Victoria University of Wellington / June 2024
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Celebrating our hapori this Matariki
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This Matariki, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is recognising seven members of our hapori (community) for their mahi (work) at the University and beyond.
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Work continues on National Music Centre in capital city
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The vision for a National Music Centre with the refurbished Wellington Town Hall at its centre is already coming to life with the three partners in the venture—Victoria University of Wellington, the Wellington City Council and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra—firmly committed to its realisation.
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Experience and scholarship beyond the lecture halls
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Saskia Grant, who is in her final year of her conjoint degree at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University, has been awarded a Freemasons New Zealand University Scholarship.
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Public feedback sought on designs for significant Wellington site
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington residents are being invited to give their views on students' designs to turn Mātai Moana—Mt Crawford into an eco-sanctuary and heritage reserve.
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Science success—four university researchers receive HRC grants
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four science researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have received Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Grants to support their exploratory research.
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Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted our climate before—and could do so again
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Changes in a globally important ocean current could accelerate future warming in New Zealand, write Shaun Eaves, Andrew Mackintosh, Helen Bostock, and Joel Pedro.
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Boot camps for young offenders are back—the evidence they don’t work never went away
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The core features that characterise boot camps—strong discipline in particular—are a main reason they don’t work, write Simon Davies, Clare-Ann Fortune, Karen Salmon, and Linda Fatialofa.
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New intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It's been more than 20 years in the making, but a new international agreement is unlikely to lead to major changes in New Zealand law, argue David Jefferson, Jesse Pirini, and Jessica Lai.
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Solar farms can eat up farmland—but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Using agricultural land for both renewable electricity generation and farming can bring economic benefits for farmers, write Alan Brent and Catherine Iorns.
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Alumni recognised in King's Birthday Honours List 2024
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is proud to celebrate members of our alumni community who have been recognised in this year’s King's Birthday Honours.
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Watch: The role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The discussion on the role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech took place at Kelburn campus on Tuesday 28 May. Watch the full event here.
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Celebrating Indigenous excellence: Māori and Pasifika students present at Jasmax Crit Culture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Māori and Pasifika students from Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa—Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation recently received a unique opportunity to present to Māori practitioners from Jasmax’s Waka Māia rōpū, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost architecture firms.
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Strong results in QS World University Rankings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has achieved strong results in the latest QS World University Rankings, which show the University is in the top 245 of the world’s 18,000 universities.
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A new kind of prison architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We tend to house prisoners in accommodation that is more secure than it needs to be—any expansion of prison real estate needs to address this problem, writes Christine McCarthy.
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