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• • Exposing the hidden costs of meetings

    • 21 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Some costs associated with meetings speak for themselves, others are less conspicuous, but there are ways to rein them in, writes Associate Professor Val Hooper.
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• • Study’s findings positive for MS potential of nalfurafine

    • 17 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • University researchers discover the drug has the potential not only to slow the accumulation of disability but also to restore function.
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• • Internationally respected academic to lead Wellington Faculty of Health

    • 17 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • New Dean Professor Markus Melloh has a track record of setting strong strategic direction and delivering contemporary and innovative programmes.
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• • Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’

    • 14 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Media and politicians should stop confusing the two, writes Dr Jonathan Barrett.
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• • Words matter and so do presidents

    • 14 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The contrast between the words of John F. Kennedy and today’s anti-democratic demagogue is inescapable, writes Associate Professor Dolores Janiewski.
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• • Data-driven rating system makes it easier to select sports teams

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Graduate Dr Ankit Patel's PhD research helps sport selectors match the right team to a particular event or specific conditions.
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• • Waikeria protests put a spotlight on prison conditions

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Abuses of power and inhumane treatment in prison are not new and will continue until prisoner numbers significantly reduce, writes Christine McCarthy.
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• • Child poverty and art history experts lead University's New Year Honours

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Professor Jonathan Boston and Associate Professor Christina Barton among 15 members of the University community to receive New Zealand's 2021 New Year Honours.
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• • Policy options as NZ faces water shortages

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Building reservoirs or desalination plants is costly compared with a range of targeted policies to encourage a change in individual use, write researchers.
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• • Why you’re checking work emails on holidays (and how to stop)

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Over-identification with work can prevent you from switching off, write Dr Ben Walker and Associate Professor Dan Caprar.
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• • Quarantine hotels' brands could be tainted

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • One way for hotels to lessen the taint of COVID-19 is to remind people of their original positioning as places of luxury, writes Associate Professor Dan Laufer.
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• • A tale of two PhDs

    • 13 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Couple Katelyn Johnson and Jamey Stutz graduated together from the University's Antarctic Research Centre in mid-December. They explain how they managed it.
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• • Research shows self-administered cervical screening has lifesaving potential

    • 12 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Study is of particular significance during COVID-19, when cervical screening rates have been down across New Zealand.
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• • Impact of wolves’ reintroduction on pumas has lessons for predator-free NZ

    • 12 Jan 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
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• • Turbine | Kapohau 2020 a varied and vital record of these strange times

    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The latest Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington graduates feature alongside new and established writers in online literary magazine Turbine | Kapohau 20.
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• • The perils of economic over-integration

    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • While balancing trade interests is critical for New Zealand, it should give preference to countries with similar institutional conventions, write researchers.
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• • Our research successes in 2020

    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Despite COVID-19, the University has had an extremely successful year for research.
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• • Genre-defying work wins 2020 Adam Foundation Prize

    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • A genre-defying work that examiners describe as being “of great significance” has been awarded the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) 2020 Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing.
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• • New Ministers urged to strengthen Tiriti relationship for environmental protection

    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Two senior Māori academics urge the new Ministers of the Environment and Conservation to centre Te Tiriti o Waitangi relationships in environmental protection.
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• • NZ firms still include potentially unfair contract terms

    • 16 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Victoria Stace and Associate Professor Alexandra Sims recommend ways to protect consumers by improving compliance with the Fair Trading Act.
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• • University operations over Christmas and New Year

    • 15 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The University is closed for the Christmas and New Year break from 5 pm Friday 18 December. It reopens on Monday 11 January 2021.
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• • Top five podcasts for 2020

    • 15 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
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• • Provisional Admission for students who don’t get UE

    • 14 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • If you have not achieved University Entrance, you may still be able to study at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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• • Don’t just think about earthquakes, prepare for them

    • 14 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Findings from PhD research will help fine-tune the kind of advice communities need to better prepare for earthquakes and other natural hazards.
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• • Rhodes scholar Jessica Sutton aiming for the United Nations

    • 13 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • A passion for women’s rights and international law saw Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington graduand Jessica Sutton win a Rhodes scholarship.
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• • The gown that keeps on giving

    • 11 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • When you think of graduation, a sea of black trenchers, colourful hoods, and identical billowing gowns come to mind.
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• • Historical curiosities

    • 11 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • At least 50 plaques and commemorative stones can be found on the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington campus, adorning the University’s buildings and grounds.
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• • Battery-powered success

    • 11 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduate Dr Shalini Divya has her sights on developing new battery technology.
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• • Premature past inspires research into personhood of premature babies

    • 10 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Cultural Anthropology PhD graduate Zoe Poppelwell investigates how we speak about premature babies—and how this differs depending on the role we take in caring for them.
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• • New appointment to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Council

    • 10 Dec 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Prominent Wellingtonian James Te Puni (Ngāti Porou) has been appointed to the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Council.
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