Victoria University of Wellington / August 2024
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International CEO Champions Future Wāhine Māori Leaders
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Melanie Smith (Ngāpuhi) is still in a minority as a wahine Māori business leader in London. She hopes to change that by funding the Mokaraka Māori Women in Business Scholarship to support young Māori women studying at Ōrauaraki—Wellington School of Business and Government.
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumni win big at The Post Gold Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Post Wellington Gold Awards saw dozens of alumni celebrated at a glittering 1920’s-themed event at The Embassy on Thursday 22 August, with alumni receiving awards for new thinking and emerging businesses, as well as the Supreme Gold award.
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No place like home for eminent alumna Dr Jeya Wilson
- Victoria University of Wellington
- "She has achieved things that should give her a place in the pantheon of New Zealand's most inspirational figures," said Spinoff writer Matt Hayes in 2019. Yet you probably haven't heard of Victoria University of Wellington alumna, Dr Jeya Wilson.
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The right to disconnect from work is growing globally. Why is NZ lagging?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Aussie workers will soon have the right to say “no” to be being contacted by their boss outside office hours. New Zealand needs to consider giving Kiwi workers a right to disconnect too, argue Amanda Reilly and Joshua Fairfield.
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Outdated and imprecise: why it’s time we retired the term ‘race relations’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- 'Race relations' is a misnomer—what we are really talking about are Māori-Crown relations, writes Lara Greaves.
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New Zealand’s white-collar crime gap
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Just one percent of serious fraud complaints result in prosecution—we need to do more to combat corruption and white-collar crime, argues Lisa Marriott.
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The Geneva Conventions at 75: do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- When international humanitarian law is respected, it can save and improve lives, writes Marnie Lloydd.
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A new report lays out NZ’s humanitarian duties under the laws of war—now it needs an action plan
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand has joined other countries in reporting on its obligations under the law of armed conflict, but there's more to do, writes Marnie Lloyd.
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Are young climate activists finally being heard?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- School climate strikes may be having a positive influence on adult attitudes towards including children in the political sphere, write Louise Phillips, Francisco Perales, and Jenny Ritchie.
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Pasifika student hopes to make history
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- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington student Taitaifono Tamati has one goal: To be the first Samoan actuary living in Samoa.
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Cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but for some it gives permission to live more radically
- Victoria University of Wellington
- There are vastly different ways in which people experience and respond to a cancer diagnosis, but for some it’s a prompt to make significant changes, write researchers Kevin Dew, Alex Broom, Chris Cunningham, Elizabeth Dennett, Kerry Chamberlain, and Richard Egan.
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Mass bleaching of marine sponges largest event recorded worldwide
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Millions of marine sponges are estimated to have died following a mass bleaching event in Fiordland in 2022.
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Moonstruck: how reef fish may use the moon’s cycle to manipulate the sex of their offspring
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New moon it's a boy, full moon it's a girl! New research suggests the sex of some fish has a lot to do with the cycle of the moon.
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Owner beware: 4 reasons why selling part of Kiwibank could do more harm than good
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Any plans to partly privatise Kiwibank "deserve close scrutiny," argues Martien Lubberink.
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