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    Why National’s taste for asset sales may prove bitter

    • 21 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Results of the New Zealand Election Study show voters' support for asset sales is low, write Sam Crawley, Matthew Gibbons, and Jack Vowles.
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    Scholarship recipient wants to connect Pasifika communities through architecture

    • 20 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Receiving the Warren and Mahoney Māori and Pasifika Scholarship helped Sarah McLeod-Venu experience her Samoan culture first-hand by spending time in Samoan villages.
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    Te Herenga Waka collects bevy of architecture awards

    • 20 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Two of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's landmark buildings have been recognised at NZIA’s New Zealand Architecture Awards.
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    NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat

    • 19 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • During the 1860s and 1870s, the possibility of ancient climate change sparked heated debate among New Zealand scientists, writes Ciaran Doolin.
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    The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy

    • 16 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The true toll of the fire might not be measured in hectares burned but in the loss of irreplaceable genetic diversity, writes Julie Deslippe.
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    COP30: Pacific leaders now have world court backing to call countries to account over climate risk

    • 13 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • An International Court of Justice legal opinion means countries that fail to adopt adequate mitigation targets could face claims of internationally wrongful acts, writes John Sibanda.
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    ‘Leadership is morality magnified’—what police must learn from the McSkimming scandal

    • 12 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The case highlights what happens in many large organisations when people ignore allegations, take in partial evidence, and try to cover things up, writes Michael Macaulay.
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• • Informal referendum app aims to create political buzz

    • 12 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • What’s the buzz? That’s a question a new app seeks to answer with informal referendums on issues the public wants to know more about.
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    AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?

    • 12 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Used blindly, AI risks turning workplaces into systems of surveillance and bias, writes Christian Yao.
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    Vic Uni launches creative partnership with CubaDupa

    • 11 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is teaming up with CubaDupa, the city’s beloved street arts festival, to bring more creativity and energy to the 2026 festivities.
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Dr Mathew Anker wins Hamilton Award for chemistry breakthrough

    • 11 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Presented by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, the Hamilton Award recognises excellence in scientific research by an early-career researcher.
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    Ngā rārangi kōrero o te Tiriti i hunaia—Redacted Treaty Panels debut as art

    • 11 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Ka whakarewatia tētahi whakaaturanga hou ki Te Pātaka Toi i Te Herenga Waka. Ka whakaaturia ētahi taonga mai Te Papa, arā, i ngā rārangi kōrero o te Tiriti i whakarerekētia e ngā ringa toi me ngā kaiwhakatumatuma tata tonu i te rua tau ki muri.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Social scientist awarded for research on intersectional identities of Muslim converts

    • 11 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Dr Ayca Arkilic, has won the Royal Society of New Zealand Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences for her research on women converts to Islam in Aotearoa.
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    How AI-generated images are reinforcing gender stereotypes

    • 10 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • An emerging covert language is bypassing security filters intended to prevent AI images that hyper-sexualise women, writes Carla Moriarty.
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    COP30: climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations

    • 10 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Planned law changes will dismantle much of New Zealand’s remaining climate policy architecture, argues Cathrine Dyer.
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    A deadly European hornet has reached NZ—we can all help stop its spread

    • 3 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Yellow-legged hornets threaten people’s health and our biodiversity—the key to getting rid of them is acting early, while populations are still small and localised, writes Phil Lester.
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    Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead—A life in composition

    • 3 Nov 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Growing up surrounded by music, it was inevitable that alumna Dame Gillian Whitehead DNZM (Ngāi Terangi) would find her life’s work in sound.
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• • Innovative designs showcased for 50th anniversary exhibition

    • 28 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Paparahi, an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Architecture and Design innovation also celebrates its cross-disciplinary heritage
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    University is now open, Friday 24 October

    • 23 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The University is open for normal operations across all campuses today, Friday 24 October.
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    Te Herenga Waka becomes the first university in Aotearoa to get a STARS rating for sustainability

    • 22 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has become the first university in Aotearoa to gain a STARS rating for leadership in tertiary sector sustainability, and it’s a Gold one at that.
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    ‘Soviet-era Stasi’ or defender of media freedoms? The battle for the Broadcasting Standards Authority

    • 21 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The Broadcasting Standards Authority may not be perfect, but the principle that media operators should be held accountable is sound, writes Peter Thompson.
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    The true political fights of One Battle After Another unfortunately happen on the edges of the frame

    • 21 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Planning to see One Battle After Another on the big screen? See it for the action—but don’t go expecting a deep dive into contemporary politics, says Missy Molloy.
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    Discovery of new marine sponges a ‘huge surprise’

    • 20 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Researchers find new marine sponges in Fiordland, adding to the approximately 1,700 sponge species known to live in waters around Aotearoa New Zealand.
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    Milestone 50th anniversary for Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation

    • 20 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • It's a big weekend for the Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation, as it celebrates a half century since first offering a mix of architectural studies, building science and creative design
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    Strengthening educational ties with visit from China delegation

    • 19 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington welcomed a delegation led by the China Centre for International People to People Exchange (CCIPE), following a visit by key University staff to the Centre in Beijing in September.
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    A milestone and a mission

    • 17 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The time is now: National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa calls for free cervical screening as it celebrates 20th anniversary this October.
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    As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?

    • 16 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Age restrictions may address some symptoms, but they don’t tackle the underlying design of platforms built to keep us scrolling, sharing, and generating data, argues Alex Beattie.
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    A life shaped by global connections

    • 15 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • For Amy Rutherford, director of Victoria University of Wellington’s International Office, international education isn’t just a career—it’s a calling shaped by a lifetime of global experiences.
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    Solutions in Indigenous science

    • 15 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Professor Ocean Mercier is using Māori knowledge to create a richer, deeper picture than Western science can provide alone.
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    A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets

    • 14 Oct 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Weakening targets for cutting methane emissions is a major step backwards and raises the risk of unmanageable consequences from climate change, argues James Renwick.
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