Victoria University of Wellington / July 2024
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Nurse practitioners can ease NZ’s healthcare pressures—why is the role not better recognised or funded?
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- Supporting nurse practitioners is an essential and logical way to address the healthcare workforce crisis, argue Deborah Harris and Kathy Holloway.
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New scholarship supports former refugee Ali Al-Omari to transform infrastructure through technology
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- Ali Al-Omari is the first recipient of the Trimble Karahipi Hangarau / Technology Scholarship, which is supporting him to complete a Master’s degree in Architecture. He is dedicating his thesis to Palestine.
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Eighty percent of GPs closed their books to new patients at some point since 2019—here’s why
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- New research flags six key reasons why GPs don't enrol new patients. Workforce shortages and staff burnout are among them, writes Jackie Cumming.
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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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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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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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“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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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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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
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- 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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Why phones in prison cells are a good call
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- Evidence shows having in-cell access to phones improves behaviour and reduces recidivism, writes Christine McCarthy.
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The government wants to give local bodies more power—that should include the power to tax
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Local government only raises about four percent of New Zealand’s tax revenue, hardly enough to fund greater responsibilities, argues Jonathan Barrett.
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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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Mental health targets aren’t enough—unless NZ backs them up with more detail and funding
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- 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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