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Easter break closure and library hours
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University is closed from 5 pm, Thursday 17 April—7.30 am, Wednesday 23 April for the Easter break.
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Cost cutting risks children’s learning and wellbeing
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Early childhood education services should never be considered merely a business proposition, write Carmen Dalli, Jenny Ritchie, and Linda Mitchell.
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Law change means owners will no longer be responsible for tourism accidents on their land—but they never really were
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: A planned change to health and safety legislation aims to protect landowners from a risk they never really faced, write Chris Peace, Danaë Anderson, and Joanne Crawford.
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Rural Māori students fulfil their dream of studying technology
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Information management services provider TEAM IM NZ has sponsored two new undergraduate scholarships for Māori school leavers who wish to study STEM-related subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Te Herenga Waka community supports tuatara research at Zealandia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- More than 700 people from the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumni community attended a friends and family event on Saturday 22 March.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Yes, data can produce better policy—but it’s no substitute for real-world experience
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Data often lacks the depth, context, and responsiveness needed to drive real-world change, writes Anna Matheson.
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New maps show coastal sites with high rates of subsidence and increased flood risk as sea-levels rise
- Victoria University of Wellington
- High resolution maps pinpoint coastal sites in major cities that are sinking faster than previously thought.
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Ngā Mokopuna to star in TV show about Māori architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Architecture Derek Kawiti is hosting a TV show examining the influence of Māori design concepts on Aotearoa’s contemporary built environment—and Ngā Mokopuna is set to play a starring role.
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Cancer during Covid inspires survivor to participate in Relay for Life
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In early 2020, at the age of 14, Kyrith Reynolds was diagnosed with cancer. They had just begun high school, and the COVID-19 lockdowns were starting.
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Living in ‘garbage time’: when 500 million Chinese change their spending habits, the world feels it
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Financial anxiety is causing young Chinese to change their spending habits—and that has global implications, writes Christian Yao.
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Wellington’s new indie game studio with a literary twist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Associate Professor Zach Dodson, co-founder of the Visual Narrative Lab at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, has launched independent game studio Interactive Tragedy, Limited.
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Four Te Herenga Waka professors named Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Law and engineering researchers feature in the 2025 list of new Royal Society Fellows.
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If NZ wants to decarbonise energy, we need to know which renewables deliver the best payback
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Life-cycle assessment of renewable energy technologies can tell us about their carbon and energy footprints, write Alan Brent and Isabella Pimentel Pincelli.
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Trump silences the Voice of America: end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: Voice of America may be remembered by many as the US propaganda outlet from World War II. But the reality of this and similar state-sponsored global media outlets is more complex, writes Valerie Cooper.
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Te Herenga Waka talent takes the stage at CubaDupa 2025
- Victoria University of Wellington
- CubaDupa showcases Wellington’s cultural scene with standout performances from local acts, including many Te Herenga Waka students and alumni.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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From speculums to self-testing—champion of HPV self-testing wins Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Bev Lawton ONZM (Ngāti Porou) from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Te Tātai Hauora o Hine National Centre for Women's Health Research Aotearoa has been named 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year.
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After Orr: time for NZ to rethink imported banking rules
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: By cherry-picking standards from Australia, Singapore, or the UK, politicians, pundits, and influencers risk undermining local regulatory effectiveness and the Reserve Bank’s credibility, writes Martien Lubberink.
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NZ has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters—without it, we’re planning in the dark
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, but we don't know how much they're costing us, writes Ilan Noy.
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Research finds significant shortfalls in early intervention psychosis services
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The ‘early’ part of early psychosis care is significantly lacking in New Zealand, researchers say.
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The politicisation of research funding
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: A funding model that favours immediate economic returns over intellectual diversity and long-term societal benefits will undermine academic independence, write Mirjam Schindler, Marcela Palomino-Schalscha, Mairéad de Róiste, and Brendon Blue.
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Climate reporting cuts bad for business
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Comment: New Zealand’s leadership in climate reporting could be undermined by softening disclosure rules, writes Yinka Moses.
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Fiordland’s marine habitats surveyed to develop first complete picture of biodiversity
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers have been diving in Fiordland’s Te Puaitaha—Breaksea Sound and Tamatea—Dusky Sound to collect data on the diverse marine communities that live in these areas.
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Criminology scholar connects Cambodian temple trafficking to white collar crime
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Simon Mackenzie from the School of Social and Cultural Studies recently published a paper about the dynamics of transnational crime and illegal global markets, exploring the movement of cultural and natural collectibles from economically-poor to wealthy countries.
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Te Herenga Waka’s first Europe-focused Jean Monnet module ‘more important than ever’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The constantly evolving political challenges being faced by the European Union (EU) are the focus of a study module being offered at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, by Dr Ayca Arkilic.
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NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice—as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The only way to halt the global retreat of glacial ice is to tackle the root cause: global heating, write Shaun Eaves, Andrew Lorrey, Brian Anderson, Heather Purdie, and Lauren Vargo.
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Welcoming the 2025 Fulbright US cohort to Te Herenga Waka
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The University will host three Fulbright grantees announced as part of the 2025 cohort of scholars, graduates and specialists.
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Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand welcomes Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington as a naming sponsor of their festivals
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What’s in a name? A significant amount, it transpires, when you get a new sponsor. The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) annual Shakespeare festivals for young people are now the SGCNZ Victoria University of Wellington Shakespeare festivals.
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A nearly brand-new Boyd-Wilson Field
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It’s been a busy summer on the Boyd-Wilson Field, and it hasn’t been because of sport! Property Services have given the well-loved outdoor space a much-needed revamp over the summer months—resulting in a top-quality turf for the University community to enjoy for years to come.
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Wāhine toa and women’s health champion a finalist for Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Bev Lawton ONZM (Ngāti Porou), founder of Te Tātai Hauora o Hine, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s national centre for women’s health research, gets up every morning to save lives—and she’s up for the 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year award for her groundbreaking research.
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Award-winning composer Penelope Axtens appointed to Creative NZ Lilburn Residency
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Penelope Axtens has been announced as the 2025 Creative New Zealand (CNZ) New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM) Composer-in-Residence at the Lilburn Residence.
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