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SWIS Newsletter #17 | 11 November 2026
- South Wellington Intermediate School
- 11 November 2026 Kia ora whānau, Our Latest ERO Report We have now received the confirmed ERO report following their visit to SWIS in July. The report is available to read on our school website. There were many positive things noted about our school, along … The post SWIS Newsletter #17 | 11 November 2026 appeared first on South Wellington Intermediate School.
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South Wellington Intermediate School, 30, Waripori Street, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Inspiration in the Capital: Yr 12 & 13 Architecture Students Connect Classroom to Career
- Onslow College
- The 2026 Wellington Architecture & Design Trip was a fantastic day of inspiration, learning and career exploration for our students! Students explored significant local architecture, visited the renowned Isthmus Architects studio and met the architects behind the design of Te Ara Tupua–Pētone.
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Onslow College, Burma Road, Broadmeadows, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Golden Barbies, Murderous Teachers, and Great Cinema: The OC Film Awards
- Onslow College
- On 27 October, students and whānau packed out the Arts Centre for the OC Film Awards—a fantastic evening celebrating the skill, imagination, and hard work of our Media Department.
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Onslow College, Burma Road, Broadmeadows, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The rise and rise of negative campaigning: parties’ Facebook posts reveal jump in negative messaging this election
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Amid debate over National's attacks on the Green’s Chlöe Swarbrick, the latest findings from the 2026 New Zealand Social Media Study examine negative campaigning in the lead-up to election day.
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Brainwaves: Using machine learning to cut ambulance response times
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After years as a patient, Jordan MacLachlan used his PhD study to help the decision makers behind the ambulance crews who are there for you on your worst day.
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Early childhood education is failing children who need it most
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Investment in early childhood education is an investment in the wellbeing and future prosperity of the nation—so why don't we fund the sector as we do our schools, asks Jenny Ritchie.
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(Un)social media: political parties’ Facebook posts keep followers at arm’s length
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Latest results from the 2026 New Zealand Social Media Study examine how political parties are interacting with voters on Facebook and what they’re doing to mobilise turnout.
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Four University researchers recognised in 2026 Research Honours
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Presented annually by Royal Society Te Apārangi, the awards celebrate outstanding achievements and research excellence.
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Two innovative Te Herenga Waka researchers recognised with fellowships
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Tāwhia te Mana research fellowships from the Royal Society Te Apārangi will help Professor Bing Xue to build an Aotearoa New Zealand-owned AI system, while future leader Dr Keri Multerer aims to develop an ‘ancestry-aware’ genetic tool.
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Latest Te Arawai Ako fellows celebrated
- Victoria University of Wellington
- On Wednesday 7 October, 22 Te Herenga Waka staff members were recognised as new fellows at the annual Te Arawai Ako celebration.
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Election 2026: Parties may have competing tax visions, but paying for NZ’s future isn’t getting cheaper
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Unless the next government is willing to borrow more, and accept the higher interest costs associated with that, it will need to reduce spending or increase taxes, writes tax expert Professor Lisa Marriott.
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SWIS Newsletter #16 | 23 October 2026
- South Wellington Intermediate School
- 23 October 2026 Kia ora whānau, Cavemen named Best Intermediate Band in Aotearoa! Last week, we received the fantastic news that Cavemen, one of our school bands, had beaten more than 200 bands from across the country to be named the best band in Aotearoa … The post SWIS Newsletter #16 | 23 October 2026 appeared first on South Wellington Intermediate School.
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South Wellington Intermediate School, 30, Waripori Street, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fake it till you make it? Study digs into disinformation in parties’ Facebook posts
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New results from the 2026 New Zealand Social Media Study show how much false information is being shared in political parties’ Facebook posts so far this election, and who these posts are targeting.
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Between the Trees
- Inverlochy Art School
- Between the Trees is the first solo exhibition by Eastbourne artist Laura Round. This new collection of work is inspired by the coastal landscape and native forest of East Harbour Regional Park. Painted in oil, each work is an exploration of the elevated landscape overlooking...
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Inverlochy Art School, 3, Inverlochy Place, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Election 2026: AI regulation needs to look beyond foreign role models
- Victoria University of Wellington
- AI regulation is long overdue, but New Zealand can’t just copy and paste rules from overseas, writes Andrew Lensen.
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600 Kilometres and $2,000 Raised: Cycle Forward Hits Top Gear at Te Ara Tupua
- Onslow College
- Olivia Poole (Year 12) had credits to gain but a community minded vision to fulfil.
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Onslow College, Burma Road, Broadmeadows, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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NZ’s climate in ‘uncharted territory’, with more extreme weather events ahead
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new climate report shows New Zealand faces a future of more frequent extremes, with inevitable losses of infrastructure and property, writes climate scientist James Renwick.
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An evolution of time, technology, and teaching
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In his inaugural lecture, Genes to genomes: A journey from drift to adaptation, Professor Peter Ritchie traces a research journey through the rapidly changing field of evolutionary genetics. His own personal journey through the field began when he was a child.
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How can NZ media achieve balance when reporting on armed conflict?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need to think differently about balance in news media coverage of armed conflict, Sarah Ather found in her recent Master of Laws research at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Victoria University appoints Aotearoa’s first Chair of Advanced Artificial Intelligence
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has appointed internationally recognised researcher Professor Prasenjit Mitra as the Bob Dykes Chair in Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Election vibes and jibes: what parties’ Facebook posts tell us about the 2026 campaign
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Latest results from the New Zealand Social Media Study show which political parties and leaders are posting the most and what they're focusing on in this election.
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University honours leader in Māori health, research, and data governance
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Māori data governance and data sovereignty leader Tereki Stewart received an honorary doctorate from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington last week.
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Just politics or the ‘opposite of clever’? The risks and rewards of strategic voting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Vote splitting isn't new but the issue is creating more clamour than usual at this election, write Claire Timperley and Richard Shaw.
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Riana Pho Named Sportsperson of the Year After Back-to-Back Sportswoman Honours
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After representing New Zealand at the FIH Nations Cup and 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup, Riana Pho has been awarded both the sportswoman and sportsperson of the year at this year’s Blues Awards.
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Election 2026: Climate change policy missing in action
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The lesson from climate change in this election may be that some decisions are simply too complex, too long-term, and too consequential to leave to electoral politics alone, writes Dr Cathrine Dyer.
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Te Herenga Waka connection woven into Nobel Prize of Literature
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In 2024, Marco Sonzogni, professor of Translation Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, embarked on a journey to bring Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson’s book Men in the off hours to life in the Italian language.
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Are we really becoming more divided? What the research tells us
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The loudest political disagreements are not necessarily evidence that voters as a whole are more divided, write Sarah Bakewell and Tom Jamieson.
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Prepare for the unexpected: the coming super El Niño and NZ’s ocean weather
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Past El Niño events foreshadow what we could see in the months ahead. Marine researchers Amelia Hesketh and Christopher Cornwall explain.
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University planning underway for staff industrial action in two weeks
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has been notified that members of the TEU and PSA unions will take strike action from 1.15–5 pm on Wednesday 21 October.
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