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Student athletes going the distance
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- Meet our five student athletes who are travelling to Germany to represent New Zealand at the World University Games in mid-July.
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Recognising leadership in the everyday
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- Erin Roxburgh’s journey to the United Nations’ 2025 Commission on the Status of Women.
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Nafanua Purcell Kersel named as 2025 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence
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- The University's International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Nafanua Purcell Kersel as the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for 2025.
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Winning gender equity in sport with an ACE up her sleeve
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- Robyn Cockburn receives an Active Champion for Equity (ACE) award for her work founding Wāhine Toa, a sports leadership programme for women across New Zealand and Oceania.
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Champion of New Zealand Sign Language receives CNZM honours
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- Dr David McKee was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) at the King’s Birthday Honours in June, in recognition of his lifelong dedication to advancing New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), deaf education, and linguistic rights in Aotearoa.
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In Memoriam: Maurice Gee, DLitt
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- Honouring the passing of a New Zealand literary giant
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Why common space matters in apartment design
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- Clever design—such as creating roof-top gardens—can ensure a generous amount of common space while still achieving housing densities close to those of standard apartment designs, writes Alexander Loughnan.
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How big should a prison cell be?
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- We need a legislated minimum cell size—history has taught us that being quiet on this matter can lead to human rights abuses, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Four Te Herenga Waka projects receive Smart Ideas funding
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- Four climate and sustainability-driven projects from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers will receive $1 million each over the next three years.
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The benefits of climate protest
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Climate protest acts as a bridge between the population and the decision makers who serve us, writes Amanda Thomas.
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Despite decades of cost cutting, governments spend more than ever. How can we make sense of this?
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- The saga of the school lunch programme provides a window into wider debate about fiscal responsibility and austerity politics, argues Ian Lovering.
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Scrapping the national census raises data sovereignty and surveillance fears for Māori
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- Plans to move to an ‘administrative census’ must be properly resourced and give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi, write Lara Greaves, Ella Pēpi Tarapa-Dewes, Kiri West, and Larissa Renfrew.
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Why we should let our buildings die a natural death
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- Most of us believe we need to fight natural decay to get good construction outcomes but by forcing materials to resist their natural life cycle, we’re creating long-term environmental hazards, writes Daven Candy.
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‘Cracking down on gangs’ no good for women
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- Almost half of serious offending by gang members is family violence-related so rather than ‘cracking down on gangs’, a more fruitful approach could be to focus on harm reduction within gang communities, writes Zara Andrews-Goss.
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Writers on Mondays returns to showcase acclaimed and emerging literary voices
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- Writers on Mondays is back with a free lunchtime series running from 7 July to 29 September 2025, where you can hear conversations about some of Aotearoa's best writing.
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Two Taiawa Wellington Tech Hub companies’ finalists for Gold Awards
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- If you visit the fifth floor of Rutherford House in the CBD at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, you’ll find 12 local tech companies developing the next big thing at Taiawa Wellington Tech Hub.
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Strengthening educational partnerships with new Vietnamese Ambassador
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington recently hosted the newly appointed Ambassador of Viet Nam to New Zealand, who was appointed to the role in April this year.
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Work aligns with study in digital-human collaborations
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- Mina Zarei Sanabadi combines her real-world marketing experience and work at LitMaps while studying for her PhD at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Ukrainian academic advances work thanks to Victoria University’s community
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- A displaced Ukrainian academic has continued her work thanks to a dedicated effort by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s community to support scholars affected by the war.
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Strengthening ties to China during Prime Minister’s trade delegation
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- Launching new study abroad and research collaboration partnerships with top Chinese universities and research institutes is the focus of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s involvement in the Prime Minister’s trade delegation to China.
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Celebrating the first graduates of an important joint training partner
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- On Wednesday 11 June 2025, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) held a special graduation ceremony for the first cohort from the joint Bachelor of Communication programme with the Communication University of Zhejiang (CUZ).
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ASIS&T announces leadership award for Dr Namali Suraweera
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- Dr Namali Suraweera, an academic developer with the Centre for Academic Development (CAD), has been named the recipient of the 2025 James M. Cretsos Award for Leadership by the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T).
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New scholarship supports Pasifika students with a passion for environmental sciences
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumna Monica Gruber founded the Protect Our Islands Pasifika scholarship to encourage environmental stewardship.
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NZ Space Scholarships launch students to new heights
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- Three PhD students from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded scholarships to intern at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California.
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An interdisciplinary approach to creating believable digital characters
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- The development of a machine-learning tool that will help digital developers create animated characters with more emotional depth is underway by a team of researchers spanning four disciplines at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Te Herenga Waka alumni and staff recognised in 2025 King’s Birthday honours
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- Comedian Dai Henwood and NZSL expert David McKee are among the alumni and staff from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington named in the honours.
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On the virtues of effort: is this owl picture better than AI?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Just setting machines to produce the things we need and want will cause us to lose something very important about ourselves, writes Edwin Mares.
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington wins twice at Wellington Architecture Awards
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- Te Herenga Waka took home wins at the Wellington Architecture Awards for both Ngā Mokopuna, and Te Pātaka Toi—Adam Art Gallery, which celebrated 25 years last year.
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Why don’t we grow hemp and straw to use in construction?
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- Bio-based building products are better for people and the planet, so why aren't these products easier for consumers to find, asks William Mason.
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‘Chaotic, sometimes dangerous places’—why successful rehab for remand prisoners will be hard to achieve
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- Can effective rehabilitation be provided for people remanded in prison? Devon Polaschek and Simon Davies look at the evidence.
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