Victoria University of Wellington / April 2025
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The promise of urban agriculture: reconnecting cities with their food
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Instead of letting urban sprawl consume productive land, we could design cities and towns that embrace urban agriculture—from rooftop gardens to vertical farms, writes Isabella Mendonca.
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Kānuka extract shows promise in reducing medication’s side effects
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An extract from the native kānuka plant could help reduce the side effects of a drug used in organ transplants, new research has found.
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Te Herenga Waka strengthens Pacific connections through new partnership with the Université de la Polynésie française
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has deepened its commitment to regional collaboration through the signing of a new framework agreement with the University of French Polynesia (Université de la Polynésie française—UPF), a key partner in the Nārua project.
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Reefs in the ‘middle’ light zone along NZ’s coast are biodiversity hotspots
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We're discovering more about the diverse marine communities that live around our coast—many of these communities are largely unprotected from human impacts, writes James Bell.
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Documentary on modern sorcery violence aims to shift beliefs
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Many of us think witches being burned at the stake is a thing of the past, but there’s an enclave in the South-Pacific where innocent people today face violence and persecution due to accusations of witchcraft.
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They see me rollin’, they learnin’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The School of Psychology’s innovative mobile help desk, fondly known as the Badger Cart, is bringing support directly to students.
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Easter break closure and library hours
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- The University is closed from 5 pm, Thursday 17 April—7.30 am, Wednesday 23 April for the Easter break.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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