Victoria University of Wellington / June 2026
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Three new exhibitions open Adam Art Gallery’s winter season
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington will open its winter season with three new exhibitions.
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How molecules have influenced an ‘all in’ career
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Bridget Stocker’s inaugural lecture, Targeting diseases the organic way, is a homage to the people she has learned from, worked alongside, and shared knowledge with.
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NZ’s health spending isn’t enough for current needs, let alone future ones, researchers say
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Without major policy and budget changes, there's no chance we can pay for the health system we need, argue Tim Tenbensel, Bill Rosenberg, Jackie Cumming, and Paula Lorgelly.
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NZ space scholarships show students a new world
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Four students from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded scholarships to intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California.
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Miss Pacific Islands crown opens doors for Pacific Studies alumna
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Litara Ieremia-Allan, who received the Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Scholarship while completing her Pacific Studies degree, won the Miss Sāmoa pageant in 2024 followed by Miss Pacific Islands in 2025.
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Science student awarded prestigious postgraduate scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Isabella (Izzy) Hadlow has been awarded the William Georgetti Scholarship, one of New Zealand’s most prestigious postgraduate awards, through Universities NZ.
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Dr Kendall Stevenson: Research woven by relationality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The world as Dr Kendall Stevenson sees it is a complex series of relationships that are always in motion.
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Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins—now we know why
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Sedimentary basins, like the one Wellington is built on, can trap seismic waves, leading to a higher risk of shaking when an earthquake hits. Tim Stern explains.
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(Re-)imagining history
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Giacomo Lichtner from the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, draws on his multidisciplinary background in his inaugural lecture to examine how memory and imagination can shape our perceptions of the past.
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Two research projects awarded $2.4 million to advance Pasifika and Māori health outcomes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington research projects have received over $2 million in funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to advance the wellbeing of Pasifika and Māori communities.
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Violence through the eyes of the ordinary woman
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Naz Karim grew up listening to the soothing voices of her mother and sisters. Those stories are now woven into who she is—they fill the pages of her thesis and carried her across the Te Herenga Waka graduation stage in May.
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Is NZ taxation compatible with human rights?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights intended paying tax to be a duty as a corollary of claiming rights, writes Jonathan Barrett.
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Antarctic surface melt set to increase dramatically this century, new study finds
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research highlights the rising risks for Antarctica’s ice shelves as our climate warms.
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Kickstarting a research career by going viral on social media
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In a non-traditional career start, the ambitions of Bachelor of Arts graduate Jazz Nuku to be a psychology researcher were given an unexpected boost when her viral social media post landed her in a research team.
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Why planned ‘ban’ on prolonged solitary confinement is not a ban
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new bill proposes banning prolonged solitary confinement in prisons. This sounds like a good thing—but the ban is deceptive, writes Christine McCarthy.
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Te Herenga Waka mourns the passing of Emeritus Professor Whatarangi Winiata
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The influence of Emeritus Professor Whatarangi Winiata (Ngāti Raukawa) in both his field of research and for the Māori community of the University was immense.
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Te Herenga Waka alumni celebrated in 2026 King’s Birthday Honours
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Te Ripowai Pauline Higgins, QSM (Ngāi Tūhoe) and distinguished alumnus Sir Peter Francis Boshier are among those recognised in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours.
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