Victoria University of Wellington / July 2026
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Rare opportunity opens doors for ambitious conductor Luka Venter
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alum Luka Venter has built a diverse musical career training as a classical singer and composer. They are now pursuing their ambition of becoming a world-class conductor.
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Working beside nature to strengthen living building
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A summer internship has made a Master’s students work part of the history of Ngā Mokopuna, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s aspiring living building.
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A ghostly, time-travelling, disembodied, essence of self
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In her inaugural lecture, Poets hand translation over to ghosts, Professor Anna Jackson will consider what it means to be a poet, how poetry can exist outside of context, and how it can make ghosts of both poet and reader.
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Being good kaitiaki and growing our future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Vic Uni is taking our community to the hills on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July for our annual volunteer native tree planting days.
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Joint bid leads to successful Horizon Europe funding
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four researchers from Te Herenga Waka are key partners in a Horizon Europe collaboration that will explore the vast potential of marine microbiomes.
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NZ’s complex problems require visionary solutions, not quick fixes. Here’s how we can govern for the future
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need policymakers who can look beyond the next three-year parliamentary term and the short-term incentives of the electoral cycle, writes Jonathan Boston.
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NZ’s floated social media ban for under‑16s could unite two groups that rarely agree
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Both major parties appear broadly aligned on restricting young people’s access to social media, even as they disagree on many other issues, writes Alex Beattie.
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Te Herenga Waka staff lay foundations across the globe
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Three Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington academics are among the first to teach at a new Joint Institute at China’s largest university, giving students the opportunity to earn qualifications from both institutions.
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Making learning better for lecturers and students
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Kathryn Sutherland, who will soon give her inaugural lecture, says one of the best things about her job is meeting every academic who starts at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington as they begin their careers.
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This Matariki, look up to slow down
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In these volatile times, Matariki is a time to regain perspective on what matters in life, write Chris McKeown, Yvette Perrott, Gina Grimshaw, Bridgette Farnworth, Kartik Nagarajan, Simon McCallum, Matt Crawford, and Sara Belcher.
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NZ’s unique fossil record of marine molluscs helps scientists predict extinction risk—before it’s too late
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Our living and fossil marine faunas are among the best-known in the world and give scientists the potential to explore the drivers of extinction risk, explains James Crampton.
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All in together: why we need houses designed for multi-generational living
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Multi-generational living shouldn’t be romanticised as an easy solution, but it needs to be a viable option as people think more about how they live, not just where they live, writes Lucy Gestro.
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Having the ladder pulled up on you isn’t a mental health condition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Treating economic stress and climate anxiety as psychological defects instead of political failures overloads a stretched medical system and ignores the structural causes, argues Annemarie Jutel.
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New thinking and great ideas rewarded at 2026 Wellington Gold Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The judges’ brief for The Post Wellington Gold Awards each year is always to find the most inspiring local businesses—the ones that take off, generate cool ideas, and look out for people.
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Top honour for economist who puts people first
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- In a mark of recognition for a career dedicated to supporting better outcomes for communities, Professor Arthur Grimes has been awarded the New Zealand Association of Economics Distinguished Fellow Award.
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