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The struggle to unplug: why Kiwis find it so hard to disconnect from the internet
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- With so many aspects of life intertwined with devices, leaving your phone at home is not a simple calculation these days, write Alex Beattie and John Kerr.
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Pasifika Roadshow empowers future University students
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- The Pasifika Roadshow is returning to the wider Wellington region this August after a successful launch last year. The events are aimed at empowering future Pasifika students with information about life at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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The least we should expect from final Abuse in Care report
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- There is no room for excuses—we should never allow abuse to continue, writes Elizabeth Stanley.
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Researchers test new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
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- A new method to pump carbon dioxide out of the air has been put to the test by scientists from the UK and New Zealand.
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“A total dreamscape”—student wins at Dulux Colour Awards
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- Te Herenga Waka architecture student Beth Williams won the New Zealand Student category at the Dulux Colour Awards with The Keeper of My Memories, praised for its innovative integration of colour psychology into architectural storytelling, described by judges as a “total dreamscape”.
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Celebrating our newest fellows who completed Te Arawai Ako
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington recently celebrated 29 new Advance HE fellows who completed the University's Te Arawai Ako professional recognition programme.
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Rangatahi explore coastal hazards and climate change science at Whakatāne workshops
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Whakatāne students got to grips with earthquake resilient design, melting ice sheets, and climate modelling, as part of a series of coastal resilience workshops run by scientists from GNS Science, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, and the University of Canterbury, supported by the Our Changing Coast research programme.
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Mental health targets aren’t enough—unless NZ backs them up with more detail and funding
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Without clear detail on how new targets will be met, we'll have to wait and see whether changes to mental health care are really coming, writes Dougal Sutherland.
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An overdose of orange cones? What the review of NZ’s workplace safety rules must get right
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's essential the review does not seek to justify weakening rules in a sector where deregulation often worsens outcomes, write Joanne Crawford, Chris Peace, and Danaë Anderson.
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Reining in AI: what NZ can learn from EU regulation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Significant gaps in New Zealand's rules may hamper innovation and endanger public trust in artificial intelligence, writes Nessa Lynch.
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Size matters: why NZ’s new housing rules risk cheap builds and shoebox apartments
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- Planned changes will undoubtedly increase housing supply, but we need to ask if these new builds will be fit for purpose, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Watch: Girls* on Ice are gearing up for their next adventure
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- Girls* on Ice Aotearoa New Zealand are preparing for their next expedition in January 2025, building on the success of their inaugural trip earlier this year. Watch the recap of the 2024 expedition and learn more about the programme here.
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New exhibitions at Adam Art Gallery help us think about our relationship with the built environment
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- Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery launches its winter season with two exhibitions: The buildings notice me and Duncan Winder: architectural photographer.
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Was the ‘Team of Five Million’ a myth?
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- The 'Team of Five Million' catchphrase may have helped rally support for a united response to COVID-19, but analysis of how we voted in the 2020 general election concludes it couldn't cut through existing social divides.
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Come along to Mānawatia a Puanga, a Matariki—an event and conversation series 8–12 July
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- Mānawatia a Puanga, a Matariki is a series of art activations and events to celebrate mātauranga Māori and the maramataka (moon cycles).
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NZ is moving closer to digital IDs—it’s time to rethink how we protect our valuable data
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How we develop new digital services, and who develops them, is crucial to ensuring citizens and businesses can retain control over their own data, writes Markus Luczak-Roesch.
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Gaps in reporting nitrogen fertiliser use on farms leave an incomplete picture of water quality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Rules requiring dairy farms to report fertiliser use have been in play since July 2022, but not everyone is complying with them, write Mike Joy and Megan Cornforth-Camden.
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Celebrating our hapori this Matariki
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- This Matariki, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is recognising seven members of our hapori (community) for their mahi (work) at the University and beyond.
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Work continues on National Music Centre in capital city
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The vision for a National Music Centre with the refurbished Wellington Town Hall at its centre is already coming to life with the three partners in the venture—Victoria University of Wellington, the Wellington City Council and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra—firmly committed to its realisation.
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Experience and scholarship beyond the lecture halls
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- Saskia Grant, who is in her final year of her conjoint degree at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University, has been awarded a Freemasons New Zealand University Scholarship.
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Public feedback sought on designs for significant Wellington site
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- Wellington residents are being invited to give their views on students' designs to turn Mātai Moana—Mt Crawford into an eco-sanctuary and heritage reserve.
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Science success—four university researchers receive HRC grants
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- Four science researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have received Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Grants to support their exploratory research.
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Boot camps for young offenders are back—the evidence they don’t work never went away
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The core features that characterise boot camps—strong discipline in particular—are a main reason they don’t work, write Simon Davies, Clare-Ann Fortune, Karen Salmon, and Linda Fatialofa.
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New intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's been more than 20 years in the making, but a new international agreement is unlikely to lead to major changes in New Zealand law, argue David Jefferson, Jesse Pirini, and Jessica Lai.
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Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted our climate before—and could do so again
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Changes in a globally important ocean current could accelerate future warming in New Zealand, write Shaun Eaves, Andrew Mackintosh, Helen Bostock, and Joel Pedro.
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Solar farms can eat up farmland—but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Using agricultural land for both renewable electricity generation and farming can bring economic benefits for farmers, write Alan Brent and Catherine Iorns.
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Alumni recognised in King's Birthday Honours List 2024
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is proud to celebrate members of our alumni community who have been recognised in this year’s King's Birthday Honours.
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Watch: The role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech
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- The discussion on the role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech took place at Kelburn campus on Tuesday 28 May. Watch the full event here.
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Celebrating Indigenous excellence: Māori and Pasifika students present at Jasmax Crit Culture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Māori and Pasifika students from Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa—Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation recently received a unique opportunity to present to Māori practitioners from Jasmax’s Waka Māia rōpū, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost architecture firms.
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A new kind of prison architecture
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- We tend to house prisoners in accommodation that is more secure than it needs to be—any expansion of prison real estate needs to address this problem, writes Christine McCarthy.
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