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Welcome to Te Kāreti o Tarikākā, Grant Henderson
- Onslow College
- This week we welcomed Grant Henderson to Te Kāreti o Tarikākā, Onslow College.
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Onslow College, Burma Road, Broadmeadows, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rare opportunity opens doors for ambitious conductor Luka Venter
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alum Luka Venter has built a diverse musical career training as a classical singer and composer. They are now pursuing their ambition of becoming a world-class conductor.
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Working beside nature to strengthen living building
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A summer internship has made a Master’s students work part of the history of Ngā Mokopuna, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s aspiring living building.
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A ghostly, time-travelling, disembodied, essence of self
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In her inaugural lecture, Poets hand translation over to ghosts, Professor Anna Jackson will consider what it means to be a poet, how poetry can exist outside of context, and how it can make ghosts of both poet and reader.
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Being good kaitiaki and growing our future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Vic Uni is taking our community to the hills on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July for our annual volunteer native tree planting days.
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Joint bid leads to successful Horizon Europe funding
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four researchers from Te Herenga Waka are key partners in a Horizon Europe collaboration that will explore the vast potential of marine microbiomes.
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NZ’s complex problems require visionary solutions, not quick fixes. Here’s how we can govern for the future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need policymakers who can look beyond the next three-year parliamentary term and the short-term incentives of the electoral cycle, writes Jonathan Boston.
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NZ’s floated social media ban for under‑16s could unite two groups that rarely agree
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Both major parties appear broadly aligned on restricting young people’s access to social media, even as they disagree on many other issues, writes Alex Beattie.
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Te Herenga Waka staff lay foundations across the globe
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Three Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington academics are among the first to teach at a new Joint Institute at China’s largest university, giving students the opportunity to earn qualifications from both institutions.
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Making learning better for lecturers and students
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Kathryn Sutherland, who will soon give her inaugural lecture, says one of the best things about her job is meeting every academic who starts at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington as they begin their careers.
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This Matariki, look up to slow down
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In these volatile times, Matariki is a time to regain perspective on what matters in life, write Chris McKeown, Yvette Perrott, Gina Grimshaw, Bridgette Farnworth, Kartik Nagarajan, Simon McCallum, Matt Crawford, and Sara Belcher.
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NZ’s unique fossil record of marine molluscs helps scientists predict extinction risk—before it’s too late
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Our living and fossil marine faunas are among the best-known in the world and give scientists the potential to explore the drivers of extinction risk, explains James Crampton.
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All in together: why we need houses designed for multi-generational living
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Multi-generational living shouldn’t be romanticised as an easy solution, but it needs to be a viable option as people think more about how they live, not just where they live, writes Lucy Gestro.
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Having the ladder pulled up on you isn’t a mental health condition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Treating economic stress and climate anxiety as psychological defects instead of political failures overloads a stretched medical system and ignores the structural causes, argues Annemarie Jutel.
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New thinking and great ideas rewarded at 2026 Wellington Gold Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The judges’ brief for The Post Wellington Gold Awards each year 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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Top honour for economist who puts people first
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In a mark of recognition for a career dedicated to supporting better outcomes for communities, Professor Arthur Grimes has been awarded the New Zealand Association of Economics Distinguished Fellow Award.
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SWIS Newsletter #11 | 3 July 2026
- South Wellington Intermediate School
- 3 July 2026 Kia ora whānau, A Great End to the Term As we come to the end of another busy term, I want to acknowledge all of our staff for the enthusiasm and commitment they continue to show, always keeping our students at the … The post SWIS Newsletter #11 | 3 July 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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Latest Newsletter Out Now! 25th June, 2026
- Onslow College
- Kia ora e te whānau, Read the latest news from Onslow! In this edition, we celebrate Pride Week, we’ve announced the appointment of a new Assistant Principal, there is some excellent NCEA results from 2025 which mean we are in the 2nd highest achieving State school in Wellington, our Year 10 Kawa and Tikanga programme (within Te […] The post Latest Newsletter Out Now! 25th June, 2026 appeared first on Onslow College.
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Student Leaders Update – Onslow Pride Week 2026
- Onslow College
- Kia ora koutou! It was great to see everyone getting involved in this years Pride Week.
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Grow Your Place: Onslow Students Learn Connection and Culture
- Onslow College
- The ‘Grow Your Place’ programme, facilitated by The Wellington Boys’ and Girls’ Institute (BGI), has offered our rangatahi a deeply meaningful and culturally immersive experience here at Onslow.
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Three new exhibitions open Adam Art Gallery’s winter season
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington will open its winter season with three new exhibitions.
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How molecules have influenced an ‘all in’ career
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Bridget Stocker’s inaugural lecture, Targeting diseases the organic way, is a homage to the people she has learned from, worked alongside, and shared knowledge with.
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NZ’s health spending isn’t enough for current needs, let alone future ones, researchers say
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Without major policy and budget changes, there's no chance we can pay for the health system we need, argue Tim Tenbensel, Bill Rosenberg, Jackie Cumming, and Paula Lorgelly.
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SWIS Newsletter #10 | 19 June 2026
- South Wellington Intermediate School
- 19 June 2026 Kia ora whānau, Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) in Term 4 Traditionally, our Term 4 EOTC programme has offered a wide range of week-long activities, many of which have been highlights of the year for students and their families. While these opportunities … The post SWIS Newsletter #10 | 19 June 2026 appeared first on South Wellington Intermediate School.
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NZ space scholarships show students a new world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four students from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded scholarships to intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California.
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Miss Pacific Islands crown opens doors for Pacific Studies alumna
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Litara Ieremia-Allan, who received the Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Scholarship while completing her Pacific Studies degree, won the Miss Sāmoa pageant in 2024 followed by Miss Pacific Islands in 2025.
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Science student awarded prestigious postgraduate scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Isabella (Izzy) Hadlow has been awarded the William Georgetti Scholarship, one of New Zealand’s most prestigious postgraduate awards, through Universities NZ.
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Dr Kendall Stevenson: Research woven by relationality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The world as Dr Kendall Stevenson sees it is a complex series of relationships that are always in motion.
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Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins—now we know why
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Sedimentary basins, like the one Wellington is built on, can trap seismic waves, leading to a higher risk of shaking when an earthquake hits. Tim Stern explains.
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(Re-)imagining history
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Giacomo Lichtner from the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, draws on his multidisciplinary background in his inaugural lecture to examine how memory and imagination can shape our perceptions of the past.
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