Victoria University of Wellington / April 2022
May 2022 | March 2022-
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Pike River management ‘blind’ to risks
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- Failures of coal mine management focus of PhD research.
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Retirement of Professor Norman Gemmell
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- Professor Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance, School of Accounting and Commercial Law, has announced his retirement.
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Hidden threat to marine environment from aquarium coral trade
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- Invasive tropical algae could be lurking on corals imported for aquariums, research by Master's graduate Kirill Woodhouse finds.
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Wellington’s commitment to sustainability recognised in global University Impact Rankings
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- Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington has been ranked number 12 globally for ‘Climate Action’ in the international Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2022.
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The myth of an egalitarian society
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- Max Rashbrooke explains in his new book, Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand that the fact that New Zealand’s wealthiest 1 percent owns one quarter of the entire country proves “our vaunted egalitarianism is more myth than reality.”
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Rather than 'clunky' social insurance, what about KiwiSaver?
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- Simon Chapple puts the case for using KiwiSaver as an alternative to proposed income insurance scheme.
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New seminar series honours Lydia Wevers’ legacy
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies is hosting a series of events to honour the legacy and work of Emerita Professor Lydia Wevers.
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Rediscovering Red Dawn: the 1984 movie inspiring Ukrainian fighters
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- Alfio Leotta explores the Cold War hit Red Dawn and its stark depiction of warfare.
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More support needed for people with COVID-19, preliminary survey results show
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- Study flags gaps in healthcare and social services for people with COVID-19.
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Celebrating research excellence at the Summer Gold awards
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- From a digital collection of Proust’s letters to the ecology of tussock grasslands, this year’s Summer Gold awards celebrated a range of excellent research from the 2021–2022 Summer Research Scholars.
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Using artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduate Dr Qurrat Ul Ain has developed an artificial intelligence programme that could help diagnose skin cancer, using just a photograph.
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The overwork pandemic
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- Ashley Bloomfield's resignation highlights the risks of burnout on the COVID-19 front line, writes Dougal Sutherland.
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Te Herenga Waka takes an alternative approach to Graduation ceremonies
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- The University is taking an alternative approach to the May graduation ceremonies due to COVID-19 restriction uncertainty.
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Rankings confirm global standing
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- The results from the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject show that Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is in the top 1% of the world’s more than 18,000 universities for 18 subjects and in the top 2% for 29 subjects.
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In it for the long run
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- After four years, 15 surgeries, and six months learning to walk again, Nick Ashill is going back to the United States to complete the charity run he never got to finish.
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The Old Government Buildings and the Faculty of Law
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- Faculty members from the Law school tell us about their favourite parts of the Old Government Buildings, to reclaim and celebrate this unique building after the unrest of the past month.
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New exhibition at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery speaks to the charged history, fateful consequences, and future prospects of our bicultural nation
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- Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery’s new exhibition Tēnei Ao Tūroa – This Enduring World opens on Saturday 9 April. This exhibition features three distinct bodies of work by three photographic artists: Mark Adams, Natalie Robertson (Ngāti Porou) and Chris Corson-Scott.
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Why are some so keen to ditch COVID-19 protections?
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- We’re not out of the COVID woods yet, so we need to keep doing things that reduce the virus' spread, writes Dougal Sutherland.
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He poroporoaki ki a Dr Moana Jackson – Mourning Dr Moana Jackson
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- The community of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington mourns the loss of Dr Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou) on 31 March.
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Fale Malae takes another step forward
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- A proposed national Fale Malae on Wellington’s waterfront has taken another step forward with the support of mana whenua, Pasifika leaders, Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington and the Government.
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Frank Kitts Park, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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