Victoria University of Wellington / August 2025
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The Connector—Tanea Heke is nurturing Aotearoa's next generation of acting talent
- Victoria University of Wellington
- 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award winner Tanea Heke MNZM has forged an impactful career across the creative arts.
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Scholarship recipient runs for New Zealand at World University Games
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- Emma Douglass, a previous recipient of the Roger Robinson Scholarship for Student Runners, overcame injury to represent New Zealand at the FISU World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany.
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From fear to fluency: what our students learned when they used AI across an entire course
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A classroom experiment teaches students that AI is not merely about efficiency—it raises ethical questions and demands thoughtful governance, write Alexander Richter and Ishara Sudeeptha.
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The Storyteller—Vincent O’Malley’s mission to illuminate Aotearoa’s past
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- 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award winner Dr Vincent O’Malley’s passion for history began in an Ōtautahi Christchurch classroom where, ironically, Aotearoa New Zealand was missing from the syllabus.
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Why imposing voting ban on prisoners is flawed
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- The right to vote should not be seen as a privilege but a fundamental right that lasts throughout imprisonment, argue Hedwig Eisenbarth, Ti Lamusse, and Yvette Tinsley.
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Treasury has a great cost-benefit calculator for big-spending projects—we just need to use it better
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Rigorous cost-benefit analysis can help ensure government policy delivers real, measurable, and lasting value, write Dennis Wesselbaum and Arthur Grimes.
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A ‘scathing’ report on RNZ’s performance obscures the good news—and the challenge of serving many audiences
- Victoria University of Wellington
- If RNZ is expected to please everyone, it runs the risk of pleasing no one, writes Peter Thompson.
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The Beauty of Uncertainty
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- Professor Ivy Liu from the School of Mathematics and Statistics will deliver her inaugural lecture on September 4, reflecting on the surprising and transformative role that uncertainty has played throughout her journey.
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Innocent until proven guilty often means 22 hours locked in a cell
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The apparent normalisation of locking remand prisoners in their cells for most of the day is alarming and heartbreaking, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Five researchers receive HRC funding to improve healthcare
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers have received a combined total of $3.1 million in funding from the Health Research Council (HRC) to lead health research projects.
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Singing to win with New Zealand Youth Choir
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- The NZ Youth Choir, which includes nine current or recent Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington students, last month wrapped a triumphant European tour which saw them win two major awards.
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Kiwi back in Karori
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- Capital Kiwi, led by Te Herenga Waka alumnus Paul Ward, have confirmed the presence of wild kiwi in Wright’s Hill Reserve, on the cityside of Karori.
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Contractor or employee? How a proposed law change will favour Uber over its drivers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Planned changes to employment law will do little to address the challenges faced by vulnerable contractors, argue Amanda Reilly and Annick Masselot.
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What trauma has to do with rehabilitation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research has found experiencing trauma as a child can increase the risk of prisoners dropping out of rehabilitation programmes. So what can we do to increase completion rates and reduce reoffending, asks Jaz Fuller.
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Our history is on life support. Don’t pull the plug
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How can we make sense of the past—and the present—if knowledge of our history is destroyed, ask Kate Hunter and Ewan Morris.
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The Peacemaker—David Harland's life’s work for peace
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A childhood surrounded by the “world of politics and war and peace” laid the foundation for 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award winner David Harland’s career in international diplomacy.
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington signs MoU with Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new agreement with a Beijing university will see the establishment of new academic pathways into architecture and urban planning programmes.
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History scholarship recipient uncovers ‘disreputable’ stories
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fraudsters, faith healers, and ‘quack’ doctors on the outskirts of respectable society are some of the characters that intrigue History Master’s student Ashleigh Hickey.
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Sewn to serve
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- A group of crafty staff members turned a volunteer craft day into a new shopping bag system for halls of residence, inspired by Boomerang Bags.
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Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real—and will affect generations to come
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Decades of research has found dramatic increases in food prices always mean there is a famine—and price increases seen in Gaza are unprecedented, writes Ilan Noy.
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Celebrating the Kiwis shaping a better world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University’s Distinguished Alumni Award winners for 2025 showcase how their study at the creative, scientific, and political centre of New Zealand continues to help them shape a better world.
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Te Kōkī graduate fulfils New York music dream with Fulbright win
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A last minute change of study plans in her first year at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington altered the trajectory of musician Phoebe Johnson’s life, and the Fulbright scholar couldn’t be more excited about what the future holds.
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The royal commission recommended abolishing time limits on abuse cases—a year on, nothing has changed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Time limits on civil claims continue to deny justice to abuse survivors, writes Zoë Prebble.
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Let’s not open the gate to US-style voter disenfranchisement
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Democracy shouldn't be about making it harder for voters to make their voices heard, writes Toby Moore.
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