer.
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- On campus trial of tap in technology with NZ COVID Tracer
  - 1 Oct 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - The Ministry of Health is trialling use of Near Field Communications tags with the NZ COVID Tracer app at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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- Miramar Creative Centre helps to create Ngā Tohunga Whakatere - The Navigators
  - 30 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - An immersive, high-tech production that delves into the science behind Pacific navigation by combining mātauranga Māori with astrobiology, has been made at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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- Aotearoa’s maternity system found to privilege whiteness
  - 30 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - A study undertaken as part of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Whānau Manaaki research programme shows that evidence-based medical care is systematically advantaging and privileging outcomes for some women within Aotearoa New Zealand’s maternity system.
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- Treatment approaches for cancer no longer straightforward
  - 29 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is life-changing. Sociology Professor Kevin Dew looks at the complexity of choice when it comes to selecting programmes of treatment.
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- MIQ slots for exporters send a message
  - 28 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - The setting aside of 50 spots for Kiwi exporters sends the signal they are being elevated to the same levels previously reserved for sports teams and dignitaries—and shows the Government’s commitment to trade recovery, writes Dr Eldrede Kahiya
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- A century of freedom in the bush
  - 28 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - The Victoria University of Wellington Tramping Club (VUWTC) has evolved significantly over the past 100 years, but its core values—and its "dreadfully debauched" parties in the bush—haven’t changed a bit.
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- Alumnus launches music academy in Northland
  - 28 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Alumnus Jonathan Pirini is so passionate about maximising the musical talent of his Northland community, he's started a music academy to do so.
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- Moving from 'languishing' to 'flourishing' on the mental health continuum
  - 27 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - Dr Dougal Sutherland suggests three ways we can move from 'languishing' to 'flourishing' in these testing times.
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- NZ needs to produce its own vaccines
  - 27 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - With vaccines the only long-term option to keep New Zealanders safe, building local infrastructure that can produce vaccines capable of backing up international efforts is crucial for our resilience, argues Dr Davide Comoletti.
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- Writing her culture
  - 27 Sep 2021
  - Victoria University of Wellington
  - A series of connections from her time at the International Institute of Modern Letters saw Nicole Colmar published in Sista, Stanap Strong!, a ground-breaking anthology work by Ni-Vanuatu women. She tells us about her experience when moving from Vanuatu as a child.
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